extended abstract 1. introduction the area under study has several problems such as deficits in household spending, the high ratio of illiteracy and unemployment, the high number of children, the mistrust between villagers and so that these problems have created some obstacles on the way of rural development in the district. identify and analyze the issues and introduce proper solutions to elim...

In April 2006, the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) brought together national green building organizations, local rural housing developers, funders, and other stakeholders in the sustainable housing development movement in a roundtable forum to explore aff ordable green housing in rural areas.1 Rural aff ordable green building is an area with little current research and one that is increasingly...

Sustainable Development The Minister’s Foreword in the draft guidelines states that the National Spatial Strategy, (NSS), supersedes the 1997 policy document, ‘Sustainable Development: A Strategy for Ireland’ in respect of rural housing policy. However no account is taken and no mention is made of the review of that document 1 , published in 2002 as part of Ireland’s preparation for the World S...

Modern patterns of rural development propose a rational and respectful exploitation of agricultural resources together with the rediscovery of historical and naturalistic heritage as means to reach sustainable development. In this sense, Agritourism represents the contact point between the tourists’ request of wellbeing, genuineness and rediscovery of nature, and the offer of typical agricultur...