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"The Routledge Handbook of Small Towns addresses the theoretical, methodical and practical issues related to the development of small towns and neighbouring countryside. Small towns play a very important role in spatial structure by performing numerous significant developmental functions for rural areas. At the local scale, they act as engines for economic growth of rural regions and as a link in the system of connections between large urban centers and countryside. The book addresses the role of small towns in the local development of regions in countries with different levels of development and economic systems, including those in Europe, Africa, South America, Asia and Australia. Chapters address the functional structure of small towns, relations between small towns and rural areas and the challenges of spatial planning in the context of shaping the development of small towns. Students and scholars of urban planning, urban geography, rural geography, political geography, historical geography, population geography will learn about the role of small towns in the local development of countries representing different economic systems and developmental conditions"--

Redefining the task of regional development in the fourth industrial revolution : some Australian perspectives / Tony Sorensen -- Dilemmas for spatial planning and regional development in Poland : a review of the concepts / Jerzy Bański -- The Italian national strategy for inner areas : a place-based approach to regional development / Giancarlo Cotella and Elisabetta Vitale Brovarone -- Geographic and institution matters in achieving sustainable development in Indonesia / Triarko Nurlambang -- Regional development policy and practice in Ghana : past, present, and future / Benjamin Ofori-Amoah -- Measures of regional development on the example of Poland / Marcin Mazur and Damian Mazurek -- Medium-sized Spanish inland cities and regional development in the Iberian Peninsula : challenges and opportunities / Carmen Vázquez-Varela and José M. Martínez-Navarro -- Challenges and opportunities for strengthening local and regional economic development (LRED) in Africa : a spatial perspective / Peter Elias -- Does history matter? Development differences in Poland / Paweł Churski, Barbara Konecka-Szydłowska, Tomasz Herodowicz and Robert Perdał -- Territorial development in Romania : regional disparities / Bianca Mitrică, Ines Grigorescu, Radu Săgeată, Irena Mocanu and Monica Dumitraṣcu -- Pro-poor local economic development and the demand for economic growth : a case study on the lack of inclusive development in South Africa / Ashley Gunter -- Staying alive by going glocal : a case study of the towel-related industry balancing FDI and a local industrial cluster in Shikoku, Japan / Atsushi Taira -- Diagnosis of demonetization and its impact assessment on regional development : an Indian experience / B. Srinagesh -- The interface between urbanization and agriculture in the urbanizing Arab community in Israel : Baqa Al-Gharbiyye as a case study / Michael Sofer and Noaman Ganayem.

Introduction (Jerzy Bański) -- Part I: Transformation of the Rural Space -- Chapter 1. Spatial Differences of Transformation Processes in the East Central Europe Rural Areas (Jerzy Bański) -- Chapter 2. Agrarian Development in Hungary after the Transition (Bálint Csatári) -- Chapter 3. The Development of Agriculture in Czechia after Colaps of the Eastern Bloc in European context (Jiří Hrabák) -- Chapter 4. Rural-urban Interactions Influences on the Development of the Suburban Rural Areas in Romania (Monica Dumitraşcu) -- Chapter 5. Renewable Energy Development as a Driver of Rural Change: A case of the Czech Republic (Bohumil Frantál) -- Chapter 6. The status and Trends of Human and Territorial Assets in Peripheral Rural Communities of Estonia (Garri Raagmaa) -- Chapter 7. Continuing Peripheralization of Mountain and Border Areas in Bulgaria (Boian Koulov) -- Part II: Demographic and Social Changes -- Chapter 8. Rural Migration Patterns in the Visegrád Group after the Political and Economic Transition - Common Trends and Country-specific Traits (József Lennert) -- Chapter 9. Spatial Differences in Voting Behaviour Among Inhabitants of Rural Areas in Eastern Europe (Mariusz Kowalski) -- Chapter 10. Social and Demographic Development of the Czech Countryside after 1990 (Antonin Vaishar) -- Chapter 11. Position of Rural Areas in Transforming Migration Processes and Patterns in Slovakia (Ladislav Novotný) -- Chapter 12. Changes in the Dynamics and Demographic Structures of the Romanian Rural Population. An Overview of the Post-communist Period (Ines Grigorescu) -- Chapter 13. Functional Changes in Lithuanian Rural Areas: Demographic and Social Consequences (Donatas Bruneika) -- Chapter 14. Territorial Disparities in the Social Development of Rural Areas with Focus on Social Disadvantages Areas (Bianca Mitrică) -- Part III: New Development Challenges and the Future Perspectives -- Chapter 15. East-Central Europe Countryside Future – Three Scenarios (Jerzy Bański) -- Chapter 16. Ambivalent Perception of Globalization Processes in Post-transition Rural Slovakia (Vladimír Székely) -- Chapter 17. Perspectives and Challenges of the Agriculture on the Visegrad Countries Peripheries (Marcin Mazur) -- Chapter 18. Contemporary Transformations and Challenges in the Rural Development of Bulgaria (Veselin Boyadjiev) -- Chapter 19. Behind the Chaotic Micro-level Patterns of Transformation: Land Cover Changes in Hungary (Jenő Zsolt Farkas) -- Chapter 20. Education - Paradigm Shift, Trends in Spatial Differentiation and Importance in Further Development of Polish Rural Areas (Konrad Czapiewski) -- Chapter 21. Current Challenges and the Perspectives for Multifunctional Agriculture in Czechia (Vít Jančák)