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Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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País: |
United States
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Título: |
Alternative Territorial Breakdowns of Statistics for Supporting Rural Policies
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Autores: |
Lauwers, Ludwig H.
Kerselaers, Eva
Lenders, Sonia
Vervaet, Mieke
Vervloet, Dirk
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Data: |
2005-10-06
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Ano: |
2005
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Palavras-chave: |
Rural development
Rurality index
OECD
Central limit theorem
Agricultural and Food Policy
C10
O18
R12
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Resumo: |
In order to support rural policy making with appropriate information, alternative territorial breakdowns of statistics are necessary. This paper shows how the widely used criterion of 150 inhabitants per km² can be fine tuned to better account for local specific conditions, in particular high population densities. Alternative population density thresholds are confronted with local perceptions of rurality, aggregated in a rurality index. The method is illustrated for two regions that differ in urbanisation level. The rurality index not only increases the discriminatory power, but also helps to find a less erroneous and more robust proxy for international comparable breakdowns of statistics.
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Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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Idioma: |
Inglês
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Identificador: |
18100
http://purl.umn.edu/24635
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Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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Relação: |
European Association of Agricultural Economists>2005 International Congress, August 23-27, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark
Poster Paper
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Formato: |
14
application/pdf
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