Territory and New Ruralities. A Theoretical Review on the Transformation of the Country-City Relationships

Several disciplines have discussed the formal characteristics of rural spaces, as well as the appropriate concepts for studying their reconfiguration. This essay focuses on reviewing the approaches to analyze contemporary ruralities & groups them in four categories: (1) the sociological-anarytic...

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Published in:EURE 2008-08, Vol.34 (102), p.77-95
Main Authors: Rivera, Naxhelli Ruiz, Campos, Javier Delgado
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Global Cities
Globalization
Rural Areas
Rurality
Social Change
Urbanization
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Summary:Several disciplines have discussed the formal characteristics of rural spaces, as well as the appropriate concepts for studying their reconfiguration. This essay focuses on reviewing the approaches to analyze contemporary ruralities & groups them in four categories: (1) the sociological-anarytical approaches, which refer to political, social & cultural processes that emerge as a result of globalization (2) the sociological-normative approaches, which intend to understand the causes of social change in order to propose plans that generate transformation in territories &/or the rural people lifestyles (3) the spatial approaches, which explore the emergence & linkages among cities of several sizes & their hinterlands & (4) the neo-marxist approaches, which study the production relationships & their effects on the transformation of rural forms. The contents & theoretical assumptions of these proposals are analyzed to show the underlying different meanings of rurality & to distinguish different perspectives & methods used by each approach. References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0250-7161