The Role of Small Towns in the Local Economy and Some Implications for Development Policy
Over recent years, socio-economic restructuring has tended to undermine the tradition al functions of small rural towns. Empirical evidence also suggests that significant proportion s of economic transactions are carried out through the region al, national an d international economy. Establishing the degree to which a settlement is integrated into its locality provides an indication of its contemporary function s an d potential role in rural development. In this paper, reliable measures of economic linkages are developed, and it is shown that the strength of local integration is a function of the existing economic structure of the town as well as its proximity to metropolitan centres.
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2000
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Authors: | Courtney, Paul ; Errington, Andrew |
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Local Economy. - London South Bank University. - Vol. 15.2000, 4, p. 280-301
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London South Bank University |
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