Am 28. Juli 2024 finden in Venezuela Präsidentschaftswahlen statt, bei denen sich der seit 2013 regierende Staatschef Nicolás Maduro im Amt bestätigen lassen möchte. Mit María Corina Machado ist ihm eine Gegenkandidatin erwachsen, die zwar die Massen mobilisiert, aber nicht antreten darf....

Chapter 1. Introduction (Tomaz Ponce Dentinho) -- Chapter 2. Railway Infrastructure of Czechia and its Effect on Land Use (Stabak Roy) -- Chapter 3. Howrah Railway Station: A Catalyst for Regional Growth and Development in India (Saptarshi Mitra) -- Chapter 4. Connecting New Horizons and...

Ireland's rural areas are central to the country's economy, society and territorial identity. Compared with many OECD countries, they show strong economic performance and relatively favourable demographic trends, particularly in regions with good access to urban labour markets. Yet, persistent...

This study proposes a procedure that can help address the challenge of achieving universal energy access by facilitating the process of rural electrification. Our holistic methodology enables the analysis of electrification processes and tailored for the usage of open-source data, allowing for...

This paper offers a comprehensive critical review on digitalisation in rural areas, drawing on international and EU policies, scientific and grey literature and real-life examples from two European H2020 research projects. In doing so, it aims at providing a basic conceptual framework...

Food districts seem to be a phenomenon as widespread as they are somewhat little known and misunderstood. After thirty years of collective thinking and practice, we question what districts in the agricultural and rural domain actually are and whether we are yet to produce a scientifically...

The Urban Development Plans (UDPs) prepared in Bhutan usually lack priority investment plans and Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) of the proposed investments. While analyzing economic returns and conducting CBA form an integral part of other projects in Bhutan, especially donor funded projects, such...

Sub-national governments play an essential role in transforming existing governance to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with SDG 11 intrinsically linked to SDG localisation. The Indian government is reforming its existing institutional mechanisms, and a research gap exists in...