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The Role of Small Towns in the Local Economy and Some Implications for Development Policy

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  • Paul Courtney

    (The Arkleton Centre for Rural Development Research, St. Mary's, King's College, Elphinstone Road, Aberdeen, AB24 3UF, tel: 01224 273418, e-mail: p.courtney@abdn.ac.uk)

  • Andrew Errington

    (Department of Land Use and Rural Management, The University of Plymouth, Seale-Hayne Faculty, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6NQ, tel: 01626 325664, e-mail: a.errington@plymouth.ac.uk)

Abstract

Over recent years, socio-economic restructuring has tended to undermine the tradition al functions of small rural towns. Empirical evidence also suggests that significant proportion s of economic transactions are carried out through the region al, national an d international economy. Establishing the degree to which a settlement is integrated into its locality provides an indication of its contemporary function s an d potential role in rural development. In this paper, reliable measures of economic linkages are developed, and it is shown that the strength of local integration is a function of the existing economic structure of the town as well as its proximity to metropolitan centres.

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  • Paul Courtney & Andrew Errington, 2000. "The Role of Small Towns in the Local Economy and Some Implications for Development Policy," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 15(4), pages 280-301, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:loceco:v:15:y:2000:i:4:p:280-301
    DOI: 10.1080/026909400750068013
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