Closeness is Not Accessibility: Isolation and Depopulated Rural Areas in the Proximity of Metropolitan Urban Areas, A Case-Study in Inland Spain

IF 1.2 Q3 GEOGRAPHY European Countryside Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI:10.2478/euco-2021-0025
H. M. Martínez Sánchez-Mateos, Á. R. Ruiz Pulpón
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Abstract The increase of accessibility is one of the most important strategies to achieve territorial cohesion and slow down depopulation processes in rural areas. Accessibility is a wide concept with a range of interpretations. When it comes to rural areas, usual accessibility measures introducing proximity and ease of physical connection could lead to misinterpretations and a lack of knowledge for rural areas. This study proposes an accessibility analysis based on connection and function of one of the most depopulated territories in inland Spain: the province of Guadalajara (NUTS-3) which constitutes an interesting case-study because its proximity to the Spanish capital city (Madrid) and the integration of part of the province on its dynamics and economic processes. Results show different rural accessibility levels useful for public policies and decision making on infrastructures. In addition, the accessibility model suggested can be applied in other depopulated rural areas of Europe.
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封闭不是无障碍:大都市附近的孤立和人口稀少的农村地区——以西班牙内陆为例
提高可达性是农村实现地域凝聚力和减缓人口减少进程的重要策略之一。可访问性是一个广泛的概念,有多种解释。当涉及到农村地区时,通常的可达性措施引入了邻近性和物理连接的便利性,可能导致误解和缺乏对农村地区的了解。本研究提出了一项可达性分析,基于西班牙内陆人口最稀少的地区之一瓜达拉哈拉省(NUTS-3)的联系和功能,这是一个有趣的案例研究,因为它靠近西班牙首都(马德里),并且该省的部分地区在其动态和经济过程上一体化。结果表明,不同的农村可达性水平有助于公共政策和基础设施决策。此外,本文提出的可达性模型也可应用于欧洲其他人口减少的农村地区。
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2.90
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12.50%
发文量
29
审稿时长
39 weeks
期刊介绍: European Countryside scope: ecology of rural landscape, rural sociology, demography and gender, multi-functional rural development, agriculture and other branches, rural geography, rural borderland, rural and agro-tourism, rural settlement, small towns as centers of rural micro-regions, rural planning and architecture.
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