Democratic governance for development: The structures of cooperation in municipalities at risk of depopulation of the Valencian Community

Abstract

The announced death of many municipalities in the mountainous and rural interior of Spain highlights the catastrophe that it can mean in terms of population, heritage, cultural, economic and environmental loss. The awareness of this problem forces to put in place policies that modify this drift. Our ultimate goal is to design a comprehensive development policy for these territories. To this end, the specific purpose of this work is to carry out a territorial assessmentof the cooperation structures existing in the territories at risk of depopulation of the Valencian Community.