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The role of local actors in transforming the urban fringe

Christopher Bryant
- 01 Jul 1995 - 
- Vol. 11, Iss: 3, pp 255-267
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In this paper, a conceptual framework is proposed to advance the understanding of local agency in the processes of differentiation within the urban fringe, and local agency acts upon the transformation of the local environment to become one of the driving forces behind the process of uneven development and, more generally, differentiation of urban fringe space.
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This article is published in Journal of Rural Studies.The article was published on 1995-07-01. It has received 107 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Agency (philosophy) & Local community.

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Pictures from the other side of the fringe: Urban growth and peri-urban agriculture in a post-industrial city (Toulouse, France)

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a quali-quantitative overview of peri-urban agriculture vis a vis urban expansion investigating the recent evolution of per-urban farms (1988-2010) in Toulouse, the fourth largest metropolitan region in France.
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Linking Land Change with Driving Forces and Actors: Four Conceptual Models

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present four basic models for linking land change with driving forces and actors, and propose guidelines for choosing among the four models for specific studies based on the main characteristics of the models and practical considerations.
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Urban agriculture and land use in cities: An approach with the multi-functionality and sustainability concepts in the case of Antananarivo (Madagascar)

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors designed an interdisciplinary research program in order to test two related concepts: the "sustainability" and the "multi-functionality" of agriculture.
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Challenging the inevitability of rural decline: Advancing the policy of place in northern British Columbia

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that rural decline in northern BC has been facilitated through an intentional policy program that views hinterland areas as a "resource bank" from which to fund provincial infrastructure and services, without adequate attention to rural reinvestment.
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Peri-urban farmland conservation and development of alternative food networks: Insights from a case-study area in metropolitan Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)

TL;DR: In this paper, a case study of the Baix Llobregat Agricultural Park (BLAP) in metropolitan Barcelona is presented, which concludes that alternative food networks in peri-urban areas are only possible if farmland preservation is guaranteed.
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Edge City: Life on the New Frontier

Joel Garreau
TL;DR: A glossary of edge cities can be found in this article, where the authors examine how these Edge Cities are dramatically changing the way most of us live our lives, from the kinds of jobs Edge Cities generate to whether they will ever be good places to fall in love or hold a Fourth of July parade.
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Frontiers in social movement theory

Aldon D Morris, +1 more
- 01 Jul 1993 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, a rich and conceptually sophisticated social psychology of social protest movements is presented, including some of the most distinguished scholars in the area of collective action, and they analyze how structural and cultural determinants influence the actor and generate or inhibit collective action and social change.
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Economie et société

Weber Max
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The urban field

TL;DR: The urban field as discussed by the authors is a new element of spatial order, which will unify both core and periphery within a single matrix, and the implications of the urban field for living patterns and for planning.