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EXPERT-LEVEL COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE VIABILITY OF RURAL AREAS IN THE BALTIC SEA EAST COAST STATES
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The rural space in the Baltic Sea East Coast States пїЅ Latvia, Lithuania and Poland пїЅ comprises a significant part of the territories of these states. It occupies more than half of each stateпїЅs territory and employs more than a third of labour market participants. For these reasons, the future prospects of the rural space in each of the states is an important issue in designing their smart growth strategies. Smart growth is determined not only by objective circumstances but also by local authorities, the activity of various public organisations and the readiness of residents to act under the guidance of the mentioned formations. The present research focuses on these formations, which may be assumed to be performance agents, and on their influence on smart growth and the viability of rural areas. The research employed the survey method пїЅ a survey of experts was conducted (n=171 in Latvia; n=163 in Lithuania; n=111 in Poland, carried out during 2016) to assess each performance agentпїЅs contribution to smart growth. Summarising the expert opinions allows performing a comprehensive comparison in terms of similarities and differences in evaluating each agentпїЅs performance in each country surveyed and defining primary objectives to be achieved in order to improve the smart growth process for each performance agent under the particular conditions of their country.
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