New regional development concepts for rural peripheries The case of the Scottish Highlands & Islands Authors Ingo Mose Institut für Umweltwissenschaften, Hochschule Vechta, Oldenburger Straße 97, 49377, Vechta Yvonne Brodda Institut für Umweltwissenschaften, Hochschule Vechta, Oldenburger Straße 97, 49377, Vechta DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03183475 Abstract The Scottish Highlands and Islands have been classified as one of the classic rural peripheries within Europe for a long time. Against this background the paper summarizes the historical development and the process of marginalisation the Highlands and Islands have experienced, in particular describing the regional policy measures applied over the last 40 years. Further focus lies on the current discussion of so called integrated rural development concepts that form the core of a more general reform of concepts, programmes and instruments in Scottish regional policy. Downloads Download data is not yet available. References Black, S.; Conway, E. (1996): The European Community's LEADER Programme in the Highlands and Islands. In: Scottish Geographical Magazine 112, No. 2, S. 101–106 Brown, A. (2000): Evaluation of the Local Rural Partnership Scheme. Executive Summary. — Edinburgh Fairly, J.; Lloyd, G. (1998): Enterprise in Scotland. AMID-Term Assessment of an Institutional Innovation for Economic Development. In: Halkier, H.; Danson, M.; Damborg, C. (Eds.): Regional Development Agencies in Europe.= Regional Policy and Development Series 21. London, Philadelphia, S. pp199–212 Greenwood, J.; Pyper, R.; Wilson, D. (2002): New Public Administration in Britain. 3rd. edition. — London. Heineberg, H. (1997): Großbritannien. Raumstrukturen, Entwicklungsprozesse, Raumplanung. 2. Auflage. = Perthes Länderprofile. — Gotha Hunter, J. (2000). Last of the Free. A Millennial History of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. — Edinburgh Initiative at the Edge (2001): Bays of Harris Action Programme. April 2002–March 2005. — o.O. Marsden, T.; Bristow, G. (2000): Progressing Integrated Rural Development: A Framework for Assessing the Integrative Potential of Sectoral Policies. In: Regional Studies 34, No. 5, S. 455–469 Shortall, S.; Shucksmith, M. (1998): Integrated rural development: Issues arising from the Scottish experience. In: European Planning Studies 6, No. 1, S. 73–88 Shucksmith, M. (1998): Rural and Regional Policy Implementation: Issues Arising from the Scottish Experience. Manuscript at the Arkleton Research Center. — Aberdeen Turnock, D. (1974): Scotland's Highlands and Islands. = Problem Regions of Europe. — Oxford Wehling, H.-W. (2000): Tourismus in Schottland. Historische Entwicklungen und Images, aktuelle Strukturen und Marketingstrategien. In: Geographische Rundschau 52, H. 1, S. 27–34 Downloads PDF (German) Published 2004-05-31 Issue Vol. 62 No. 3 (2004) Section Research Article License Copyright (c) 2004 RuR Editors This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Articles in Raumforschung und Raumordnung – Spatial Research and Planning are published under a Creative Commons license. From Vol. 79 No. 2 (2021), the license applied is CC BY 4.0. From Vol. 77 No. 1 to Vol. 79 No.1, articles were published under a CC BY-SA license. Earlier volumes have been re-published by oekom 2022 under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License CC BY 4.0. How to Cite 1.Mose I, Brodda Y. New regional development concepts for rural peripheries: The case of the Scottish Highlands & Islands. RuR [Internet]. 2004 May 31 [cited 2026 Jan. 14];62(3):206–216. Available from: https://rur.oekom.de/index.php/rur/article/view/1519 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Share
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