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Dr. Thomas Dax
Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research

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Published: 15 June 2021 in Standort
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Der Steirische Zentralraum stellt eine der dynamischsten Wirtschaftsregionen Österreichs dar. Die starke Verflechtung zwischen den ländlichen und peri-urbanen Gebieten mit der Stadt Graz zeigt sich insbesondere in starken Pendlerströmen. Der Druck auf die Stadtregion wird immer größer, Alternativen zum motorisierten Individualverkehr zu bieten und zwingt die Entscheidungsträger*innen zum Handeln, um diese Entwicklungen zu entschärfen. Das Regionalmanagement Steirischer Zentralraum hat in den letzten Jahren dazu mehrere Pilotprojekte gestartet, die in einem Multi-Level Governance-Ansatz die Mobilitätsentwicklung hin zu multimodalen Lösungen und dem Ansatz „mobility as a service” vorantreiben. Dieser Artikel analysiert die regionalen Schritte und deren Beitrag zu einer Mobilitätswende. Anhand der Analyse der aktuellen Mobilitätsangebote im Steirischen Zentralraum sowie einer Befragung von Bürgermeister*innen der Region wird der Einfluss auf die Mobilitätsentwicklung beantwortet und es werden Schlussfolgerungen für andere Stadt-Land-Regionen abgeleitet.

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Lisa Bauchinger; Theresia Oedl-Wieser; Thomas Dax; Anna Reichenberger; Kerstin Hausegger-Nestelberger. Zukunftsweisende Mobilitätssysteme des Steirischen Zentralraums – Erkenntnisse aus städtisch-ländlicher kommunaler Zusammenarbeit. Standort 2021, 1 -7.

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Lisa Bauchinger, Theresia Oedl-Wieser, Thomas Dax, Anna Reichenberger, Kerstin Hausegger-Nestelberger. Zukunftsweisende Mobilitätssysteme des Steirischen Zentralraums – Erkenntnisse aus städtisch-ländlicher kommunaler Zusammenarbeit. Standort. 2021; ():1-7.

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Lisa Bauchinger; Theresia Oedl-Wieser; Thomas Dax; Anna Reichenberger; Kerstin Hausegger-Nestelberger. 2021. "Zukunftsweisende Mobilitätssysteme des Steirischen Zentralraums – Erkenntnisse aus städtisch-ländlicher kommunaler Zusammenarbeit." Standort , no. : 1-7.

Journal article
Published: 03 June 2021 in Land
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In a period of rising concern for sustainable land management systems to achieve food security at a global scale, land-use changes demand increased attention. This study assesses the past observations and future risk calculations for land abandonment across European regions, highlighting the particular risk for mountain areas. It draws from a study commissioned by the European Parliament to investigate the situation and probability for high and very high risk of land abandonment until 2030. Revealing that land abandonment is at three times higher risk in mountain areas than in non-mountain areas, the need for action to cope with this pressure is the core result. We reveal that the high disparity in agricultural competitiveness between regions (at fine geographical scale) is the main driving force leading to the spatially uneven performance of land management. Viewing this wide set of drivers and mitigation options, land abandonment is understood as the outcome of a multitude of factors of socio-ecological systems and a combination of farm-specific, internal regional and trans-regional factors. The present dominance of narratives of effectiveness leaves little scope for mountain regions under threat of abandonment and marginalization. In this situation, policy reform would address the issue but this might turn out to be influential only if the complex nature and trade-off of the comprehensive policy framework are prioritized.

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Thomas Dax; Karin Schroll; Ingrid Machold; Martyna Derszniak-Noirjean; Bernd Schuh; Mailin Gaupp-Berghausen. Land Abandonment in Mountain Areas of the EU: An Inevitable Side Effect of Farming Modernization and Neglected Threat to Sustainable Land Use. Land 2021, 10, 591 .

