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Urban-rural Interactions in Latvia

Laila Kule

subject

HierarchyGeographyPolymers and PlasticsRegional developmentbusiness.industryEnvironmental resource managementRegional scienceOptimal distinctiveness theoryRural areabusinessGeneral Environmental Science

description

Policies and plans for rural areas tend to start by assuming that they are separate and distinctive from urban areas, and that this distinctiveness is more important than any of their other characteristics. Laila Kule argues that this introduces an unwelcome hierarchy in regional development priorities, and shows how Latvia has attempted to build on connectivity rather than difference in urban-rural development.

https://doi.org/10.1080/20429843.2010.9628236