A5010151369- Rural development and sustainability
- Public Administration and Political Analysis
- Innovation, Technology, and Society
- Urbanization and City Planning
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
ILS – Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development
2021
Many sparsely-populated regions in Europe are or perceive that they left behind because of a reduced presence public and private services the area comparison to more densely-populated urban areas. One solution has been proposed overcome issues spatial injustice these areas is digitalization services. The use new technologies can be means provide similar rural as reduce costs. However, when becoming digitalized, with ageing populations, social digital divides might increase. Could policies...
In small towns with ageing societies, the voices of young often tend to get marginalized in local policy discourse. The paper explores how people are trying counter this trend through creation a self-organized youth and sociocultural centre Görlitz, town that suffered major transformation aftermath German reunification. Görlitz also made national headlines when Eurosceptic right-wing party gained large share votes recent elections. context, it is quite surprising see an initiative like...