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Thomas Dax, Karin Schroll, Ingrid Machold, Martyna Derszniak-Noirjean, Bernd Schuh, Mailin Gaupp-Berghausen. Land Abandonment in Mountain Areas of the EU: An Inevitable Side Effect of Farming Modernization and Neglected Threat to Sustainable Land Use. Land. 2021; 10 (6):591.

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Thomas Dax; Karin Schroll; Ingrid Machold; Martyna Derszniak-Noirjean; Bernd Schuh; Mailin Gaupp-Berghausen. 2021. "Land Abandonment in Mountain Areas of the EU: An Inevitable Side Effect of Farming Modernization and Neglected Threat to Sustainable Land Use." Land 10, no. 6: 591.

Journal article
Published: 19 December 2020 in Sustainability
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In the past, the contrasts between rural and urban regions were the primary feature of analysis, while today, spatial dynamics are realized by the interactions between spaces and focus on the dependencies of rural-urban areas. This implies that boundaries are not anymore perceived as fixed but as flexible and fluid. With rising spatial interrelations, the concept of the “city-region” has been increasingly regarded as a meaningful concept for the implementation of development policies. Governance arrangements working at the rural-urban interface are often highly complex. They are characterized by horizontal and vertical coordination of numerous institutional public and private actors. In general, they provide opportunities to reap benefits and try to ameliorate negative outcomes but, due to asymmetric power relations, rural areas are often challenged to make their voice heard within city-region governance structures which can too easily become focused on the needs of the urban areas. This paper addresses these issues of rural-urban partnerships through the case of the Metropolitan Area of Styria. It presents analyses on the core issue of how to recognize the structure and driving challenges for regional co-operation and inter-communal collaboration in this city-region. Data were collected through workshops with regional stakeholders and interviews with mayors. Although the Metropolitan Area of Styria occupies an increased reference in policy discourses, the city-region has not grown to a uniform region and there are still major differences in terms of economic performance, the distribution of decision-making power, accessibility and development opportunities. If there should be established a stronger material and imagined cohesion in the city-region, it requires enhanced assistance for municipalities with less financial and personal resources, and tangible good practices of inter-municipal co-operation. The ability to act at a city-regional level depends highly on the commitment for co-operation in the formal and informal governance arrangement, and on the willingness for political compromises as well as on the formulation of common future goals.

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Theresia Oedl-Wieser; Kerstin Hausegger-Nestelberger; Thomas Dax; Lisa Bauchinger. Formal and Informal Governance Arrangements to Boost Sustainable and Inclusive Rural-Urban Synergies: An Analysis of the Metropolitan Area of Styria. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10637 .

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Theresia Oedl-Wieser, Kerstin Hausegger-Nestelberger, Thomas Dax, Lisa Bauchinger. Formal and Informal Governance Arrangements to Boost Sustainable and Inclusive Rural-Urban Synergies: An Analysis of the Metropolitan Area of Styria. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (24):10637.

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Theresia Oedl-Wieser; Kerstin Hausegger-Nestelberger; Thomas Dax; Lisa Bauchinger. 2020. "Formal and Informal Governance Arrangements to Boost Sustainable and Inclusive Rural-Urban Synergies: An Analysis of the Metropolitan Area of Styria." Sustainability 12, no. 24: 10637.

Journal article
Published: 02 October 2020 in Land Use Policy
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The challenges to achieve balanced territorial development are often related to the predominance of spatial concentration processes, lack of awareness of local potential and critical mass in remote regions. Despite this large-scale picture, increasingly development problems are observed also in more “centrally-located” regions of Europe necessitating a much finer grained level of spatial analysis. The resulting perception of Inner Peripheries in recent years pose several critical questions for the evaluation and planning of the European regional development policy and practice. This is particularly due to their nature, i.e. peripherality and marginality, which might instigate local population feelings of being treated ‘unfair’ and, at the same time, to the relatively poor attention given by EU policy and scientific frameworks to these remote territories. Recent studies have highlighted the need for reflecting local distinctive challenges and pathways in different types of rural regions. Through adopting an interdisciplinary approach with robust and finer level analyses and multi-stakeholder processes, the Academic studies and policy strategies should pool their strengths towards understanding and devising actions for mitigation of the underlying problems, making use of European and National Funds also for affected Inner Peripheries.

