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

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1: Introduction; Small and Medium-Sized Towns; Recent Developments; Countryside Policies and Towns; European Countryside Policies; Towns in National Countryside Policies; Economic Diversity; Importance of Towns; Aim and Set-Up; Research Questions; Set-Up; Data Set and Spatial Set-Up; Relevant Methodologies; Multinomial Logit Model (MNL): Spatial Determinants of Shopping; Censored Regression Model: Off-Farm Labour Income; Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs): Spatial Economic Structures; Microsimulation (MSM): Composition of Households in Town and Hinterland; Micro- and macro-approaches

Appendix A1.1: Names of the 30 selected townsChapter 2: Town and Hinterland Interactions in Rural Areas; Introduction; Rural Areas; What Is Urban and What Is Rural?; The Agricultural Sector; A New-Farming Context in Europe: Post-Productivism; Specialization in Agricultural Activities Related to the Level of Rurality; Rural Areas in the Netherlands; The Countryside as Romantic Ideal; The Countryside as an Economic Powerhouse; The Countryside as a Realm of Life; Urbanization of Rural Areas; Towns; Development of the First Towns; Theory of Regions and Central Places; Why Towns Exist

Interdependency Between Towns and Rural AreasTown and Hinterland in a Model: Values, Activities and Actors; Functions of Rural Areas; Conceptual Framework of Town-Hinterland Functions; Town Actors; Hinterland Actors; Possible Problems and Difficulties; Future Challenges in Town-Hinterland Interactions; Chapter 3: Multifunctionality of Towns: Exploration of the Spatial Behaviour of Households; Introduction; Multifunctionality of Towns for Town and Hinterland Households; Towns as a Place to Shop; Supply of Shops; Location of Purchases; Focusing on Different Products and Services

Towns as a Place to WorkSupply of Jobs; Location of Jobs of Local Households; Kind of Occupation and Job Location of Local Households; Towns as a Place to Live; Regression Analysis of Purchases Bought in Town and Hinterland; Spatial Shopping Behaviour of Dutch Households; Factors Affecting the Destination Choice of Households for Shopping; Socio-Economic Factors; Location Factors; Characteristics of Dutch Town and Hinterland Households; Multinomial Logit Model of Spatial Shopping Behaviour (MNL); Results of the Multinomial Logit Model; Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 4: Farms in a Modern World: Local Integration and Off-Farm EmploymentIntroduction; Economic Integration of Firms and Farms; Integration Indicator; Integration of Expenditures and Sales of Farms and Firms; Local Expenditures and Sales in Absolute Values; Income Sources of Farm Households; Off-Farm Employment in the Netherlands; Relevant Variables; Household Variables; Farm Variables; Spatial Variables; Data Collection and Preparation; Off-Farm Activities; Estimating the Behaviour of Farmers; Conclusions; Appendix4.1: Integration Indicators for All Areas

Appendix4.2: Absolute Local Expenditures and Sales

10.1007/978-3-7908-2407-0 [DOI]

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