The European Union is actively promoting the idea of “smart villages”. The increased uptake
of new technology and in particular, the use of the internet, is seen as a vital part of …

The paper aims to identify the significant heterogeneity of socio-economic rural development
in Poland by identifying different types of rural areas and clarifying the existing diversity. This …

We combine factor analysis and linear regression models to link local determinants of
development of agriculture and rural areas with the frequency of applications for the …

Since the Second World War, Poland has been undergoing an intensive process of
transformation of the economic structure of rural areas, manifested, among other things, in …

The COVID-19 pandemic has already had significant impact on tourist flows worldwide. The
requirements of safe models of tourism in the time of COVID-19, avoiding crowded localities …

In this article, the authors reflect on social consequences of the deagrarianization process,
based on their study conducted in the Błaszki commune in central Poland. The study shows …

This paper determines the extent to which rural areas in Poland have been beneficiaries of
the EU's Cohesion Policy (CP). The amount of funds allocated to rural areas at the local …

The transformation of rural areas and the broadly understood problems of their development
have been the subject of scientific analyses and lively public debate for many years. The …

This paper identifies the relationship between an active use of EU investment support
programs by Polish farmers, on one side, and the local conditions for socioeconomic …

Poland is affected not only by a persistent regional differentiation but also by an internal
polarization of regional development levels, particularly in rural areas. Local government …