Rural-urban partnerships

Contents Executive summary        Part I:    Rural-urban partnerships: A tool for economic development Chapter 1. Understanding rural-urban partnerships: Context and definition         Chapter 2. Purposes and outcomes of rural-urban partnerships Chapter 3. Taking a functional region approach to rural-urban partnerships Chapter 4. Understanding the dynamics of rural-urban partnerships          Chapter 5.
Creating a governance framework for rural-urban partnerships Chapter 6. A strategy to build effective rural-urban partnerships                              Part II:   Rural-urban partnership in practice: 11 case studies Australia: Geelong Region Alliance (G21) - Geelong; Czech Republic: Prague-Central Bohemia; Finland: Jyväskylä and Saarijärvi-Viitasaari - Central Finland; France: Rennes Métropole - Rennes; Germany: Nuremberg Metropolitan Region;  Italy: Province of Forlì-Cesena - Emilia-Romagna; Netherlands: The BrabantStad partnership - Brabant; Poland: Central Zone - West Pomeranian Region; Portugal: Castelo Branco - Beira Interior Sul; Spain: Extremadura; United States: Lexington metropolitan region - Lexington, Kentucky.