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Publication date: 25 July 2016

Introduction

Kjell Andersson, Stefan Sjöblom, Leo Granberg, Peter Ehrström and Terry Marsden

This chapter introduces the theoretical and political-practical underpinnings of this volume. It also gives an outline of the editorial organisation of the book and the…

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This chapter introduces the theoretical and political-practical underpinnings of this volume. It also gives an outline of the editorial organisation of the book and the various chapters. The chapter examines the literature on rural-urban relations, city-near rural areas and current challenges and problems identified in these areas. We identify huge sustainability and resilience problems in current rural-urban relations and metropolitan ruralities. We also relate to writings about a transition from the current carbon-based economy and society to a post-carbon society with reduced ecological footprints. The contributions in this volume are based on the current situation and provide ideas to develop the debate on rural-urban relations, metropolitan ruralities and post-carbon transition.

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Metropolitan Ruralities
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-192220160000023002
ISBN: 978-1-78560-796-7

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  • Ecological footprints
  • cities
  • growth machines
  • counter-urbanisation
  • post-carbon
  • collaborative governance

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Publication date: 27 February 2009

Beyond the Rural–Urban Divide: Cross-Continental Perspectives on the Differentiated Countryside and its Regulation

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Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide: Cross-Continental Perspectives on the Differentiated Countryside and its Regulation
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-1922(2009)0000014019
ISBN: 978-1-84855-138-1

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Introduction: Beyond the rural–urban divide

Kjell Andersson, Erland Eklund, Minna Lehtola and Pekka Salmi

Purpose – To discuss the rural–urban dichotomy and its far-reaching implications, first and foremost from a rural sociological point of view, and at the same time, to…

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Purpose – To discuss the rural–urban dichotomy and its far-reaching implications, first and foremost from a rural sociological point of view, and at the same time, to structure the volume and present the individual chapters.

Methodology/approach – Literature review and analysis of scientific discourse.

Findings – The rural–urban dichotomy has been very persistent in demographic and other kinds of rural and urban research despite intense discussions about its shortcomings in nearly half a century. However, there are mounting arguments for alternative conceptions of rural–urban relations, some of which are found in the chapters in this volume.

Originality/value of chapter – This chapter presents some new ideas about the rural–urban dichotomy, and alternative, more realistic conceptions of rural–urban relations, at the same time as it gives an introduction to the volume.

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Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide: Cross-Continental Perspectives on the Differentiated Countryside and its Regulation
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-1922(2009)0000014003
ISBN: 978-1-84855-138-1

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Publication date: 25 July 2016

Conclusion

Kjell Andersson, Stefan Sjöblom, Leo Granberg, Peter Ehrström and Terry Marsden

This chapter summarizes the theoretical perspectives and empirical studies in the volume and draws up some final conclusions. The methodology is meta-analysis of the…

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This chapter summarizes the theoretical perspectives and empirical studies in the volume and draws up some final conclusions. The methodology is meta-analysis of the chapters in the volume. The main conclusions are that ordinary citizens, professionals, and administrators alike generally are willing to reform urban and rural-urban policy into a more sustainable direction but that the affected political and governance systems have difficulties in responding to this. The editors’ advice is to further develop collaborative governance involving a broad range of stakeholders and perhaps also to start using the wide range of economic incentives available to decision-makers today to further a more sustainable development in rural-urban catchments. We hope that this concluding analysis will feed the debate on these critical issues.

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Metropolitan Ruralities
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-192220160000023014
ISBN: 978-1-78560-796-7

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  • Ecological footprint
  • cities
  • urban fringe
  • collaborative governance
  • sustainable rural-urban coexistence

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Research in rural sociology and development

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Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide: Cross-Continental Perspectives on the Differentiated Countryside and its Regulation
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-1922(2009)0000014018
ISBN: 978-1-84855-138-1

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Part II Governing differentiation

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Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide: Cross-Continental Perspectives on the Differentiated Countryside and its Regulation
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-1922(2009)0000014022
ISBN: 978-1-84855-138-1

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Part I Differentiation processes: Deep rural areas, periurban areas, post-socialist countrysides

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Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide: Cross-Continental Perspectives on the Differentiated Countryside and its Regulation
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-1922(2009)0000014021
ISBN: 978-1-84855-138-1

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Metropolitan Ruralities

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Metropolitan Ruralities
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-192220160000023020
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Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide: Cross-Continental Perspectives on the Differentiated Countryside and its Regulation
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-1922(2009)0000014002
ISBN: 978-1-84855-138-1

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Chapter 7 Rural–urban relations in livelihoods, governance and use of natural resources – Considerations of fisheries in the Finnish Archipelago Sea Region

Pekka Salmi

Purpose – This chapter focuses on ways urban – and other non-local – pressures have influenced a rural archipelago area by studying changes in fisheries-related…

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Purpose – This chapter focuses on ways urban – and other non-local – pressures have influenced a rural archipelago area by studying changes in fisheries-related livelihoods, use of natural resources and regulatory regimes.

Design/methodology/approach – The material for this chapter comprises mainly of structured and semi-structured interviews with fishers and other stakeholders in the Archipelago Sea and in the Åland Islands, SW Finland. A governance approach is used, taking into account the interactive social, economic and ecological systems embedded in institutions, social networks and cultures.

Findings – The economic importance of traditional fishing livelihood has diminished, but fishing still holds a strong position in the culture and life mode of the local people in the studied archipelago areas. In families selling fish, this income stands typically for a part of the household income and especially wage work has become an important income source in the pluriactivity. Providing services for the tourists and summer cottage dwellers is a potentially growing source of livelihood. The increased recreational use of the Finnish Archipelago Sea has changed the ownership structure of the land area, mostly due to the popular summer cottage dwelling. New public fishing rights for (often urban) recreational fishers have narrowed the scope of the local decision-making and aroused resistance among the local archipelago people.

Originality/value – Rural–urban relations and governance aspects have been rarely studied in relation to the use of natural resources. This chapter gives new insights into the multifaceted roles of new urban influences in rural settings.

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Beyond the Rural-Urban Divide: Cross-Continental Perspectives on the Differentiated Countryside and its Regulation
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1057-1922(2009)0000014010
ISBN: 978-1-84855-138-1

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