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The Future Dreams of Ireland's Youth: Possibilities for Rural Regeneration and Generational Renewal




TekijätMurtagh Aisling, Farrell Maura, Kuhmonen Tuomas, Weir Louise, Mahon Marie

KustantajaMDPI

Julkaisuvuosi2023

JournalSustainability

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiSUSTAINABILITY

Lehden akronyymiSUSTAINABILITY-BASEL

Artikkelin numero 9528

Vuosikerta15

Numero12

Sivujen määrä15

eISSN2071-1050

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3390/su15129528

Verkko-osoitehttps://doi.org/10.3390/su15129528

Rinnakkaistallenteen osoitehttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/180445451


Tiivistelmä
The renewal of younger generations in farming and rural areas is a key European policy concern and rural sustainability issue. European literature discusses what drives young people from rural areas while identifying diverse and often interlinked factors as responsible. This study uses a future foresight approach to understand what would facilitate young people to remain in or return to rural areas. Targeting youth aged 18 to 30 and examining their personal dream futures in 2035, this paper presents the ideal lifestyle and livelihoods young people envision for themselves in rural Ireland. However, future approaches to alleviate rural decline, support regeneration, and the wider issue of generational renewal must consider the wider impact on rural sustainability. Generational renewal is just one challenging part of rural decline, including wider social, environmental, economic, and cultural issues. Driven by this wider concern, this paper also explores the implications of the youth's future dreams for rural regeneration and generational renewal from a broad rural resilience perspective. The results identify a range of issues. However, rural jobs emerge as a key issue, and the paper outlines how policy attention is particularly needed here for improved resilient rural regeneration and generational renewal.

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