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This thought-provoking book questions the framework of the Horizon 2020 strategy and the policies of smart development. It aims to answer the following question: Is there any possibility for a policy of smart development and smart specialization in rural and peri-urban areas? Based on detailed analytical studies, empirical and econometric methods, as well as various European case studies, several conclusions are drawn. Smart development policies are well adapted to the developed or intermediate regions containing at the same time rural and urban areas, but do not really function for the more rural or more peripheral regions. The development policies of rural areas must be adapted to their particular characteristics, to the structure of their economies (agriculture, small firms), as well as in their diversity (distant regions, intermediate regions, rural areas near the urban areas). It appears interesting to exploit natural and cultural amenities, to develop the multifunctional character of the agriculture, to promote territorial innovation under all its forms, to favor the synergies between the various uses of land and space, and to develop the knowledge on the ecological, socioeconomic processes, as well as on the mechanisms of territorial governance. These results are very important because they question the validity of the H2020 policy and the smart development and smart specialization policies and their applicability to the whole European area, and not only for the most urban and rich areas. It will be valuable reading for students, researchers and policy-makers in regional development, rural studies, spatial planning and economic geography.
Introduction: Is there a smart development for rural areas?
Main analytical results
On smart business in rural areas: Entrepreneurship, innovation and their determinants
Smart Agriculture and empirical evaluation of smartness using composite indicator
Smart land use for smart rural development: The case of rural and peri-urban regions in Europe
The Territory Game as a smart development tool for food governance in rural and peri-urban territories
Case studies in Europe
Differences in rural smartness: An analysis of two Austrian case study regions
Case studies on innovation and entrepreneurship in rural areas from Sweden: Jönköping County and Jämtland County
An inter- and transdisciplinary, multiscale and mixed methods pathway to study Smart Agriculture in Italy
Smart Agriculture, grassroots initiatives and urban food governance: Case studies in two metropolitan areas in Southern France
Business strategies for smart rural development: The renewal of territorialized productions
Conclusion