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Rural areas of Eastern Germany: modern challenges
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Abstract After the German reunification the agricultural
development of eastern territories
seemed to have picked up its pace. Yet the
main problems those territories are facing
today hatched already in the mid-1990s. In
our study we address the problems and challenges
that hinder sustainable developme... view more
After the German reunification the agricultural
development of eastern territories
seemed to have picked up its pace. Yet the
main problems those territories are facing
today hatched already in the mid-1990s. In
our study we address the problems and challenges
that hinder sustainable development
of East German rural areas. We analyse agricultural
statistics and describe the structure
of agricultural enterprises, land-use,
and other critical dimensions of agriculture.
We discuss pros and cons of modern rural
areas spatial planning policy and take a critical
look at the current status of rural areas.
We also put forward a number of concrete
proposals aimed at the development of the
area and counteracting the negative trends it
is now experiencing. Even taking into account
all ‘positive’ development trends that
are postulated to have occurred since the
unification, we underline the crucial necessity
of diversification of labour forces and of
changing the spatial planning policies in the
rural areas of East Germany.... view less
Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; old federal states; agricultural development; rural area; reunification; agriculture; spatial planning
Classification
National Economy
Economic Sectors
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 97-107
Journal
Baltic Region (2012) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2012-1-12
ISSN
2079-8555
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works