Abstract
Since the eighties, the concern for sustainability has been increasing from several dimensions and depending on different socio-economic, political, geographical and cultural factors. In the last few years, local development has incorporated the concept of sustainability, as part of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals strategy, highlighting the relevance of this process. The purpose of this research is to show the state of the art of this subject, for what a bibliometric analysis has been carried out based on the two most important online databases: Web of Science and Scopus. This article identifies the latest trends that characterize the concept of sustainable local development, where resilience is the new perspective to include in the variables that influence the development of territories. The results show a positive trend in this field of research, with both the number of articles published and citations increasing exponentially in the last ten years. In addition, the analysis of keywords has shown a tendency towards terms such as resilience, rural tourism or ecological agriculture. In essence, the concept has reached such a point that it is necessary to establish new mechanisms that soften and even negate the economic disruption caused by globalization.
Highlights
In recent years, local development has been integrated into the concept of sustainability, a term originally coined in the 1970s [1]
Such is the importance of Sustainable LocalDevelopment (SLD) nowadays that, in 2016, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched the Sustainable Development Goals strategy as a continuation of the Millennium Development Goals [3]
Any field of study must consider the restrictions that guarantee the sustainability of the processes and, local development must include this variable when analysing the state of the territories and preparing initiatives
Summary
Local development has been integrated into the concept of sustainability, a term originally coined in the 1970s [1]. Development (SLD) must have the capacity to feedback and maintain itself over time, respecting the constraints presented by the surrounding natural environment [2]. Such is the importance of SLD nowadays that, in 2016, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched the Sustainable Development Goals strategy as a continuation of the Millennium Development Goals [3]. Local development is understood as a process of improvement of the economic, social and environmental situation of a given area based on the use of endogenous resources in order to improve the well-being and quality of life of its population [4]. Through research committed to the community, the agents involved in the process analyse the historical and socio-cultural context of a region, identifying the interrelations established between the knowledge, Resources 2019, 8, 31; doi:10.3390/resources8010031 www.mdpi.com/journal/resources
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