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Andrea De Toni; Paolo Di Martino; Thomas Dax. Location matters. Are science and policy arenas facing the Inner Peripheries challenges in EU? Land Use Policy 2020, 100, 105111 .

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Andrea De Toni, Paolo Di Martino, Thomas Dax. Location matters. Are science and policy arenas facing the Inner Peripheries challenges in EU? Land Use Policy. 2020; 100 ():105111.

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Andrea De Toni; Paolo Di Martino; Thomas Dax. 2020. "Location matters. Are science and policy arenas facing the Inner Peripheries challenges in EU?" Land Use Policy 100, no. : 105111.

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Published: 02 January 2020 in Digital Shutdowns and Social Media
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In recent years, development in mountain regions has been increasingly subject to the pressures of climate change and shifts in natural resource use. At the same time, appreciation of the manifold assets and services provided by these regions to wider communities has increased significantly due to enhanced recognition of place-specific opportunities. Public goods provided through adapted land management systems and regional resource use have helped shape rural amenities and overcome previously limited perspectives aimed at mitigating the danger of marginalization, focusing instead on ways of nurturing the development potential of mountain areas. In this chapter we focus on emerging practices in local development initiatives in these areas, which tend to take both the challenges and opportunities arising from local contexts into account. However, successful action does not rely exclusively on endogenous potential. It must also take into account mountain–lowland inter-relations and inter-regional flows, which must be integrated into development strategies. To foster such approaches, mountain strategies must review the institutional requirements and governance frameworks, and their influence on human–nature relationships in these adverse geographic situations. This perspective reflects, in particular, the substantial services that mountain areas provide to other areas and the increasing importance of the flows between different spatial categories. A “neo-endogenous rural development” approach enables local actors in mountain regions to shift concern about their current status as a dependency culture to exploiting place-specific development opportunities.

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Thomas Dax. Neoendogenous Rural Development in Mountain Areas. Digital Shutdowns and Social Media 2020, 3 -19.

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Thomas Dax. Neoendogenous Rural Development in Mountain Areas. Digital Shutdowns and Social Media. 2020; ():3-19.

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Thomas Dax. 2020. "Neoendogenous Rural Development in Mountain Areas." Digital Shutdowns and Social Media , no. : 3-19.

Journal article
Published: 15 August 2019 in Sustainability
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After World War II, the economic recovery of Western Europe implied a swift economic transition for all regions, including the area of the Alps, although affecting various parts at different paces and stages. The resulting out-migration led to population decline in some mountain valleys and regions since the 1950s. Such negative population development trends are widespread across mountain areas of the world, including China, where out-migration started after its rural reform in the 1970s. The effect was in some cases even more significant than in the Alps, with the first villages being deserted in the 1980s. Current estimations report about 380,000 rural villages in China being abandoned between 2000–2016, particularly in its mountain regions. While lower population densities might alleviate the pressures on ecology and contribute to environmental benefits, these movements aggravate a spiraling-down process of local economies and culture. In the Alps, many regions that were facing challenges of out-migration and economic weaknesses focused on local initiatives, including agritourism schemes that provided both economic incentives and stability to involved mountain farmers, and the continuation of local land management systems. However, China’s interest for promoting rural action and tourism-oriented farm diversification only started more recently, with a range of rural tourism and agricultural tourism initiatives emerging. This paper focuses on lessons from successful initiatives in the Alps that might induce and strengthen China’s search for elaborating agritourism activities in mountain areas. In consequence, agritourism might be assessed as a contribution to mitigate out-migration from mountain regions and a core element of the future sustainable development of the Alps and the Chinese countryside.

