Classification of Structurally Weak Rural Regions: Application of a Rural Development Index for Austria and Portugal

Hennebry Barraí () and Stryjakiewicz Tadeusz
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Hennebry Barraí: Faculty of Human Geography and Planning, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Stryjakiewicz Tadeusz: Faculty of Human Geography and Planning, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

Quaestiones Geographicae, 2020, vol. 39, issue 2, 5-14

Abstract: This paper aims to analyse to what extent the level and dynamics of development of rural regions located in two firmly different countries, Austria and Portugal, differ. In order to do this, an index to measure the ‘structural strength’ of rural regions was created. This index is a more holistic measure of socio-economic development than the traditional GDP per capita. After the identification of structurally weak regions in both Austria and Portugal, the paper compares them in the context of challenges faced by such regions.

Keywords: rural development; regional disparities; TOPSIS method; composite index; Austria; Portugal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.2478/quageo-2020-0014

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