Economic linkages between urban and rural regions – what’s in it for the rural?

Bosworth, Gary; Venhorst, Viktor

doi:10.1080/00343404.2017.1339868

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“…Here, Kalantaridis (2010, p. 418) suggests that 'local economic conditions in rural areas are the outcome of processes that are both local and nonlocal in origin'. Bosworth andVenhorst (2018, p. 1083) add that: migration and real wage adjustments serve to rebalance any interregional equilibrium and … that residential migration out of congested city region combined with commuting back from the rural region to the urban region can be detrimental to the prospects of the rural region's economy.…”

Section: Diversity In Regions Of Varying Densitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Diversity as the key to success? Urban and rural employment dynamics in the Netherlands

2020

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This study addresses how diversity in the local sector structure is associated with employment development across different municipality types (urban, intermediate and rural). While this relationship has been studied primarily from an urban perspective, increasing economic diversity has gained traction as a policy tool, particularly in rural areas. Given the diverse roles of municipalities in the urban hierarchy, the analysis explicitly identifies the impact of other nearby local economies. It is found that nearby dense and diverse local economies are indeed important for employment growth for all three types of municipality. Diversity in a given municipality has no or even a negative relationship with growth.

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Section: Diversity In Regions Of Varying Densitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Diversity as the key to success? Urban and rural employment dynamics in the Netherlands

2020

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“…On the one hand, counterurbanisation saw higher number of new rural residents in retirement and preretirement ages and, on the other hand, young families with children accompanying their parents (Champion and Sheppard, 2006). As a result, rural in-migration became associated with an ageing rural population and the potential stagnation of rural areas, despite increases in non-traditional rural enterprises (Bosworth and Venhorst, 2018).…”

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“…Equally, the reduced size of local labour markets and the dependence on commuting for higher salaried employment adds to disparities between those who drive or not, and between "ex-urbanites" and local rural workers (Bosworth and Venhorst, 2018).…”

Section: The Decline Of Services and Retailers Within Rural Communitimentioning

confidence: 99%

The availability of local services and its impact on community cohesion in rural areas: Evidence from the English countryside

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Lau

2019

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

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This paper investigates how the availability of services and amenities influences levels of community cohesion in rural England. Specifically, we measure levels of community cohesion in selected rural parishes between two points of time (2000 and 2010) using an index of indicators based on the presence or absence of retailers and amenities. Results of this analysis provide empirical evidence that the presence of facilities and services have a considerable impact on residents in rural areas, suggesting a significant relationship between the presence of small retailers and social engagement in the English countryside. We discuss these findings with regard to policies and initiatives that could enhance the positive impact that services and amenities operating within villages and rural hamlets have on local communities. https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lec Local Economy The availability of local services and its impact on community cohesion in rural areas: evidence from the English countryside 1. Introduction In 2016, the population of England was 55.3 million (ONS, 2016). Of these, 9.4 million, about one in six people, lived in rural areas, with about half a million people living in sparse settings. A higher proportion of the elderly population lived in rural areas, with more than half of residents aged 45 and above, compared with around 40 percent in urban areas. In most isolated villages and hamlets in a sparse setting 1 , the proportion of residents aged 45 and above was approximately 60 percent (DEFRA, 2018). While levels of employment in England were generally higher in rural compared than urban areas, one in five living in rural sparse settings was economic inactive (DEFRA, 2018). According to Local Government Association, 'changing population patterns, including outward migration of young people and inward migration of older people, are leading to a rural population that is increasingly older than the urban population' (2017:7). These changes seem to have had an effect on employment structure: since the financial crisis in 2008, the percentage of home workers in rural hamlets and dispersed areas increased significantly compared to those located in urban areas, at 34 per cent compared with 13 per cent respectively (DEFRA, 2018). Home workers are more likely to be working in higher skilled roles and earn on average a higher hourly wage, however this will vary across rural area (DEFRA, 2018). These figures provide an overview of many peripheral and remote communities located in the English countryside. On the one hand, these communities are characterised by an ageing resident population (ONS, 2016; Local Government Association, 2017). On the other hand, the same communities have seen a growing influx of new residents mostly skilled and higher educated in the past recent years, as reported by the Commission for Rural Communities (CRC, 2010; see also DEFRA, 2018). In such context, the availability of small retailers and amenities becomes an important 1 The Rural-Urban Local Authority Classification, proposed by Bi...

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“…Bartlett and Prica (2013) show evidence of the existence of core regions, peripheral regions and super-peripheral regions. The Low intensity of peripheral economies that are overshadowed by core regions enforces factor mobility which includes various forms of labour mobilities (Bosworth and Venhorst 2018). Analysis of migrants to the 'escalator region' in the UK (Fielding 1992) suggest that selectivity of migration relates to workers occupying lower and higher levels of the labour sector displaying the complex nature of occupational mobility (Findlay et al 2009, McCollum et al 2018.…”

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confidence: 99%