Rural Development in Scope of the Development Theories and Concepts

Abstract

Recent paper deals with the theories and concepts of development. This is quite important issue, because there is a need to define the goals of different development activities. In case we couldn't suspect the change or the possible result caused our activity, is not allowed to start such kind of process. Rural development is a new phenomena in Hungary. Different scholars interpret rural development in different ways. This paper says that rural development not just structural or sectoral activity. There is an overlapping, because regional development activities effect small regions on the countryside and agricultural activity is strongly connected to rural life and economy, too. However rural development is a bottom up approaches unlike regional development. To improve the quality of life in rural areas is not enough only to develop or diversify agricultural activities, because rural development is a multi-actor and multi-facetted process.