Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Assessment and Recommendations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Trends and Territorial Challenges in Rural Regions -- Chapter 2. Macroeconomic Situation and Spatial Disparities -- Chapter 3. Local Governanace -- Chapter 4. Territorial Policies -- Chapter 5. Recommendations in Key Sectors -- Labour market -- Entrepreneurship -- Agriculture and rural development -- Tourism and sustainable development -- Chapter 6. Governance and Sustainable Development: Proposals and Scenarios -- Chapter 7. Case Studies -- Local development in the Annaberger Land, Saxony, Germany -- Divergence and convergence in local development patterns in northern Mayenne, France -- Bibliography -- Internet Sites -- Participants
Summary
This report brings into light an emerging framework, with a new territorial unit for local initiative in the Czech Republic: the micro-region. It investigates the issues at stake in the development of these voluntary entities, that can be characterised as main partners for regions, although they do not correspond to an administrative level
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272)