The Interaction between Urban and Rural Areas: An Updated Paradigmatic, Methodological and Bibliographic Review
The relationships and interactions between rural and urban spaces have long been of interest in the territorial sciences. However, the approaches taken to these questions have evolved in line with the changing characteristics of the two types of territories, reflecting new relationships and structur...
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| description | The relationships and interactions between rural and urban spaces have long been of interest in the territorial sciences. However, the approaches taken to these questions have evolved in line with the changing characteristics of the two types of territories, reflecting new relationships and structures. From these premises, we update the concept of rural–urban interaction by means of an extensive bibliographic review, which, among other results, highlights: (1) the profound change that has taken place in recent years in rural–urban interaction through processes such as de-agrarianisation, the tertiarisation of the economy and improvements in transport and communication infrastructures; (2) the resulting obsolescence of earlier typologies and procedures focused on discrimination between rural and urban environments, rather than on the interaction between them; (3) the difficulty of establishing valid, widely applicable typologies, given the profound differences in terms of (a) the scale and content of the statistics available in each country and (b) the territorial background in terms of economic functions and the characteristics, ancient and modern, of human settlement; (4) the predominance of an urban-centric approach, to the detriment of more traditional rural functions, such as agriculture, the importance of which is diluted by its low relative weight in terms of employed population and contribution to GDP. Consideration of these findings leads us to propose a new approach to the question of rural–urban interaction, reflecting the multifunctionality of rural spaces, and we identify useful areas for future research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-856c9a8750f442ef9b4ef90825e2f4282023-11-30T21:47:57ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2022-08-01118129810.3390/land11081298The Interaction between Urban and Rural Areas: An Updated Paradigmatic, Methodological and Bibliographic ReviewCarmen Delgado-Viñas0María-Luisa Gómez-Moreno1Department of Geography, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Cantabria, 39005 Santander, SpainDepartment of Geography, University of Málaga, 29070 Málaga, SpainThe relationships and interactions between rural and urban spaces have long been of interest in the territorial sciences. However, the approaches taken to these questions have evolved in line with the changing characteristics of the two types of territories, reflecting new relationships and structures. From these premises, we update the concept of rural–urban interaction by means of an extensive bibliographic review, which, among other results, highlights: (1) the profound change that has taken place in recent years in rural–urban interaction through processes such as de-agrarianisation, the tertiarisation of the economy and improvements in transport and communication infrastructures; (2) the resulting obsolescence of earlier typologies and procedures focused on discrimination between rural and urban environments, rather than on the interaction between them; (3) the difficulty of establishing valid, widely applicable typologies, given the profound differences in terms of (a) the scale and content of the statistics available in each country and (b) the territorial background in terms of economic functions and the characteristics, ancient and modern, of human settlement; (4) the predominance of an urban-centric approach, to the detriment of more traditional rural functions, such as agriculture, the importance of which is diluted by its low relative weight in terms of employed population and contribution to GDP. Consideration of these findings leads us to propose a new approach to the question of rural–urban interaction, reflecting the multifunctionality of rural spaces, and we identify useful areas for future research.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/8/1298urban sprawlrural–urban integrationcountryside urbanisationdeagrarianisationland use |
| spellingShingle | Carmen Delgado-Viñas María-Luisa Gómez-Moreno The Interaction between Urban and Rural Areas: An Updated Paradigmatic, Methodological and Bibliographic Review Land urban sprawl rural–urban integration countryside urbanisation deagrarianisation land use |
| title | The Interaction between Urban and Rural Areas: An Updated Paradigmatic, Methodological and Bibliographic Review |
| title_full | The Interaction between Urban and Rural Areas: An Updated Paradigmatic, Methodological and Bibliographic Review |
| title_fullStr | The Interaction between Urban and Rural Areas: An Updated Paradigmatic, Methodological and Bibliographic Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Interaction between Urban and Rural Areas: An Updated Paradigmatic, Methodological and Bibliographic Review |
| title_short | The Interaction between Urban and Rural Areas: An Updated Paradigmatic, Methodological and Bibliographic Review |
| title_sort | interaction between urban and rural areas an updated paradigmatic methodological and bibliographic review |
| topic | urban sprawl rural–urban integration countryside urbanisation deagrarianisation land use |
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