Urban-Rural Interactions Towns as Focus Points in Rural Development
Modern Europe has rural roots. Even today, as much as 90 per cent of Europe (EU25) consists of rural areas in which half of the population lives. While different rural areas often face different challenges, the shift from agricultural production towards a
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Eveline van Leeuwen
Urban-Rural Interactions Towns as Focus Points in Rural Development
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Eveline S. van Leeuwen
Urban-Rural Interactions Towns as Focus Points in Rural Development
Dr. Eveline S. van Leeuwen VU University Amsterdam Department of Spatial Economics De Boelelaan 1105 1081HV Amsterdam The Netherlands [email protected]
ISSN 1431-1933 ISBN 978-3-7908-2406-3 e-ISBN 978-3-7908-2407-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-7908-2407-0 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010922888 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: SPi Publisher Services Printed on acid-free paper Physica‐Verlag is a brand of Springer‐Verlag Berlin Heidelberg Springer‐Verlag is a part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Small and Medium-Sized Towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Recent Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Countryside Policies and Towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.1 European Countryside Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.2 Towns in National Countryside Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.3 Economic Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.4 Importance of Towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Aim and Set-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4.1 Research Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4.2 Set-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 Data Set and Spatia
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