rural areas in transition

NL DIRK STRIJKER UNIVERSITY GRONINGEN & WILLEM FOORTHUIS, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE RURAL AREAS IN TRANSITION

Rural areas in transition Vital Rural areas - Norwich September 17, 2009 mm-dd-yy |
Prof. dr. Dirk Strijker - Mansholt chair on rural development, Groningen University
Prof. drs. Willem Foorthuis – Wageningen University/Van Hall

Rurality, EU-27 mm-dd-yy |

Table 18.2 Sectoral structure of employment in the EU25 regions, 2004 (% of total employment) Agriculture Industry Services EU15 NEU10 EU15 NEU10 EU15 NEU10 Most rural regions 10 20 26 31 64 49 Intermediate rural regions 5 13 28 33 68 54 Most urban regions 1 2 23 28 75 71 Average 4 12 25 31 71 57

Service sector is leading, also in VRA-regions Agriculture Service Langenhagen 1 71 Vejen 7 62 Rogaland 3 67 Meetjesland 10 53 mm-dd-yy |

Commuting in and commuting out: Vejen RESIDENTS JOBS Night population Commuting in Commuting out Day population TOT Industry, total 22435 6172 7979 20628 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1583 173 201 1555 Industry 6992 2059 2841 6210 Service 13860 3940 4937 12863 mm-dd-yy |

Percentage of emplyed persons, not working in their own municipality mm-dd-yy | 5 Dutch municipalities, of which three members of Vital Rural Areas Scale: postal code areas

Transition
Rural areas: from productivism to post-productivism
Agriculture and industry has declined/is declining, service sector is still growing
Residential use and recreation/tourism is (becoming) leading in many regions
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Tourism and residence
Residential use is permanent form of tourism
Both have often the same locational factors
Both have comparable economic consequences
So, a landscape that fits for tourism, fits also for permanent living

Transition (cont’d)
Rural areas: from productivism to post-productivism
Agriculture and industry has declined/is declining, service sector is still growing
Residential use and recreation/tourism is (becoming) leading in many regions
Transition requires other infrastructure (e.g. broadband), other spatial patterns, other services
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Transition (cont’d)
Opportunities are more important than threats
but keep an eye on people/groups that can’t follow
The future is knowledge-based
Schools and universities are around the corner for help
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Our communities …
Employment is in the service sector
Declining agriculture has impact on our landscapes, but hardly on our employment opportunities
One third or more of all new created jobs will be occupied by non-residents
Our society is in transition: the future is leading, not the past
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mm-dd-yy | TRANSITION IS AN EVER CONTINUING PROCESS

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