Ecovillage as an Alternative Way of Rural Life: Evidence From Hungary and Slovakia
This paper offers a case study of three selected ecovillages (two in Hungary and one in Slovakia). The main objective is to characterize, analyse and eventually compare types, trends and problems in the development of ecovillages and to discuss the possible impacts and effects of ecovillage movement...
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| description | This paper offers a case study of three selected ecovillages (two in Hungary and one in Slovakia). The main objective is to characterize, analyse and eventually compare types, trends and problems in the development of ecovillages and to discuss the possible impacts and effects of ecovillage movement on sustainable rural development. The authors used interviews, observation and inquiry for data collection and methods of document analysis, content analysis of different sources, and analysis of foot marks. They attempt to bring the worldview closer by introducing the basic ecovillage concept and framework, and by describing the ecovillage types, recent trends, problems and challenges. The analytical part begins with a short characteristic of the ecovillage movement in Hungary and Slovakia and follows with six thematic subchapters that investigate and compare the observed ecovillages according to the purposes and motivation for their founding, the communication models and public relations, local economic systems and self-sufficiency phenomenon, the employment structure and the existing infrastructure. Finally, the last part is devoted to assess the main research findings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-44e01a1b3321416ea6eedac729979b5c2022-12-22T02:39:59ZengSciendoEuropean Countryside1803-84172018-12-0110469371010.2478/euco-2018-0038euco-2018-0038Ecovillage as an Alternative Way of Rural Life: Evidence From Hungary and SlovakiaMoravčíková Danka0Fürjészová Tímea1Department of Social Sciences, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76Nitra, SlovakiaDepartment of Social Sciences, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76Nitra, SlovakiaThis paper offers a case study of three selected ecovillages (two in Hungary and one in Slovakia). The main objective is to characterize, analyse and eventually compare types, trends and problems in the development of ecovillages and to discuss the possible impacts and effects of ecovillage movement on sustainable rural development. The authors used interviews, observation and inquiry for data collection and methods of document analysis, content analysis of different sources, and analysis of foot marks. They attempt to bring the worldview closer by introducing the basic ecovillage concept and framework, and by describing the ecovillage types, recent trends, problems and challenges. The analytical part begins with a short characteristic of the ecovillage movement in Hungary and Slovakia and follows with six thematic subchapters that investigate and compare the observed ecovillages according to the purposes and motivation for their founding, the communication models and public relations, local economic systems and self-sufficiency phenomenon, the employment structure and the existing infrastructure. Finally, the last part is devoted to assess the main research findings.https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2018-0038ecovillageeco-philosophyself-sufficient communityalternative way of liferural sustainability |
| spellingShingle | Moravčíková Danka Fürjészová Tímea Ecovillage as an Alternative Way of Rural Life: Evidence From Hungary and Slovakia European Countryside ecovillage eco-philosophy self-sufficient community alternative way of life rural sustainability |
| title | Ecovillage as an Alternative Way of Rural Life: Evidence From Hungary and Slovakia |
| title_full | Ecovillage as an Alternative Way of Rural Life: Evidence From Hungary and Slovakia |
| title_fullStr | Ecovillage as an Alternative Way of Rural Life: Evidence From Hungary and Slovakia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ecovillage as an Alternative Way of Rural Life: Evidence From Hungary and Slovakia |
| title_short | Ecovillage as an Alternative Way of Rural Life: Evidence From Hungary and Slovakia |
| title_sort | ecovillage as an alternative way of rural life evidence from hungary and slovakia |
| topic | ecovillage eco-philosophy self-sufficient community alternative way of life rural sustainability |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2018-0038 |
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