“Taking advantage of emptiness”?

Viazzo, Pier Paolo; Zanini, Roberta Clara

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“…; Bätzing et al 1996;André 1998;McNeill 2003;Collantes and Pinilla 2004;Pejnović and Husanović-Pejnović 2008). In the Alps, there are several locations, where depopulation halted and even repopulation is observed (Viazzo and Zanini 2014;Löffler et al 2014). In our study area, this phenomenon is limited to few settlements of the Čajetina-Zlatibor area.…”

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“…In several European mountains (e.g. Alps, Apennines, Massif Central, Iberian Mountains), depopulation began in the 19th century (Toniolo 1937;André 1998;Collantes and Pinilla 2004;Viazzo and Zanini 2014), in some other cases (e.g. Velebit Mt, Apuseni Mts), the demographic peak occurred in the first half of the 20th century (Pejnović and Husanović-Pejnović 2008;Telbisz et al 2016), whereas in many other mountains, depopulation started after the 2nd world war (Romano 1995;Latocha 2012;Wang et al 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As a consequence of depopulation and reforestation, certain ecological parameters such as biodiversity or mosaicity of land cover types are reduced (André 1998;MacDonald et al 2000;Sitzia et al 2010). Moreover, a cultural impoverishment may also accompany mountain depopulation (Viazzo and Zanini 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…More recently, the trend of depopulation was halted in certain mountains, and in some cases, even repopulation was experienced. The main cause of this change is tourism, especially ski tourism, mountain hiking and recreation in general (Romano 1995;Latocha 2012;Viazzo and Zanini 2014;Gretter et al 2017). The recent development of transport possibilities, as well as the spreading of tele-working thanks to the internet are also important factors in the repopulation process, but the remote and isolated settlements are still depopulating (Löffler et al 2014).…”

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Topographic and lithologic controls behind mountain depopulation in Zlatibor District (Western Serbia)

2020

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Mountain depopulation is a worldwide phenomenon observed in all continents. It has varied socioeconomic reasons; among others, the low profitability of traditional agriculture, the better job possibilities and the higher level of services in urban settlements. However, it is often recognized that depopulation is related to natural factors such as elevation, slope or lithology. It is also observed that protected areas are frequently established in depopulated mountain regions. Their primary aim is the conservation of nature, but they may help tourism development as well. Tourism, in turn, may slow down or even reverse the process of depopulation. In this study, we investigate the impact of topographic and lithologic factors, namely of karst settings, on mountain demographic processes and the relationship of protected areas and tourism through the example of the northern part of Zlatibor District (Western Serbia). The study area is characterized by mountains and hills at elevations from 200 to 1600 m a.s.l. Our aim is to find GIS-based statistical relationships between topographic, lithologic factors and demographic characteristics. In this area, mountain depopulation started after WWII, and we proved that this process was strongly controlled by topographic factors. The higher and more dissected the area, the more significant is the decrease of the population and the more advanced is the ageing. As a result, population density contrasts are much more pronounced now than 70 years ago. After WWII, depopulation and ageing became gradually more serious on karstic terrains than on non-karst. However, by using compound topographic and lithologic types, we proved that it is not the effect of karst, but the effect of topography. The flow of population from hills and mountains to valleys and basins are closely related to the restructuring of the economic sectors. At present, for the study area, the development of tourism is unequivocally naturebased and connected to protected areas, namely to Tara National Park, Zlatibor Nature Park and Šargan-Mokra Gora Nature Park. In this paper, we also demonstrate how lithology influences tourism possibilities. The leading role of Zlatibor in tourism development is largely thanks to its favourable position on a main transit route.

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Topographic and lithologic controls behind mountain depopulation in Zlatibor District (Western Serbia)

2020

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“…As aldeias nas montanhas que há muito se acreditava condenadas ao abandono, a uma difícil luta pela sobrevivência e a uma incapacidade de manter as pessoas autóctones e atrair novos habitantes, hoje demonstram uma ligeira inversão desta tendência. Para além desta mudança, revelam também um paradoxo: em muitos casos os neo-rurais estão mais propensos do que os locais para promoverem a valorização do património local (Viazzo & Zanini, 2014), provavelmente motivados pela visão de oportunidade de negócio, formação educacional, experiências adquiridas no mundo urbano e/ou pela própria indiferença por parte dos habitantes locais (Sardinha, 2018;Rico & Fuller, 2016).…”

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Immigration, Entrepreneurial Activities and Social Change in Rural Contexts: A Theoretical Approach

Bello

Sacramento

Marques

2021

Rev. Port. de Estud. Reg.

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The theoretical analysis developed focuses on the most relevant conceptual and empirical research contributions on migratory flows that, associated with certain activities, projects and lifestyles, are attracted by the existing conditions in rural areas. This analysis is guided by four questions: (i) what are the images, possibilities and resources that give migratory attractiveness to rural territories? (ii) who are the migrants who move to the countryside and what are their reasons and motivations? (iii) what is the relationship between these migrations and innovation and entrepreneurship processes? (iv) to what extent and how do neo-rural flows provide gentrification processes? The review is supported by articles and books indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science databases, being complemented with the analysis of non-indexed, but reliable works. As a result, it was found that entrepreneurial neo-ruralism is carried out by individuals who leave urban centers motivated by the search for new lifestyles and/or opportunities to develop certain economic activities. In this process they tend to foster innovation, local development processes and, often, the gentrification of rural contexts.

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The Anti-marginalization Device

Fontefrancesco

2020

Food Festivals and Local Development in Italy

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“Taking advantage of emptiness”?

Cited by 15 publications

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Topographic and lithologic controls behind mountain depopulation in Zlatibor District (Western Serbia)

Topographic and lithologic controls behind mountain depopulation in Zlatibor District (Western Serbia)

Immigration, Entrepreneurial Activities and Social Change in Rural Contexts: A Theoretical Approach

The Anti-marginalization Device

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