scholarly journals Assessment of geosites in northern Morocco: diversity and richness with potential for socioeconomic development

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adil SALHI ◽  
Mohamed Rida Alilou ◽  
Sara Benabdelouahab ◽  
Josep Vila Subiros ◽  
Pere Sala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Social Fabric ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Rif Belt ◽  
Southern Mediterranean

Despite the importance of geoheritage as an interdisciplinary geo-based topic, it is poorly documented as a tool of harmonious socioeconomic development and territorial strategic planning. The promotion of this natural resource in rural areas of the southern Mediterranean may strengthen social resilience and consolidate management strategies if it is conducted according to a responsible and sustainable approach that takes account of local specificities. Here, an exhaustive, multi-criteria and qualitative assessment of the geomorphological sites of the large Alpine Rif belt was established to assess their scientific and additional values based on a widely adopted score ranking method. Later, it was established a restricted list of the most outstanding sites based on qualitative conditions. This list contains 39 sites which may be linked in three thematic geocircuits to serve as gathering points for initiatives and development projects. We anticipate that this may create an economic diversity to revive a social fabric capable of satisfying its needs and expectations, reducing the gap and inequalities between disadvantaged rural areas upstream and industrialized urban areas downstream, and inspiring a benign and balanced development.

scholarly journals Study on the Level and Type Identification of Rural Development in Wuhan City’s New Urban Districts

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Jiang ◽  
Jing Luo ◽  
Chunyan Zhang ◽  
Lingling Tian ◽  
Qingqing Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Spatial Data Analysis ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Urban Districts

A quantitative analysis of rural development is required to comprehend the spatial differentiation of a rural area and promote rural sustainable development under the pressure of urbanization and industrialization, especially areas with dramatic changes in rural socioeconomic development of China and other developing countries. Taking Wuhan as the case study, this paper developed an index system including rural settlement, land, industry and human settlement environment for evaluating the level of rural development. Then, using the exploratory spatial data analysis, the principal component analysis and the cluster analysis, this paper analyzes the spatial differentiation and correlation and categorizes the types of rural development. The results are as follows. (1) The spatial differentiation of the level of rural development in Wuhan City’s new urban districts is obvious and the areas with a high level of rural development are mainly distributed at the intersection of the new and central urban areas and gradually decrease outward. (2) There is a significant spatial agglomeration of the developed rural areas and the structure of the spatial change in these areas resembles a certain continuity, specifically a circle of “central heat surrounding cold”. (3) Rural development in the new urban areas can be divided into the following five types: the ecological leisure type, the traditional farming type, the balanced development type, the industrial-and-agricultural mixed type and the industrial promotion type. The corresponding development path is proposed in combination with different types of rural development to provide a theoretical basis and decision-making reference for rural revitalization.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Community Resilience in Rural China—Taking Licheng Subdistrict, Guangzhou as an Example

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5827
Author(s):  
Jianhong Fan ◽  
You Mo ◽  
Yunnan Cai ◽  
Yabo Zhao ◽  
Dongchen Su
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Learning Abilities ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Guangzhou City ◽  
Local Sustainability

Resilience of rural communities is becoming increasingly important to contemporary society. In this study we used a quantitative method to measure the resilience regulating ability of rural communities close to urban areas—in Licheng Subdistrict, Guangzhou City, China. The main results are as follows: (1) Rural systems close to urban areas display superior adapting and learning abilities and have a stronger overall resilience strength, the spatial distribution of which is characterized by dispersion in whole and aggregation in part; (2) the resilience of most rural economic subsystems can reach moderate or higher levels with apparent spatial agglomeration, whilst the ecological subsystem resilience and social resilience are generally weaker; the spatial distribution of the former shows a greater regional difference while the latter is in a layered layout; (3) some strategies such as rebuilding a stable ecological pattern, making use of urban resources and cultivating rural subjectivity are proposed on this basis, in order to promote the sustainable development of rural areas and realize rural revitalization. This work also gives suggestion for the creation of appropriate and effective resilience standards specifically targeted for rural community-aiming to achieve the delivery of local sustainability goals.

