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Town and Hinterland Interactions in Rural Areas

In: Urban-Rural Interactions

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  • Eveline S. Leeuwen

    (VU University Amsterdam)

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We can look at urban centres as advantageous exchange points for producers and consumers, in which both agglomeration economies and scope economies have a higher probability of occurring. History justifies this argument, and experience underlines the importance of towns in their organizational capacity. In this chapter we explore town and hinterland interactions in a conceptual and theoretical way. First, of all we look at rural areas and the agricultural sector. Then we will focus on processes of urbanization, which leads us to a theoretical discourse about towns, inspired by, amongst others Christaller and Lösch. The last stage of the analysis, integrates all the foregoing elements into a conceptual framework of town-hinterland functions.

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  • Eveline S. Leeuwen, 2010. "Town and Hinterland Interactions in Rural Areas," Contributions to Economics, in: Urban-Rural Interactions, chapter 0, pages 15-36, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:conchp:978-3-7908-2407-0_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2407-0_2
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