Economics Socium Environment
Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development, 2019, 6 (25): 49-55
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37100/2616-7689/2019/6(25)/8
UDC 330.341.2.533
JEL CLASSIFICATION: R10, R11, R14, Q50
Volodymyr Boiko
PhD(Econ.),
Junior Researcher of the Department of Natural-Technogenic and Environmental Safety of the
Public Institution “Institute of Environmental Economics and
Sustainable Development of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6399-8926

THE GENESIS OF THE CONCEPT OF URBAN-RURAL TERRITORY AND ITS ESSENTIAL DIMENSION
Abstract: The article deals with theoretical issues of development of urban areas. Usually, urban-rural territory is defined as an idea and phenomenon, which expresses the rejection of the antinomy of the city and the village, their too rigid "physical", or landscape and social distribution. So, the city, the countryside and the space between them are considered as one. It should be noted that strong links of different nature - economic, social, political, cultural, recreational, etc. - are formed between the city and the village. In powerful urban-rural formations exist peripheral suburbs, which allows to combine urban life with rural. Urban-rural territory is a space consisting of several components, namely a large city, smaller cities or towns, villages and their environment. It is considered that the transition from the city center to the province occurs through the middle link - the periphery.
The most important driving force behind urban-rural areas is the increase due to population migration to cities and vice versa. This is explained by finding opportunities to meet their own needs. In this context, it should be noted that migrations, especially if they are permanent, are determined by the intensity of the urban-rural connections. They are a consequence of the logistics process. Logistic level can be estimated by agglomerative links.
So, urban-rural area is not only a system consisting of geographical space and settlements. At first, it is a system of connections that create a supportive framework of interaction between settlements in time and space, which is determined by various factors such as migration, economic balance, financial flows, environment and more.
Key words: urban-rural area, city, agglomeration, urban-rural continuum, urbanization, population settlement.
Language version: Ukrainian

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Article publication date: 2019
Date of online version: 2019