Rural Areas Under Urban Pressure Case studies of rural-urban relationships across Europe

249 Pages·2005·2.95 MB·English

Rural Areas Under Urban Pressure
Case studies of rural-urban relationships across Europe

Edited by
Greet Overbeek
Ida Terluin

QLK5-CT-2002-01696
Building Rurban Relations - D21

Project code 62823

January 2006

Report 7.06.01

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Rural areas under urban pressure; Case studies of rural-urban relationships
across Europe
Overbeek, M.M.M. and I.J. Terluin (eds.)
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This report presents the results of the European research project on building
new relationships in rural areas under urban pressure (RURBAN). The
analysis identifies the impact of urban pressure on rural landscapes and the
contribution of rural goods and services (RGS) to enhance the rural landscape
in Finland, France, Hungary, the Netherlands and Spain. In each country, two
case study regions have been selected: a rural area near a metropolitan area
and a rural area near a tourist seashore area. Despite the divergent perceptions
of urban pressure, there is an increasing interest in enhancing sustainable
territorial rural-urban relationships and integrating the supply of public and
private RGS.

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List of Participants

LEI Wageningen UR (coordinator)
- Greet Overbeek, Hans Dagevos, Ida Terluin & Janneke Vader
P.O. Box 29703, 2502 LS The Hague,
The NETHERLANDS
[email protected] +31.70.3358100

University of Helsinki, Swedish School of Social Science
- Erland Eklund, Kjell Andersson, Minna Lehtola, Sofie Nousiainen & Minna
Taskila
P.O. Box 16, 00014 Helsinki,
FINLAND
[email protected] +358.9.1911

University Paris X, CNRS, LADYSS
- Nicole Mathieu, Viviane de Lafond, Wandrille Hucy & Alia Gana
Avenue de la République 200, 92001 Nanterre,
FRANCE
[email protected] +33.1.40977806
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University of Valencia, Department of Geography
- Javier Esparcia, Almudena Buciega, María D. Pitarch & Maria Dolores
Pérez
P.O. Box 22060, 46080 Valencia,
SPAIN
[email protected] +34.96.386.4237/398.3318

Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Political Science
- Imre Kovách, Bernadett Csurgó, Luca Kristóf, Boldizsár Megyesi & Ildikó
Nagy
P.O. Box 694/115, 1399 Budapest,
HUNGARY
[email protected]
+36.1.2246731/3759011

For more information see: www.rural-urban.org

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Contents

Page

Preface 11

Summary 13

1. Introduction 21
Greet Overbeek and Ida Terluin

1.1 Rationale for this study 21
1.2 Objectives of the RURBAN project 24
1.3 Plan of this report 25

2. Theoretical and methodological framework 27
Greet Overbeek

2.1 Introduction 27
2.2 Theoretical framework 27
2.3 Methodological approach 34
2.4 The selection of the RURBAN case study regions 40
2.5 Data collection and management structure 44

3. Finland 47
Kjell Andersson, Erland Eklund and Minna Lehtola

3.1 Introduction 47
3.2 M area: the Helsinki Region 47
3.3 T area: Åboland 61
3.4 Comparative analysis of the key questions 74
3.5 Evaluation 76

4. France 79
Nicole Mathieu, Viviane de Lafond, Alia Gana and Wandrille Hucy

4.1 Introduction 79
4.2 M area: Vexin Français 82
4.3 T area: Pays de Caux 93
4.4 Comparative analysis of the key questions 104
4.5 Evaluation 108
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5. Hungary 111
Imre Kovách, Luca Kristof and Boldizsár Megyesi

5.1 Introduction 111
5.2 M area: Western Budapest agglomeration 113
5.3 T area: Lake Balaton 125
5.4 Comparative analysis of the key questions 135
5.5 Evaluation 137

6. The Netherlands 138
Greet Overbeek and Janneke Vader

6.1 Introduction 138
6.2 M area: Oost Zuid-Holland 141
6.3 T area: Zeeuwse Eilanden 154
6.4 Comparative analysis of the key questions 166
6.5 Evaluation 168

7. Spain 170
Javier Esparcia, Almudena Buciega and Maria Dolores Pitarch

7.1 Introduction 170
7.2 M area: El Camp de Turia 173
7.3 T area: La Marina Alta 186
7.4 Comparative analysis of the key questions 199
7.5 Evaluation 202

8. Comparative analysis of the RURBAN case study regions 203
Ida Terluin

8.1 Introduction 203
8.2 Urban pressure in the case study regions 203
8.3 Rural landscape and RGS 208
8.4 Consumers of RGS 212
8.5 Producers of RGS 214
8.6 The role of intermediate actors and stakeholders in
mobilising RGS 215
8.7 Suggestions for strengthening supply and demand of RGS 219
8.8 Concluding remarks 222

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9. Concluding remarks 227
Greet Overbeek and Ida Terluin

9.1 Introduction 227
9.2 Discussion of the methodology 228
9.3 Main results of the RURBAN project 230
9.4 Towards improvements in rural-urban relationships 241
9.5 Dissemination of results 245
9.6 Suggestions for further research 245

Appendix:
1. Overview of RURBAN reports 247
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