Summary with good practices from the Interreg ITRACT project on smart mobility in rural areas.

Smart mobility in rural areas.Kickoff presentation project ITRACT: deliverables, products, general learnings, premisse, 13-11-2014.

The purpose of this thesis is to verify the viability of chia as a high value crop for small-scale farmers in the remote areas of Lempira, providing recommendations to the problem owners and chain actors in the country.

A major concern for wildlife management and rural development initiatives across Africa are conflicts between elephants and people. In most African regions, wilderness is fenceless and elephants move outside of protected areas. Long-term effects of this include negative attitudes of local people towards …

The objective of the ITRACT2 project is to create attractive transport options for regions with low population densities including rural areas. A basic assumption of the ITRACT project is that information and communication technology can be used to build IT services that allow for more adaptive transport …

This study investigates how externally initiated development projects and the role of the architect may influence the self-reliance of a local community. The development aid for rural communities aims to improve the living quality, but often does not persist in the long run.

Europe in general and Romania specifically has been increasingly a target of foreign and domestic investors. Due to its cheap land prices and agricultural policies supporting largescale agricultural investments Romania has become a country with high risks concerning land grabbing. However, the academic …

In 1987 is door de heersende mondiale milieuproblematiek duurzame ontwikkeling ontstaan. In 2002 is het overheidsdocument Duurzaam inkopen opgezet om duurzaamheid voor te schrijven gedurende de hele levenscyclus van wegen. Het ontwikkelen en toepassen van een waarderingsmethode voor de Gelderse wegen …

Als de provincie Groningen wil werken aan leefbaarheid en de sociaal economische vitaliteit van het platteland moet er binnen en buiten het provinciehuis duidelijkheid zijn over deze begrippen. Er worden knelpunten ervaren rondom de leefbaarheidsregelingen van de provincie. Deze knelpunten hebben voor …