151360 20251017144627.0 doi 10.2478/euco-2021-0021 sideral 127245 ART-2021-127245 eng Pinilla, V. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-2256-8898 What Do Public Policies Teach us about Rural Depopulation: The Case Study of Spain 2021 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted This study evaluates the policies developed in Spain to address depopulation and explains the reasons for their low effectiveness. We consider that the low impact of these policies is due to an incorrect diagnosis and design in terms of their content and governance. Therefore, we propose that depopulation policies should have the objective of enabling citizens to reside where they wish and obtain the best possible quality of life. These policies should be implemented within a new governance framework in which the foundations on which they are based and the way in which they are implemented are renewed. With the support of the European Union, such action could be carried out more efficiently and could constitute a reference of successful territorial cohesion contributing to erasing the populist opinion in places that believe that they do not matter. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S23-20R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S55-20R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCINN/PGC2018-095529-B-I00 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CSO2017-83603-C2-1-R info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-sa https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.es 0.329 2021 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2021 Q2 Geography, Planning and Development 2021 Q2 2.5 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Sáez, L.A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-2228-7861 4014 225 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Economía Aplicada Área Economía Aplicada 4014 480 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Economía Aplicada Área Hª e Instituc.Económ. 13, 2 (2021), 330-351 European Countryside 1803-8417 946278 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/151360/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 1172507 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/151360/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:151360 articulos driver 2025-10-17-14:24:50 ARTICLE