The contribution of rangeland resources of Evros prefecture in life quality: A methodological approach

The rangelands, the largest natural resource of Greece, contribute significantly to rural development and quality of local people’s life. Evros prefecture is an area with a large number of pasture land areas and quite significant development of cattle – breeding. The aim of this paper is the investigation of the opinions of local people for importance of rangeland resources in improving life quality. The investigation was realized using questionnaires in 2009. For the process of the data were used: a) descriptive statistics and b) the method of non linear analysis in principal components with optimal scaling. The results have shown that citizens of the prefecture attach important value to rangelands and understand their role and their contribution in improving life quality.