Alistair Adam Hernández
Articles
Europa XXI (2021) vol. 41, pp. 107-128 | 
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doi: https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2021.41.5
citation: Adam Hernández, A. & Schneider, C. (2021). Experimenting for long-term transformation. Key insights into 20 years of German pilot schemes for innovative rural public service and infrastructure provision. Europa XXI, 41, 107-128. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2021.41.5
Abstract
In a context of highly heterogeneous development prospects for rural areas in the German Federal Republic, maintaining public services and infrastructure in peripheral locations is facing major challenges. Since the 1990s, a number of nationwide and publicly-funded pilot schemes have experimented with innovative approaches for the long-term transformation of the way public services and infrastructure are provided in the countryside. Nevertheless, the continuity of these approaches often turns out to be problematic. This paper analyses a series of pilot schemes as instruments for territorial development and presents new findings at multiple levels for enhancing their performance.
Keywords: basic services and infrastructure, demographic decline, Germany, innovation, pilot schemes, rural areas
[adam@arl-net.de], Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association
[carolin-schneider@freenet.de], Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association
Citation
APA: Adam Hernández, A., & Schneider, C. (2021). Experimenting for long-term transformation. Key insights into 20 years of German pilot schemes for innovative rural public service and infrastructure provision. Europa XXI, 41, 107-128. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2021.41.5
MLA: Adam Hernández, Alistair, and Schneider, Carolin. "Experimenting for long-term transformation. Key insights into 20 years of German pilot schemes for innovative rural public service and infrastructure provision". Europa XXI, vol. 41, 2021, pp. 107-128. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2021.41.5
Chicago: Adam Hernández, Alistair, and Schneider, Carolin. "Experimenting for long-term transformation. Key insights into 20 years of German pilot schemes for innovative rural public service and infrastructure provision". Europa XXI 41 (2021): 107-128. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2021.41.5
Harvard: Adam Hernández, A., & Schneider, C. 2021. "Experimenting for long-term transformation. Key insights into 20 years of German pilot schemes for innovative rural public service and infrastructure provision". Europa XXI, vol. 41, pp. 107-128. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2021.41.5
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[nathalie.tent@uni-oldenburg.de], Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
[alexandru.brad@thuenen.de], Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries
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[gebauer@gih.uni-hannover.de], Leibniz University Hannover, Geodetic Institute
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APA: Tent, N., Brad, A., Klöden, J., Adam Hernández, A., Bannert, J., & Gebauer, A. (2021). A review of the challenges and strategies of delivering services of general interest in European rural areas. Europa XXI, 41, 77-105. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2021.41.4
MLA: Tent, Nathalie, et al. "A review of the challenges and strategies of delivering services of general interest in European rural areas". Europa XXI, vol. 41, 2021, pp. 77-105. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2021.41.4
Chicago: Tent, Nathalie, Brad, Alexandru, Klöden, Juliane, Adam Hernández, Alistair, Bannert, Jörn, and Gebauer, Alice. "A review of the challenges and strategies of delivering services of general interest in European rural areas". Europa XXI 41 (2021): 77-105. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2021.41.4
Harvard: Tent, N., Brad, A., Klöden, J., Adam Hernández, A., Bannert, J., & Gebauer, A. 2021. "A review of the challenges and strategies of delivering services of general interest in European rural areas". Europa XXI, vol. 41, pp. 77-105. https://doi.org/10.7163/Eu21.2021.41.4
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