scholarly journals Boosting Rural Areas Revitalization in the Mediterranean through Cross-cutting Approach Based on Ecological and Social Resilience

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
C. Echave ◽  
A. Palladus ◽  
M. Boy-Roura ◽  
M. Cacciutolo ◽  
S. Niavis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Urban Contexts ◽  
The Mediterranean

Urban areas have been identified as one of the key challenges to tackle in the next decades. Most of the environmental impacts associated to urban contexts are linked to an unsustainable use of resources basically due to urban planning and society’s consumption behaviour. Currently, the paradigm of sustainable cities brought out in the past years situates urban contexts as an opportunity to reduce these impacts. There is a wide range of strategies focused on cities and their transition to a more sustainable urban model: compactness, sustainable mobility, energy efficiency, waste management and greening are some of the most relevant approaches with clear indicators and implementation plans. However, rural areas are still pending for  a precise strategy that highlights their ecological added value avoiding to be defined only as “not urban”. Rural areas should be emphasized from their productivity perspective and their key role in terms of resilience and adaptation to Climate Change. In the framework of the Interreg Med Programme, Thematic Communities are working on the capitalisation of projects from different kind of approaches of application in the Mediterranean Area. Four of these communities - Renewable Energy, Green Growth, Sustainable Tourism and Efficient Buildings - have several projects that present rural areas as one common territory of intervention. The aim of this paper is to expose the standards and goals proposed by the Interreg Med Thematic Communities for Rural Areas Revitalization as a resilience strategy in the Mediterranean Region, using a cross-cutting approach. The cross-cutting approach stresses the relation among the environment, society and economy: rural liveability, increasing RES production with sharing microgrid systems & efficient buildings, as well as green economy based on sectors such as agricultural & tourism activities. These standards and results will provide reference values to shape final policies recommendations. Consequently, the present paper is based on the joint cross-thematic effort and work from four thematic communities of the Interreg MED programme, previously mentioned. It includes some references to existing research studies, but the aim is to open the path to identify new challenges of Mediterranean rural areas and find potential solutions from a holistic approach.

scholarly journals Global assessment of rural–urban interface in Portugal related to land cover changes

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1647-1664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marj Tonini ◽  
Joana Parente ◽  
Mário G. Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Burnt Area ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
Cover Class

Abstract. The rural–urban interface (RUI), known as the area where structures and other human developments meet or intermingle with wildland and rural area, is at present a central focus of wildfire policy and its mapping is crucial for wildfire management. In the Mediterranean Basin, humans cause the vast majority of fires and fire risk is particularly high in the proximity of infrastructure and of rural/wildland areas. RUI's extension changes under the pressure of environmental and anthropogenic factors, such as urban growth, fragmentation of rural areas, deforestation and, more in general, land use/land cover change (LULCC). As with other Mediterranean countries, Portugal has experienced significant LULCC in the last decades in response to migration, rural abandonment, ageing of population and trends associated with the high socioeconomic development. In the present study, we analyzed the LULCC occurring in this country in the 1990–2012 period with the main objective of investigating how these changes affected RUI's evolution. Moreover, we performed a qualitative and quantitative characterization of burnt areas within the RUI in relation to the observed changes. Obtained results disclose important LULCC and reveal their spatial distribution, which is far from uniform within the territory. A significant increase in artificial surfaces was registered near the main metropolitan communities of the northwest, littoral-central and southern regions, whilst the abandonment of agricultural land near the inland urban areas led to an increase in uncultivated semi-natural and forest areas. Within agricultural areas, heterogeneous patches suffered the greatest changes and were the main contributors to the increase in urban areas; moreover, this land cover class, together with forests, was highly affected by wildfires in terms of burnt area. Finally, from this analysis and during the investigated period, it appears that RUI increased in Portugal by more than two-thirds, while the total burnt area decreased by one-third; nevertheless, burnt area within RUI doubled, which emphasizes the significance of RUI monitoring for land and fire managers.

