731347 Rural development
- Type
- Lecture
- Semester hours
- 2
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Penker, Marianne
- Organisation
- Sustainable Economic Development
- Offered in
- Sommersemester 2025
- Languages of instruction
- Englisch
- Content
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I Rural development concepts and definitions, disparities and vulnerabilities
II Indicators, aggregated indices, shift-share and other structural and development analyses, structural specifics of rural areas, demographic change
III Actors, gender, demographic change
IV Models, theories and methods for explaining and analysing rural development
V Rural governance and rural development policies
VI Moderation of development processes
VII Networks and clusters
VIII Monitoring and evaluation
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- Previous knowledge expected
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no
- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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At the end of the course students
• understand the basic concepts and theories of rural development and rural governance,
• have an overview on tools and methods for analysing and supporting rural development (and their strengths and weaknesses),
• are able to critically reflect on rural development concepts, theories, strategies and processes.
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.