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Thomas Dax; Dachang Zhang; Yanying Chen. Agritourism Initiatives in the Context of Continuous Out-Migration: Comparative Perspectives for the Alps and Chinese Mountain Regions. Sustainability 2019, 11, 4418 .

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Thomas Dax, Dachang Zhang, Yanying Chen. Agritourism Initiatives in the Context of Continuous Out-Migration: Comparative Perspectives for the Alps and Chinese Mountain Regions. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (16):4418.

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Thomas Dax; Dachang Zhang; Yanying Chen. 2019. "Agritourism Initiatives in the Context of Continuous Out-Migration: Comparative Perspectives for the Alps and Chinese Mountain Regions." Sustainability 11, no. 16: 4418.

Journal article
Published: 15 January 2019 in Sustainability
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Tourism in rural regions of Georgia has a long tradition; however, many structures had been developed during Soviet times under the framework of a centrally planned economy and forced collectivism. Today, Rural Tourism is widely discussed by the national government and international cooperation partners as a means for regional development and as an alternative source of employment in agricultural areas and mountain regions. The purpose of this study is to develop suggestions for the institutionalization of Rural Tourism in the country and to propose relevant actions. Research methods comprised a document analysis, qualitative interviews with various stakeholders, and focus group discussions. We analyzed recent tendencies and challenges of rural tourism development in Georgia with a focus on the concept of community-based tourism and integrated rural development. We also review the challenges of the current structure of tourism marketing on the national level with regard to Rural Tourism products. The key findings of the research include recommendations to create a central leading structure for rural tourism at the national level, which will work on strategic issues and general norms of Rural Tourism. At the same time, we propose the development of destination management organizations, which will integrate general provisions in regional legislation and marketing in close cooperation with local stakeholders.

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Lela Khartishvili; Andreas Muhar; Thomas Dax; Ioseb Khelashvili. Rural Tourism in Georgia in Transition: Challenges for Regional Sustainability. Sustainability 2019, 11, 410 .

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Lela Khartishvili, Andreas Muhar, Thomas Dax, Ioseb Khelashvili. Rural Tourism in Georgia in Transition: Challenges for Regional Sustainability. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (2):410.

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Lela Khartishvili; Andreas Muhar; Thomas Dax; Ioseb Khelashvili. 2019. "Rural Tourism in Georgia in Transition: Challenges for Regional Sustainability." Sustainability 11, no. 2: 410.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2019 in Open Agriculture
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Many scenic areas in mountain regions have attained preservation status, which enhances strategies to attract tourists based on its unique natural or cultural resources and its original brand. It is a particular challenge for plant-dependent assets how tourist attraction for the scenic areas could be increased in the off-season, taking account of the strong seasonal fluctuations. The paper focuses on lessons from a specific case of preserved scenic area, the area of rhododendron (“Dujuan” in Chinese) and compares it with several European examples. As indicated in the denomination of “Baili Dujuan” Scenic Area, a National Park in Guizhou Province in China, this plant is the leading asset in that area. The characteristics of the seasonal flowering of rhododendrons causes Baili Dujuan serious problems of a seasonal tourist offer. For several years Baili Dujuan has been promoting complementary activities of agricultural tourism and developing a brand of flower-enjoying destinations, by supporting the local farmers to grow also other economic flowers and fruit trees that bloom in different seasons. Such instruments have contributed to extend the flow of tourists for longer periods of the year, generating also substantial benefits to farmers and other local industries. Based on the emerging initiatives in Baili Dujuan and interesting experiences from protected mountain areas in Europe, the complementary effects of agritourism and tourist destination brands in Preserved Scenic Areas will be explored for further development.

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Yanying Chen; Thomas Dax; Dachang Zhang. Complementary Effects of Agricultural Tourism and Tourist Destination Brands in Preserved Scenic Areas in Mountain Areas of China and Europe. Open Agriculture 2019, 4, 517 -529.

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Yanying Chen, Thomas Dax, Dachang Zhang. Complementary Effects of Agricultural Tourism and Tourist Destination Brands in Preserved Scenic Areas in Mountain Areas of China and Europe. Open Agriculture. 2019; 4 (1):517-529.

