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Entrepreneurial back-to-landers: Neo-farmers in Turkey 回乡创业者：土耳其的新农民

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103503

Candan Turkkan

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The gap between administration and migrants: Terminologies and experiences of urban-rural migration in Japan 行政管理与移民之间的差距：日本城乡移民的术语和经验

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103500

Cecilia Luzi

{"title":"The gap between administration and migrants: Terminologies and experiences of urban-rural migration in Japan","authors":"Cecilia Luzi","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103500","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103500","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper analyzes the discourse on urban-rural migration within contemporary Japan's administrative landscape, its representation in academic literature, along with local governments' support measures for urban-rural migrants and their experiences. I seek to unveil the consequences of imprecise definitions and ambiguous classifications of urban-rural migration, which can foster misunderstandings of the phenomenon, influencing both individual self-representation and support schemes. Drawing on ethnographic data collected over two years both online and onsite in two municipalities in northern Kyūshū, this article shows how the UIJ-turn classification and the ijū/teijū (migration/settlement) distinction are employed in Japanese political- administrative discourse and how this affects migrants' experiences. I investigate how administration and migrants conceptualize urban-rural migration differently. The discussion reveals a disconnect between the administrative narrative, which heavily relies on rigid classification terminology, and migrants' actual experiences, emphasizing the implications for support schemes, migrants' self-perception, and their integration into rural communities. This underscores the necessity to acknowledge changes in the rural population for a more comprehensive understanding of the future of rural communities in the Global North.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 103500"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142698746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Enhancing rural resilience through the rural revitalisation strategy in rural China: Evidence from Wushi Village, Hunan Province 通过乡村振兴战略增强中国农村的韧性：来自湖南省乌石村的证据

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103493

Yuyang Zhou , Hao Gu

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Conditions for Co-creation: Lessons from a planning tool for rural facility decline 共同创造的条件：从农村设施减少规划工具中汲取的经验教训

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103512

Suzan Christiaanse

{"title":"Conditions for Co-creation: Lessons from a planning tool for rural facility decline","authors":"Suzan Christiaanse","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103512","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103512","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Declining levels of facilities and services are a major source of concern in rural areas across Europe. Local facilities can have different individual or communal meanings, and closure can lead to a sense of loss. While many scholars advocate for empowering rural communities in the collective coping process, few studies analyse examples of co-creative planning tools. This paper describes and evaluates the development and implementation of ‘Facility-Wise’, an analogue serious game for co-creative planning and self-organization of facilities and services. The development of Facility-Wise followed an abductive and design-led approach through a participatory process. Five real cases in North-West Fryslân (Netherlands), and one fictional case, were used for prototyping. In the final format a moderator leads participants through various discussion-elements and helps them to explore future scenarios for health care, education, sports, cultural or private facilities. This paper provides a roadmap for how to develop and use co-creative planning tools, and critically reflects on the prerequisites that are needed for successful implementation. Six prerequisites to successfully implement tools for co-creation are discussed. When these conditions are met, it is possible to mitigate negative experiences of rural facility-decline and empower communities in the collective coping process. However, it can be a challenge to be truly inclusive since this co-creative tool requires time, effort and a certain level of collective efficacy to participate.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 103512"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142698745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Living standards in rural areas of European Union countries 欧盟国家农村地区的生活水平

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103507

Magdalena Cyrek, Piotr Cyrek

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Navigating industrial decline: A case study of place attachment and social capital in economic transition –Valemount, British Columbia 驾驭工业衰退：经济转型中的地方依恋和社会资本案例研究--不列颠哥伦比亚省瓦莱蒙特

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103471

Richard Darko , Greg Halseth

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Recessive transition of farmland use and food security: Evidence from China 耕地使用的后发过渡与粮食安全：来自中国的证据

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103484

Ying Xu, Yajia Liang, Kunqiu Chen

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Perceived personal control and subjective well-being among farmers 农民的个人控制感和主观幸福感

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103487

Philip Stahlmann-Brown , Taciano L. Milfont , Hugh Norriss , Dennis Wesselbaum

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Towards improved food security in 20 OECD countries: Persistence of food imports using a fractional integration approach 提高 20 个经合组织国家的粮食安全：采用分数积分法计算粮食进口的持续性

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103491

Sakiru Adebola Solarin , Luis A. Gil-Alana

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Identifying new social enterprise models in the Italian municipalities 在意大利各市确定新的社会企业模式

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Journal of Rural Studies Pub Date : 2024-11-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103490

Rosa Maria Fanelli

{"title":"Identifying new social enterprise models in the Italian municipalities","authors":"Rosa Maria Fanelli","doi":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103490","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103490","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study is the outcome of research into social farming (SF) in Italian municipalities. If SF in different European countries is now at an advanced stage, with social visibility and institutional support, in Italy, it is still in its infancy. However, it is gradually becoming more established and can be utilised as a model for combining the economic and productive dimensions of the agricultural sector with the social and environmental aspects of the territorial context. Based on data gathered from 410 interviews conducted by the <em>Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria</em> (CREA) with SF actors that operate in 351 municipalities in Italy, this study examines the role that the environmental, relational, financial, and socio-economic determinants of social enterprises can play in the renovation and development of new models for SF in Italian municipalities. A multivariate analysis with an optimal scaling approach is used. Spatial cluster techniques reveal that the development of different SF paths in Italian municipalities is determined mainly by the principal peculiarities of the enterprises, the climate and the topographical characteristics of the municipality. The types of networks connecting key territorial actors, the activities offered and the services provided are also influential. Decision-makers can benefit from these findings and encourage the establishment of SF to improve the sustainability of the Italian agricultural sector from economic, social, and environmental perspectives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rural Studies","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 103490"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142698738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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