Defining the Urban and Rural

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The main characteristics of rural and urban areas 3. The process of construction of urban-rural zoning 4. Towards a taxonomy of zoning classification methods 5. Statistical methods of zoning 6. Spatial methods of zoning 7. Bibliography

About the author

Valentina Cattivelli is a Researcher at Eupolis Lombardia, the Research Center for the Lombardy Region of Italy

Summary

There has been a drive recently to seek new territorial classification methods on the part of research institutes, statistical centres and European researchers in order to define new territorial contexts. This book analyses these various attempts, highlighting criticisms and pointing out suggestions to build more effective methods.

Product details

• Authors: Valentina (Eupolis Lombardia Research Cattivelli, Valentina (Eupolis Lombardia Research Centre Cattivelli, Valentina Cattivelli
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.01.2025
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)
• EAN: 9781138921139
• ISBN: 978-1-138-92113-9
• Pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy; Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy