Town and Hinterland Interactions in Rural Areas

Eveline S. Leeuwen ()
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Eveline S. Leeuwen: VU University Amsterdam

Chapter Chapter 2 in Urban-Rural Interactions, 2010, pp 15-36 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We can look at urban centres as advantageous exchange points for producers and consumers, in which both agglomeration economies and scope economies have a higher probability of occurring. History justifies this argument, and experience underlines the importance of towns in their organizational capacity. In this chapter we explore town and hinterland interactions in a conceptual and theoretical way. First, of all we look at rural areas and the agricultural sector. Then we will focus on processes of urbanization, which leads us to a theoretical discourse about towns, inspired by, amongst others Christaller and Lösch. The last stage of the analysis, integrates all the foregoing elements into a conceptual framework of town-hinterland functions.

Keywords: Rural Area; Agricultural Sector; Rural Settlement; Agglomeration Economy; Rural Landscape (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2407-0_2

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