Metropolitan ruralities

Metropolitan ruralities / edited by Kjell Andersson, Stefan Sjöblom, Leo Granberg, Peter Ehrström, Terry Marsden.

During modernity metropolitan ruralities have been regarded as land reserves for urban expansion. However, there is a growing insight that there are limits to the urban expansion into rural areas. Signs of a new position are the awakened interest in the nature, the authentic and the simple way of li...

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Other Authors: Andersson, Kjell, 1947- (Editor), Sjöblom, Stefan (Editor), Granberg, Leo (Editor), Ehrström, Peter (Editor), Marsden, Terry (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Research in rural sociology and development ; v. 23.
Subjects:
Sociology, Rural.
Rural development.
City planning.
Urban policy.
rural sociology.
rural development.
Rural planning.
Rural communities.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
City planning
Rural development
Sociology, Rural
Urban policy
Instructional and educational works.
Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Kjell Andersson, Stefan Sjöblom, Leo Granberg, Peter Ehrström, and Terry Marsden
  • Part I. Urban sprawl ; Neither urban nor rural : urban growth, economic functions and the use of land in the Mediterranean fringe / Luca Salvati
  • The rural-urban dynamics and the Swedish-speaking Finns : challenges and opportunities for a regionally based ethnic group / Kjell Andersson, Kenneth Nordberg, and Erland Eklund
  • Part II. Rurbanisation ; Long wave of rural research from combating poverty to sustaining ecosystems / Leo Granberg
  • Relations and areas of interaction between landowners in a peri-urban area / Ann-Sofie Richardt
  • Transformation and survival strategy : rural gentrification and social sustainability in gentrified metropolitan and urban ruralities, the case of Sundom, Vaasa, Finland / Peter Ehrström
  • Part III. Governance ; Envisioning opportunities for agriculture in peri-urban areas / Elke Rogge, Eva Kerselaers, and Charlotte Prové
  • Programme- and project-based metropolitan governance and citizen participation : a case study from the Helsinki metropolitan area / Kanerva Kuokkanen
  • The prospects for bridging spatial and institutional divides within regions : rural-urban relationships in a projectified governance context / Stefan Sjöblom and Kjell Andersson
  • Regional spatial planning, government and governance as recipe for sustainable development? / Andrea Frank and Terry Marsden
  • Part IV. Metabolism ; Exploring innovation and sustainability in the metropolitan rural areas of Budapest and Paris / Bernadett Csurgó, Imre Kovách, and Nicole Mathieu
  • Urban food strategies : exploring definitions and diffusion of European cities' latest policy trend / Agnese Cretella
  • Conclusion / Kjell Andersson, Stefan Sjöblom, Leo Granberg, Peter Ehrström, and Terry Marsden.

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