Rural planning and development: at the crossroads of a growing demand and a slowly developing supply: rural amenities

Abstract

Some natural or manmade goods situated in rural areas, appreciated by the public independently of their role in the process of production, are today, known under the name of " rural amenities ". Considering their actual attractiveness, these amenities can and must today enter in the economical process, answering at a large demand, giving incomes to their producers and assuring the development of some rural territories. Naturally, under the conditions of modifications of some actual dispositions rules and politics.