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Yanying Chen; Thomas Dax; Dachang Zhang. 2019. "Complementary Effects of Agricultural Tourism and Tourist Destination Brands in Preserved Scenic Areas in Mountain Areas of China and Europe." Open Agriculture 4, no. 1: 517-529.

Journal article
Published: 01 April 2018 in Studies in Agricultural Economics
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Thilo Nigmann; Thomas Dax; Gerhard Hovorka. Applying a social-ecological approach to enhancing provision of public goods through agriculture and forestry activities across the European Union. Studies in Agricultural Economics 2018, 120, 1 -7.

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Thilo Nigmann, Thomas Dax, Gerhard Hovorka. Applying a social-ecological approach to enhancing provision of public goods through agriculture and forestry activities across the European Union. Studies in Agricultural Economics. 2018; 120 (1):1-7.

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Thilo Nigmann; Thomas Dax; Gerhard Hovorka. 2018. "Applying a social-ecological approach to enhancing provision of public goods through agriculture and forestry activities across the European Union." Studies in Agricultural Economics 120, no. 1: 1-7.

Journal article
Published: 01 November 2017 in Mountain Research and Development
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Outmigration from rural territories is a worldwide phenomenon that is visible in many mountain regions and creates a perception of a landscape of abandonment. Nonetheless, a counterprocess has also occurred over the past decades of increasing immigration into marginal areas, including mountain areas in Europe. This article compares case studies from mountain municipalities in Austria, Italy, and Romania that have experienced an increase in immigration. Despite their common spatial features, these towns have shown different approaches to managing immigration. This study compared the responses of local communities to immigrants from various backgrounds. Each case study concentrated on the most relevant group of new arrivals in that municipality and provided an analysis of the background conditions and main influences on the integration process. The focus was at the municipality level, supplemented with a broader regional view where possible. The case study in Trentino, Italy, focused on internal migrants who were mostly young people, the study in Romania on amenity migrants, and the study in Austria on asylum seekers. Bearing in mind the diverse starting points and immense cultural diversity in the study areas, the manifold experiences of the integration performed by community action on both sides (new arrivals and local residents) point to 3 main aspects as crucial to integration: the presence of a supportive social environment, the engagement of local actors who broker contacts between the groups, and the availability of appropriate meeting spaces.

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Alessandro Gretter; Ingrid Machold; Andrea Membretti; Thomas Dax. Pathways of Immigration in the Alps and Carpathians: Social Innovation and the Creation of a Welcoming Culture. Mountain Research and Development 2017, 37, 396 .

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Alessandro Gretter, Ingrid Machold, Andrea Membretti, Thomas Dax. Pathways of Immigration in the Alps and Carpathians: Social Innovation and the Creation of a Welcoming Culture. Mountain Research and Development. 2017; 37 (4):396.

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Alessandro Gretter; Ingrid Machold; Andrea Membretti; Thomas Dax. 2017. "Pathways of Immigration in the Alps and Carpathians: Social Innovation and the Creation of a Welcoming Culture." Mountain Research and Development 37, no. 4: 396.

Journal article
Published: 04 August 2017 in European Planning Studies
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Thomas Dax; Michael Fischer. An alternative policy approach to rural development in regions facing population decline. European Planning Studies 2017, 26, 297 -315.

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Thomas Dax, Michael Fischer. An alternative policy approach to rural development in regions facing population decline. European Planning Studies. 2017; 26 (2):297-315.

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Thomas Dax; Michael Fischer. 2017. "An alternative policy approach to rural development in regions facing population decline." European Planning Studies 26, no. 2: 297-315.

Book chapter
Published: 15 May 2017 in Leadership and Local Power in European Rural Development
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Thomas Dax; Martin Hebertshuber. Regional and Rural Development in Austria and its Influence on Leadership and Local Power. Leadership and Local Power in European Rural Development 2017, 203 -229.

