Urban-Rural Interactions Towns as Focus Points in Rural Development /

• Main Author: Leeuwen, Eveline. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2010.
• Series: Contributions to Economics,
• Subjects: Economics.; Regional planning.; Regional economics.; Farm economics.; Economics/Management Science.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Agricultural Economics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2407-0

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 multifunctional landscape and the increasing...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Town and Hinterland Interactions in Rural Areas
• Multifunctionality of Towns: Exploration of the Spatial Behaviour of Households
• Town-Hinterland Relations: A Social Accounting Matrix Approach
• A Meta-Analytic Comparison of Regional Output Multipliers at Different Spatial Levels: Economic Impacts of Tourism
• Microsimulation of Rural Households
• Future Developments in Rural Areas: Combining Micro and Macro
• Conclusion.