Rurbanity: a concept for the interdisciplinary study of rural–urban transformation

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dc.date.accessioned2023-07-24T12:30:05Z
dc.date.available2023-07-24T12:30:05Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-20
dc.description.sponsorshipGefördert im Rahmen des Projekts DEAL
dc.identifierdoi:10.17170/kobra-202307248463
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/14917
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.doidoi:10.1007/s11625-023-01331-2
dc.rightsNamensnennung 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectAssemblageeng
dc.subjectInterdisciplinarityeng
dc.subjectSustainabilityeng
dc.subjectUrbanisationeng
dc.subjectSocial-ecological systemeng
dc.subjectRural-urban transformationeng
dc.subject.ddc550
dc.subject.ddc630
dc.subject.swdAssemblageger
dc.subject.swdInterdisziplinaritätger
dc.subject.swdVerstädterungger
dc.subject.swdNachhaltigkeitger
dc.titleRurbanity: a concept for the interdisciplinary study of rural–urban transformationeng
dc.typeAufsatz
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dcterms.abstractAlong with climate change, population growth, and overexploitation of natural resources, urbanisation is among the major global challenges of our time. It is a nexus where many of the world’s grand challenges intersect, and thus key to sustainable development. The widespread understanding of urbanisation as a successive and unidirectional transformation of landscapes and societies from a rural to an urban state is increasingly questioned. Examples from around the globe show that ‘the rural’ and ‘the urban’ are not only highly interdependent, but actually coexist and often merge in the same space or livelihood strategy. Our concept of rurbanity provides an integrated theoretical framework which overcomes the rural–urban divide and can be operationalised for empirical research. Rurbanity is the next stringent step following the gradual widening of previous concepts from urban-centred approaches through the emphasis on urban peripheries to attempts of abolishing any distinction of a rural environment and acknowledging the highly dynamic nature of globalising urbanisation. Building on complex systems theory and assemblage thinking, our concept explores complementary aspects of the distinct epistemic worldviews dominating the natural and social sciences. Within this theoretical frame, we derive four analytical dimensions as entry points for empirical research: Endowments and Place, Flows and Connectivity, Institutions and Behaviour, and Lifestyles and Livelihoods. Two examples illustrate how these dimensions apply, interact, and together lead to a comprehensive, insightful understanding of rurban phenomena. Such understanding can be an effective starting point for assessing potential contributions of rurbanity to long-term global sustainability.eng
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
dcterms.creatorHoffmann, Ellen M.
dcterms.creatorSchareika, Nikolaus
dcterms.creatorDittrich, Christoph
dcterms.creatorSchlecht, Eva
dcterms.creatorSauer, Daniela
dcterms.creatorBuerkert, Andreas
dcterms.source.identifiereissn:1862-4057
dcterms.source.issueissue 4
dcterms.source.journalSustainability Scienceeng
dcterms.source.pageinfo1739-1753
dcterms.source.volumeVolume 18
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