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Thomas Dax, Martin Hebertshuber. Regional and Rural Development in Austria and its Influence on Leadership and Local Power. Leadership and Local Power in European Rural Development. 2017; ():203-229.

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Thomas Dax; Martin Hebertshuber. 2017. "Regional and Rural Development in Austria and its Influence on Leadership and Local Power." Leadership and Local Power in European Rural Development , no. : 203-229.

Journal article
Published: 01 April 2017 in Studies in Agricultural Economics
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Despite achieving independence 25 years ago, Georgia is still a country in transition which is striving to overcome wideranging\ud economic development problems, particularly evident through out-migration from rural areas to urban centres and\ud foreign countries, as well as through restricted employment integration. The ‘European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture\ud and Rural Development in Georgia’ focuses on local development in rural regions as a main national goal and offers\ud a series of pilot actions to apply LEADER-like activities in various rural parts of the country. In this paper the application of\ud such a pilot scheme in Borjomi Municipality, the observed case study in the Lesser Caucasus, is analysed. Reviews show a\ud highly committed implementation process, comprising the establishment of the Local Action Group, the elaboration of the Local\ud Development Strategy, an on-going mobilisation process of local actors and the transfer of experiences and good practices\ud from European Union Member States. The assessment of the potential of the LEADER approach in the rural and mountainous\ud area of Borjomi Municipality reveals a high degree of acceptance and interest of rural stakeholders and residents to taking up\ud such an approach and engaging in innovative initiatives within the frame of sustainable rural development. Given the short\ud period of work with these ideas so far, continued knowledge transfer, and enhanced appreciation and participation in search\ud of place-specifi c opportunities in rural regions will be essential for successful rural development pathways across Georgia

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Theresia Oedl-Wieser; Thomas Dax; Michael Fischer. A new approach for participative rural development in Georgia – refl ecting transfer of knowledge and enhancing innovation in a non-European Union context. Studies in Agricultural Economics 2017, 119, 48 -54.

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Theresia Oedl-Wieser, Thomas Dax, Michael Fischer. A new approach for participative rural development in Georgia – refl ecting transfer of knowledge and enhancing innovation in a non-European Union context. Studies in Agricultural Economics. 2017; 119 (1):48-54.

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Theresia Oedl-Wieser; Thomas Dax; Michael Fischer. 2017. "A new approach for participative rural development in Georgia – refl ecting transfer of knowledge and enhancing innovation in a non-European Union context." Studies in Agricultural Economics 119, no. 1: 48-54.

Journal article
Published: 01 April 2016 in Studies in Agricultural Economics
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Thomas Dax; Theresia Oedl-Wieser. Rural innovation activities as a means for changing development perspectives An assessment of more than two decades of promoting LEADER initiatives across the European Union. Studies in Agricultural Economics 2016, 118, 30 -37.

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Thomas Dax, Theresia Oedl-Wieser. Rural innovation activities as a means for changing development perspectives An assessment of more than two decades of promoting LEADER initiatives across the European Union. Studies in Agricultural Economics. 2016; 118 (1):30-37.

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Thomas Dax; Theresia Oedl-Wieser. 2016. "Rural innovation activities as a means for changing development perspectives An assessment of more than two decades of promoting LEADER initiatives across the European Union." Studies in Agricultural Economics 118, no. 1: 30-37.