scholarly journals Estimating Long-Term Care Costs among Thai Elderly: A Phichit Province Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pattaraporn Khongboon ◽  
Sathirakorn Pongpanich
Keyword(s):  
Informal Care ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban

Background. Rural-urban inequality in long-term care (LTC) services has been increasing alongside rapid socioeconomic development. This study estimates the average spending on LTC services and identifies the factors that influence the use and cost of LTC for the elderly living in urban and rural areas of Thailand. Methods. The sample comprised 837 elderly aged 60 years drawn from rural and urban areas in Phichit Province. Costs were assessed over a 1-month period. Direct costs of caregiving and indirect costs (opportunity cost method) were analyzed. Binary logistic regression was performed to determine which factors affected LTC costs. Results. The total annual LTC spending for rural and urban residents was on average USD 7,285 and USD 7,280.6, respectively. Formal care and informal care comprise the largest share of payments. There was a significant association between rural residents and costs for informal care, day/night care, and home renovation. Conclusions. Even though total LTC expenditures do not seem to vary significantly across rural and urban areas, the fundamental differences between areas need to be recognized. Reorganizing country delivery systems and finding a balance between formal and informal care are alternative solutions.

scholarly journals Investigating the working efficiency of natural wastewater treatment systems: A step towards sustainable systems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramdas Pinninti ◽  
Venkatesh Kasi ◽  
Sankar Rao Landa ◽  
Maheswaran Rathinasamy ◽  
Chandramouli Sangamreddi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Removal Efficiency ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Natural Treatment Systems ◽  
Waste Stabilization ◽  
Natural Treatment ◽  
Working Efficiency ◽  
Better Than

Abstract Globally, wastewater is a vital resource and requires appropriate treatment management strategies. Wastewater has become a major source of irrigation in the peri-urban areas of developing nations. With the increasing amount of wastewater generation, there are several complications in using treatment systems in terms of installation, operation and maintenance, and size in developing countries. Recently, natural treatment systems are gaining popularity due to less cost and maintenance and have been preferred in peri-urban settings. In this study, the working efficiency of the natural systems was assessed from case studies from Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India. The nutrient (Phosphorous and Nitrogen content) and organic matter removal efficiency of four natural treatment systems (NTS) having different operation maintenance and loading rates were investigated. The study showed that natural treatment systems have good potential for peri-urban wastewater treatment. It was also observed that waste-stabilization based system perform better than those based on duckweed and hyacinth plants. Regularly maintained and operated systems show removal efficiency on the order of 80% for organic and nutrients and performed better than others. The study indicates that decentralized, adequately maintained Waste Stabilization Ponds (WSP) offer a viable, self-sustaining and eco-friendly alternative for wastewater treatment to supply irrigation water in rural areas.

scholarly journals Rural development of regions of the Republic of Serbia in terms of employment and sources of income

2021 ◽  
pp. 131-148
Author(s):  
Miloš Dimitrijević ◽  
Lela Ristić ◽  
Danijela Despotović
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Integrated Rural Development ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
The Republic

Integrated rural development enables linking agriculture with other economic activities whereby an adequate approach to regional development contributing to a more balanced development among regions. The aim of this research is to indicate that with the concept of integral rural development the differences between regions or rural and urban areas of Serbia could be reduced. Through the Kruskal-Wallis test for comparison of groups, the important differences were compared, where the results of research showed that they are very significant, especially between the Belgrade Region and the predominantly rural regions of Serbia. These differences can be overcome in rural areas if agriculture is more intensively linked with tertiary and secondary sectors.

scholarly journals Dynamiques spatiales et mobilités à Akonolinga (Cameroun)

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (28) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Mediebou Chindji ◽  
Otsomotsi Mbida Alain Martin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Spatial Dynamics ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
The Impact

