New Challenges for Sustainable Rural Development in the 21st Century (part 1)

Lučka Lorber

doi:10.18690/rg.4.1.4070

Lučka Lorber University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts, Departmant of geography; Maribor, Slovenia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18690/rg.4.1.4070

Abstract

This is a special issue of the Journal for Geography published at the occasion of the 17^th Annual Colloquium of the IGU Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems entitled New Challenges for Sustainable Rural Development in the 21^st Century, which took place from 13^th to 18^th July 2009 in Maribor, Slovenia. In this issue, experts from Brazil, Australia, India, Japan, Israel, France, Ireland, Austria, Romania, the Netherlands and Slovenia present, analyse and explain the diversity of ways to improve the quality of life in rural areas all over the world.

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Author Biography

Lučka Lorber, University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts, Departmant of geography; Maribor, Slovenia.

E-mail: lucka.lorber@guest.um.si

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