Chapter
Published: 29 July 2015 in Lebensentwürfe im ländlichen Raum
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Der demografische Wandel in ländlichen Regionen wird im Allgemeinen mit Schrumpfungsprozessen assoziiert. Diese Einschätzung ist jedoch für viele ländliche Regionen in den Industriestaaten längst nicht mehr zutreffend. Dies offenbart, wie wichtig eine umfassende Analyse der Bevölkerungsveränderungen und Wanderungsbewegungen in ländlichen Regionen ist. In den letzten Jahren lässt sich auch für diesen Regionstyp eine starke Zuwanderung vor allem aus dem Ausland feststellen, die unmittelbare Auswirkungen auf die soziale Vielfalt und die Reflexion der regionalen Identität hat. So manche ländliche Region beschränkt jedoch ihre Entwicklungs- und Innovationsfähigkeit selbst, weil es den BewohnerInnen nicht gelingt, die soziale Vielfalt produktiv zu nutzen und neue Entwicklungswege zuzulassen. Für die Entwicklungsfähigkeit ländlicher Gebiete ist es jedoch zentral, das vorhandene Potenzial an sozialer Vielfalt im Entwicklungsprozess zielgerichtet zu unterstützen und zu nutzen. In der Gestaltung ländlicher Regionen sind demzufolge neue Handlungsansätze gefordert, die die Vielfalt der persönlichen Zugänge umfassender abbilden und aktiv Regionsentwicklung steuern. Im Folgenden werden Ansätze vorgestellt, die dem Bevölkerungsverlust, dem Verlust an spezifischen Fähigkeiten und sozialer Kompetenz (Brain-Drain) aus ländlichen Regionen und dem damit verbundenen Verlust an Entwicklungs- und Innovationsfähigkeit wirkungsvoll entgegenwirken können.

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Luis Fidlschuster; Thomas Dax; Theresia Oedl-Wieser. Demografischer Wandel, Diversität und Entwicklungsfähigkeit ländlicher Regionen. Lebensentwürfe im ländlichen Raum 2015, 7 -28.

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Luis Fidlschuster, Thomas Dax, Theresia Oedl-Wieser. Demografischer Wandel, Diversität und Entwicklungsfähigkeit ländlicher Regionen. Lebensentwürfe im ländlichen Raum. 2015; ():7-28.

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Luis Fidlschuster; Thomas Dax; Theresia Oedl-Wieser. 2015. "Demografischer Wandel, Diversität und Entwicklungsfähigkeit ländlicher Regionen." Lebensentwürfe im ländlichen Raum , no. : 7-28.

Journal article
Published: 26 July 2013 in European Urban and Regional Studies
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Since the beginning of the 1990s, the Leader programme has been hailed as the instrument of rural policy that most explicitly takes account of the territorial dimension. This culminated in the mainstreaming of its underlying concept into the Rural Development Programmes of the current period (2007–2013), with the aim of having more effective policy implementation that considers the diversified needs of rural regions. Starting from analysis of the application and delivery of Leader under the present Rural Development Programme in two EU countries, Austria and Ireland, this paper presents an assessment of the effects of this programme change. In addition, it includes the EU-wide discussion on the (limited) effectiveness of the current implementation of Leader and the search for a reorientation towards local development activities in the EU’s reform proposals. The paper frames the analysis around the notion of social innovation, a concept of central importance to the aims of Leader. It is argued that the implementation of Leader in this period falls far behind its potential to beneficially impact rural regions; hence it should be an object of critical debate in the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and rural development measures, as well as coherence analyses with other policies, beyond 2013.

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Thomas Dax; Wibke Strahl; James Kirwan; Damian Maye. The Leader programme 2007–2013: Enabling or disabling social innovation and neo-endogenous development? Insights from Austria and Ireland. European Urban and Regional Studies 2013, 23, 56 -68.

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Thomas Dax, Wibke Strahl, James Kirwan, Damian Maye. The Leader programme 2007–2013: Enabling or disabling social innovation and neo-endogenous development? Insights from Austria and Ireland. European Urban and Regional Studies. 2013; 23 (1):56-68.

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Thomas Dax; Wibke Strahl; James Kirwan; Damian Maye. 2013. "The Leader programme 2007–2013: Enabling or disabling social innovation and neo-endogenous development? Insights from Austria and Ireland." European Urban and Regional Studies 23, no. 1: 56-68.

