into the capacity of urban centres to contribute to rural development in Romania from R&D and innovation perspective. First …Among the EU countries, Romania displays the highest share of rural population (45%), most of it employed in …. Further on, the analysis of the regional dimension of R&D and innovation shows an increasing polarisation both between and …

against the provisions of the European Charter of Rural Areas. It was found that the definition of rural area in Romania was …

condition for an effective promotion of 75 rural towns in the seven northernmost regions in Sweden. The paper presents reasons … for using the place marketing concept by rural towns in Northern Sweden. Also it contains features of the place marketing …