The conception of inter-communal structures in the urban-rural relations of Bihor County, Romania

Urbanisation or urban drift often results in imbalanced regional development where the urban thrives and the rural becomes deprived. Efforts to correct this imbalance in the form of growth pole models rarely met with success because of many factors, not least, political. There are nevertheless gro...

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Main Author: Nemes, Valentin
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2011
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spelling ukm-31492016-12-14T06:33:45Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3149/ The conception of inter-communal structures in the urban-rural relations of Bihor County, Romania Nemes, Valentin Urbanisation or urban drift often results in imbalanced regional development where the urban thrives and the rural becomes deprived. Efforts to correct this imbalance in the form of growth pole models rarely met with success because of many factors, not least, political. There are nevertheless growth pole models of polycentric development which can foster harmonious relationships between urban and rural areas. This paper illustrates this point with special reference to the conception of eleven Territorial Planning Units (TPU) in the Romanian county of Bihor. The hallmark of the TPU is the establishment of inter-communal structures which manage to circumvent the unhealthy polarisation of conventional urbanisation, reduce regional disparities and strengthen rural- urban relationships because they pay due attention to the needs and interests of local communities. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2011-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3149/1/1.geografia-2011-4-nemes-romania-english-1_editedfinal.pdf Nemes, Valentin (2011) The conception of inter-communal structures in the urban-rural relations of Bihor County, Romania. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 7 (4). pp. 1-8. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v1/index.php
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description Urbanisation or urban drift often results in imbalanced regional development where the urban thrives and the rural becomes deprived. Efforts to correct this imbalance in the form of growth pole models rarely met with success because of many factors, not least, political. There are nevertheless growth pole models of polycentric development which can foster harmonious relationships between urban and rural areas. This paper illustrates this point with special reference to the conception of eleven Territorial Planning Units (TPU) in the Romanian county of Bihor. The hallmark of the TPU is the establishment of inter-communal structures which manage to circumvent the unhealthy polarisation of conventional urbanisation, reduce regional disparities and strengthen rural- urban relationships because they pay due attention to the needs and interests of local communities.
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The conception of inter-communal structures in the urban-rural relations of Bihor County, Romania
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title The conception of inter-communal structures in the urban-rural relations of Bihor County, Romania
title_short The conception of inter-communal structures in the urban-rural relations of Bihor County, Romania
title_full The conception of inter-communal structures in the urban-rural relations of Bihor County, Romania
title_fullStr The conception of inter-communal structures in the urban-rural relations of Bihor County, Romania
title_full_unstemmed The conception of inter-communal structures in the urban-rural relations of Bihor County, Romania
title_sort conception of inter-communal structures in the urban-rural relations of bihor county, romania
publisher Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi
publishDate 2011
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3149/
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