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Title: UWE Bristol Urban-rural linkages and rural development ESPON-RTPI workshop on


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UWE BristolUrban-rural linkages and rural
developmentESPON-RTPI workshop on Spatial
Perspectives for Rural Development in the UK, 9
December
  • Presentation by
  • Name Ian Smith
  • Title Director, Cities Research Centre

2
Introduction
  • What do we mean by rural-urban linkages?
  • Why might rural-urban linkages be important?
  • What are the outcomes of rural-urban linkages?
  • What are the strengths/problems of this lens on
    rural development?

3
What are rural-urban linkages?
  • Substantive flows
  • Labour market linkages
  • Rural-urban migration
  • Services and resources
  • Process framework
  • Rural-urban partnership working

4
However
  • Defining urban and rural problematic
  • Issues of geography/contiguity
  • Issues of scale (of vision and unit of analysis)

5
Why might rural-urban linkages be important?
  • Green paper on Territorial Cohesion (2008)
  • Discussions over funding support within EC
  • What about in the UK?

6
Impact of rural-urban migration
  • Patterns of rural-urban flows of human and social
    capital and implications for civil society
    differentiated and difficult to predict
  • In-migration of urban professionals can create
    tensions but can add to civic vibrancy
  • Out-migration from rural areas can lead to spiral
    of decline, although return migration can bring
    urban knowledge, skills and networks

7
Small towns, migrant flows and human capital
  • Gentrification as a marker of economic growth
    in small towns in late 90s
  • Plausible stories for linking gentrification to
    employment growth
  • Spending and demand
  • Entrepreneurship
  • The importance of age.
  • There remains work to be done.

8
Building cohesion through linkages
  • Can we foster social cohesion through rural-urban
    linkages? Are rural-urban linkages special?
  • Should we attempt to measure social/territorial
    cohesion derived from rural-urban linkages and if
    so how?
  • Is there merit in considering social cohesion
    separately from the territorial agenda?

9
Plausible stories for social cohesion outcomes
  • Cohesion outcomes of rural-urban linkages need to
    benefit both rural and urban communities
  • Cohesion can be the unintended or secondary
    outcome of linkages
  • Territorial and social cohesion are generally
    linked but they do not have to be
  • Linkages are good for dealing with service
    deficits, migration issues, shared experiences

10
Important issues for UK rural development?
  • Potential lens through which to see territorial
    development (urban and rural)?
  • Where to set the boundaries?
  • Geographies are complicated
  • UK issue of inter-agency co-operation rather
    than inter-municipal co-operation?

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In summary.
  • A potential lens through which to see some
    aspects of rural development
  • Important because EC policy-makers identify these
    linkages as important
  • Need to assess impact of linkages
  • Such a lens is not without problems
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