La ville d’Akonolinga, comme presque toutes les villes camerounaises, est le théâtre des dynamiques spatiales ces trente dernières années. Les conditions et le cadre de vie de cette petite ville ainsi que les activités économiques se sont considérablement dégradées. Ce constat semble être relayé par les déclarations des personnes ayant vécues à Akonolinga dans les années 1990 qui se désolent de la situation peu reluisante de cette ville jadis prospère et vivante. La présence des migrants constitue une donnée fondamentale dans l’analyse de cette situation. Ceuxci proviennent non seulement des campagnes environnantes, mais aussi de la quasi-totalité des régions administratives du Cameroun. Ces arrivées croissantes et continues ont des conséquences socio-économiques et environnementales. L’objectif de ce travail est de mettre en évidence l’impact de l’immigration sur la dynamique spatiale et l’accroissement de la pauvreté à Akonolinga. La méthodologie est centrée autour des enquêtes socio-économiques auprès de 342 ménages ; des interviews, des observations de terrain et la consultation de la littérature liée au thème en question. Les résultats montrent que les quartiers périphériques ont bénéficié de l’apport démographique des immigrants installés dans les quartiers centraux et péricentraux à leur arrivée. Ces migrants investissent dans les activités économiques des services et participent de fait à la création des richesses à Akonolinga. De nombreuses mesures ont été mises en œuvre pour limiter les déplacements des populations des zones rurales vers les zones urbaines. Ces mesures ont eu des résultats mitigés justifiant ainsi leur évaluation en vue de définir des politiques et programmes plus adaptés et à même de promouvoir un développement socioéconomique équilibré entre les villes et les campagnes.   During the last thirty years, socio-spatial dynamics have been observed in the urban space of Akonolinga. The conditions and living environment of this small town and its economic activities have deteriorated considerably. This observation seems to be relayed by the statements of people who lived in Akonolinga in the 1990s who are sorry for the poor condition of this once prosperous and lively city. Indeed, despite this situation, this city continued to welcome migrants. These come not only from the surrounding countryside, but also from almost all the administrative regions of Cameroon. These growing and continuous arrivals have multifarious consequences. The purpose of this work is to highlight the impact of immigration on spatial dynamics and increasing poverty in Akonolinga. The hypothetico-deductive method was mobilized and survey and census data were used for spatial and statistical analyzes. The results show that the outlying districts benefited from the demographic contribution of the immigrants settled in the central and pericentral districts on their arrival. Many measures have been implemented to limit the movement of people from rural areas to urban areas. These measures have had mixed results, justifying their evaluation with a view to defining more appropriate policies and programs that can promote balanced socioeconomic development between cities and the countryside.

scholarly journals Regional Socioeconomic Changes Affecting Rural Area Livelihoods and Atlantic Forest Transitions

Land ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramon F. B. da Silva ◽  
Mateus Batistella ◽  
Emilio F. Moran
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Labor Demand ◽  
Rural Landscape ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Eucalyptus Plantation ◽  
Socioeconomic Changes

Centuries of colonization of the Atlantic Forest biome in Brazil have led its native vegetation cover to be reduced to only 11.7%. On the other hand, regional land changes have fostered natural forest regeneration, since the 1960s, in the region of Paraíba Valley. A fieldwork survey in rural properties was conducted in three municipalities (n = 90, thirty in each municipality), to assess how forest transition is affected by the region’s socioeconomic development and biophysical dimensions of the landscape. To select the municipalities among thirty-four, we applied the modified Thompson Tau technique to detect outlier values for three selected variables: Natural forest cover, eucalyptus plantation cover, and municipal revenue. The outliers were dropped from consideration and the municipality with the maximum value for each variable was selected. Based on the survey and GIS analysis using land-cover maps, topography, and hydrology variables, we concluded that the diminished land-use pressure in the Paraíba Valley, a response to the regional economic development (e.g., increasing labor demand in urban areas pushing rural migration), resulted in the increase of the Atlantic forest cover. Interestingly enough, a counter-migration of people moving to rural areas as a newly valued amenity has the potential to reshape the rural landscape with positive outcomes to the Atlantic forest cover.

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