Preprint
Published: 01 January 2012
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In spite of an unbroken interest of migrants for metropolitan areas and cities, the immigration of foreign people into rural, and as well peripheral, regions of Austria increasingly receives attention over recent years. Actually, 21% of the population of foreign origin live in municipalities with less than 5,000 inhabitants. In more and more peripheral regions population losses caused by a low birth rate and a negative internal migration can be significantly reduced by a positive external (i.e. international) migration balance. These demographic changes lead also to an increase in the diversity of society of rural regions. Many analysts underpin the additional potential provided through a multi-cultural society resulting in new ideas and innovative activities for regional policy, in addition to the more popular concerns for adaptation and integration challenges. This paper draws from a national project on international migration processes and their impact on rural regions of Austria, providing an analysis of statistical data of internal and external migration flows, changes in the demographic structure, and differentiation of migrants according to their countries of origin for the period 2002-2010. The analysis is carried out at the regional level of NUTS 3 and uses the up-dated EU-Commission’s classification based on the OECD typology (Dijkstra and Poelman 2008). Furthermore, the paper will offer initial insights into empirical data about the motivation of immigrants to settle in rural regions and their functions within local communities. Thus, the paper focuses on the assessment of development opportunities for rural regions which are characterized by shrinking processes and the related challenges in terms of maintaining services of general interests, which could benefit from migration processes. The regional manifestations of these migration processes are systematically analysed so as to filter out so-called migration “hot spots†in Austrian rural regions. O

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Wibke Strahl; Ingrid Machold; Thomas Dax. Migration as opportunity for rural regions. 2012, 1 .

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Wibke Strahl, Ingrid Machold, Thomas Dax. Migration as opportunity for rural regions. . 2012; ():1.

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Wibke Strahl; Ingrid Machold; Thomas Dax. 2012. "Migration as opportunity for rural regions." , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 01 October 2011 in Studies in Agricultural Economics
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Andrew Copus; Mark Shucksmith; Thomas Dax; David Meredith. Cohesion Policy for rural areas after 2013: A rationale derived from the EDORA project (European Development Opportunities in Rural Areas) - ESPON 2013 Project 2013/1/2. Studies in Agricultural Economics 2011, 113, 121 -132.

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Andrew Copus, Mark Shucksmith, Thomas Dax, David Meredith. Cohesion Policy for rural areas after 2013: A rationale derived from the EDORA project (European Development Opportunities in Rural Areas) - ESPON 2013 Project 2013/1/2. Studies in Agricultural Economics. 2011; 113 (2):121-132.

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Andrew Copus; Mark Shucksmith; Thomas Dax; David Meredith. 2011. "Cohesion Policy for rural areas after 2013: A rationale derived from the EDORA project (European Development Opportunities in Rural Areas) - ESPON 2013 Project 2013/1/2." Studies in Agricultural Economics 113, no. 2: 121-132.

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Published: 20 May 2010 in Standort
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Wibke Strahl; Thomas Dax. Das Programm zur Entwicklung des ländlichen Raums der EU 2007 bis 2013 – ein integrativer Politikansatz? Standort 2010, 34, 55 -61.

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Wibke Strahl, Thomas Dax. Das Programm zur Entwicklung des ländlichen Raums der EU 2007 bis 2013 – ein integrativer Politikansatz? Standort. 2010; 34 (2):55-61.

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Published: 16 November 2009 in CAP regimes and the European countryside: prospects for integration between agricultural, regional and environmental policies.
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An introduction to the origin of less favoured area support in the European Union is followed a by an overview of area delimitation. The role of less...

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Thomas Dax; P. Hellegers. Policies for less favoured areas. CAP regimes and the European countryside: prospects for integration between agricultural, regional and environmental policies. 2009, 179 -197.

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Thomas Dax, P. Hellegers. Policies for less favoured areas. CAP regimes and the European countryside: prospects for integration between agricultural, regional and environmental policies.. 2009; ():179-197.

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Thomas Dax; P. Hellegers. 2009. "Policies for less favoured areas." CAP regimes and the European countryside: prospects for integration between agricultural, regional and environmental policies. , no. : 179-197.