INVESTIGATING RURAL DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND FACTORS FOR PROMOTING IT DOI Creative Commons

Marius George Popa,

Stelian Grasu,

Mădălina Popp

et al.

Journal of Financial Studies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9(Special), P. 165 - 190

Published: Nov. 5, 2024

Rural development is a multifaceted concept encompassing economic, social, cultural, and environmental dimensions. This paper explores the various factors involved in promoting rural development, with focus on outcome produced by interplay between agriculture, infrastructure non-farm activities, social cultural relations, education, sustainability government interventions. Drawing from scholarly literature empirical evidence, it examines role of each these components enhancing well-being communities. Agriculture remains cornerstone economies, but diversification into activities are equally important. Infrastructure investments improve market access, reduce transaction costs, stimulate economic activity, while contribute to job creation income generation. Moreover, entrepreneurship innovation can drive growth create opportunities for businesses. Social relations play vital fostering community cohesion resilience. Education emerges as key enabler empowering individuals skills knowledge needed participate life effectively. Environmental integral ensures long-term viability ecosystems livelihoods. Overall, requires coordinated efforts across multiple fronts, involving stakeholders sectors. By addressing challenges an integrated manner, policymakers foster inclusive sustainable thereby improving communities contributing overall national goals.

Language: Английский

Quality of Life in Rural Areas: A Set of Indicators for Improving Wellbeing DOI Open Access
Riccardo Beltramo, Giovanni Peira,

Giacomo Pasino

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(5), P. 1804 - 1804

Published: Feb. 22, 2024

Quality of life can be generally defined as people’s satisfaction with their lives and personal wellbeing. Contemporary literature agrees that dimensions such health, education, employment, leisure, social relations, security, environment, landscape, cultural heritage should considered. Tourism serves a stimulus for rural development, assessing residents’ tourists’ quality is relevant local administrators tourist destination. Given the absence quality-of-life models individual municipalities, research questions were aimed at mapping frameworks construction set indicators Alagna Valsesia. This was conducted in 2023. The results showed possibility constructing modular model indicator sets particularly decision making by territorial policymakers. limitations are related to difficulty finding different public platforms and, future, we would like build synthetic replicable other Piedmontese Italian municipalities.

Language: Английский

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Comparative Insights on Workcation Providers: Applying Japanese Models to Korean Islands DOI Creative Commons

Tae Gyeom Lee,

Jae Ho Lee

Journal of Marine and Island Cultures, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(3)

Published: Dec. 30, 2024

The relational population concept, which includes individuals engaging with regions without residing there, is key to combating regional extinction and decline in island areas. This study explores strategies for introducing workcations by analyzing promotional materials from South Korea Japan. Through a comprehensive analysis of data using Latent Dirichlet Allocation cluster analysis, the identifies significant themes workcation attraction strategies, highlighting differences similarities between two countries. findings emphasize importance leveraging unique characteristics, providing excellent facilities, promoting long-term stay programs. focuses on maintaining work efficiency diverse settings, while Japan adopts more holistic approach integrating into nature-oriented lifestyle. Recommendations include turning infrastructure challenges advantages diversifying research contributes development effective policies serves as resource enhancing sustainability regions. By examining successful practices Japan, offers valuable insights policymakers planners seeking innovative approaches address depopulation issues revitalize communities context evolving patterns digital connectivity.

Language: Английский

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Mental Well-Being and the Quality of Life Among Retired Public and Private Sector Employees: A Comparative Study From Kerala, India DOI Open Access

Muralidharan K Pranav,

Paul T. Francis, Jeby Jose Olickal

et al.

Cureus, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 16, 2024

Background Retirement from an active working environment is one of the important risk factors for mental health problems. The literature on well-being and quality life among retired public private sector employees in Kerala limited. We conducted this study to compare well-being, associated with them Kollam district, Kerala. Methods This community-based cross-sectional was 320 (mean age 69.5 years, Men 172 (53.8%), 160 (50%)) selected using multistage cluster sampling. Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) WHO QoL BREF questionnaire were used data collection. Multivariate analyses find out life. Results Among employees, 94 (58.75%) those three (1.88%) reported low (Adjusted prevalence ratio (APR) =21.28, 95% CI: 6.34-71.36, p=<0.001). Participants aged > 68 years (APR=1.36, 1.03-1.79, p=0.026) rural residents (APR= 1.47, 1.09-1.97, p=0.016) lower compared their counterparts. Retired employees' higher Mean Difference (AMD) =18.67, 15.48-21.86, p=<0.001) employees. <= (AMD=7.01, 4.49-9.52, p=<0.001), male gender (AMD=4.25, 1.68-6.81, p=0.001), (AMD= 2.6, 0.08-5.13, p=0.043) belonging above poverty line (AMD=8.12, 4.08-12.16, had scores. Conclusion Efforts are required improve retirement policies that support

Language: Английский

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INVESTIGATING RURAL DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND FACTORS FOR PROMOTING IT DOI Creative Commons

Marius George Popa,

Stelian Grasu,

Mădălina Popp

et al.

Journal of Financial Studies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9(Special), P. 165 - 190

Published: Nov. 5, 2024

Rural development is a multifaceted concept encompassing economic, social, cultural, and environmental dimensions. This paper explores the various factors involved in promoting rural development, with focus on outcome produced by interplay between agriculture, infrastructure non-farm activities, social cultural relations, education, sustainability government interventions. Drawing from scholarly literature empirical evidence, it examines role of each these components enhancing well-being communities. Agriculture remains cornerstone economies, but diversification into activities are equally important. Infrastructure investments improve market access, reduce transaction costs, stimulate economic activity, while contribute to job creation income generation. Moreover, entrepreneurship innovation can drive growth create opportunities for businesses. Social relations play vital fostering community cohesion resilience. Education emerges as key enabler empowering individuals skills knowledge needed participate life effectively. Environmental integral ensures long-term viability ecosystems livelihoods. Overall, requires coordinated efforts across multiple fronts, involving stakeholders sectors. By addressing challenges an integrated manner, policymakers foster inclusive sustainable thereby improving communities contributing overall national goals.

Language: Английский

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