Tag: Rural development
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Por que o sistema urbano galego esta composto por urbes de tamanho medio e alta dispersion?
Porque o proceso de mecanizacion e racionalizacion da agricultura se paralizou nalgun momento da historia e, en consecuencia non houbo un proceso de urbanizacion maior. Park o explicaba asi en 1942: The mechanization and rationalization of agriculture, for instance, has tended to depopulate the countryside, and by converting the farmsted into a factory and the…
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“Governing Boom/Bust communities”, interesting research project at University of Alberta
Overview Rapid growth and decay of rural communities has been a hallmark of Western Canadian development for decades. This is not necessarily problematic, and it may not be desirable to impose a rigid sustainability paradigm, but in many cases it has interfered with communities achieving desired outcomes and has resulted in environmental degradation. The link…