Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2004, 50(10):431-444 | DOI: 10.17221/5230-AGRICECON
Social and economic points of the rural development
- University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
The article deals with characteristics of local communities and rural regions. Local communities are defined both according to the standards of population density and the number of inhabitants. In the article, there are treated especially the indicators of population development (balance of migration), economic activities of the inhabitants, unemployment rates, structures of the population according to the sector of national economy and the indicators of education. These indicators have been calculated on the basis of data of the Census 2001, municipal and regional statistics and the Department of Employment data concerning the unemployment rate.
Keywords: the country, rural region, local community, unemployment, population development, education
Published: October 31, 2004 Show citation
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