Evaluation of Territorial Capacity for Development: Population and Employment

Ricard Calvo-Palomares, Juli Antoni Aguado-Hernández, Enric Sigalat-Signes and Bernat Roig-Merino ()
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Ricard Calvo-Palomares: Territorial Development Research Group (GRIDET-UV), Universitat de València, 46021 Valencia, Spain
Juli Antoni Aguado-Hernández: Territorial Development Research Group (GRIDET-UV), Universitat de València, 46021 Valencia, Spain
Enric Sigalat-Signes: Territorial Development Research Group (GRIDET-UV), Universitat de València, 46021 Valencia, Spain
Bernat Roig-Merino: Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46730 Valencia, Spain

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 9, 1-17

Abstract: Rural depopulation and its consequences is a critical social, economic, labour and environmental issue. Based on diagnoses carried out five years ago in two rural territories of the Valencian Community (Spain) in a situation of demographic desertification, this paper aims to analyse if the evolution of employment and population has become a driving force for local development in both territories. To this end, triangulated analysis has been conducted using statistical sources, a survey of the respective Local Development and Employment Officers (AEDLs) and application of the new READI© methodology—based on a matrix with indicators evaluating the level of convergence of the resources, actors and dynamics available to the territory. The survey and READI© methodology have allowed us to complete sociodemographic analysis of population and employment to identify the causes that explain the similarities and differences between both territories in their capacity to generate local development processes. As a result of this study, some positive trends can be observed in the period encompassing 2017–2022, changing the preceding negative tendency and allowing us to generate a hopeful approach for such territories if local development policies correct the detected imbalances.

Keywords: community-led local development; depopulation; local development; rural development; resources; actors; dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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