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Add to cartwhy are rural areas often seen as the solution to societal challenges?
classical view: resource area.
societal challenges today: energy security, adaptation, climate change
easy solution in rural: planting trees, windfarms -> they are expected to provide the space
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are discontent and populism something rural?
no, it is a socio-political response to a loss of structural autonomy.
When spatial planning forces a choice between staying in a declining "service desert" or completely uprooting your life for an urban center, citizens experience a loss of control over their everyday lives.
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A flaw of people-based policies?
Overestimates human mobility.
Many citizens cannot or do not want to leave their homes due to social ties, identity, family obligations, or low real estate value.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE
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why do projects not always live up to their emancipatory potential?
projects for energy (transition) often fail to address this potential as large investors in combination with the goverments plan these projects with little to no consultation of the local communities. This often feels like a loss of autonomy for the rural community and may lead to discontent by the residents.
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where does the Rural idyll come from?
rural ideologie comes from industrial revolution → rural people started working in factories and started longing for rural areas
› The rural (re)presented as... ▪ Picturesque ▪ Harmonious ▪ Natural ▪ 'Grounded in the soil', 'rooted' ▪ Homogenous › Partial, selective and therefore distorted image of reality
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Gemeinschaft
Community characterized by close personal relationships.
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Gesellschaft
Society,
Impersonal, rational, and efficient.
The Driving Force: Kürwille (rational will) — a calculated, deliberate choice to interact with someone to achieve a specific goal (usually making money or getting a service).
Social Control: Driven by formal laws, explicit contracts, and police enforcement. If someone breaks a promise, you don't gossip — you sue them.
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18 questions
Nederlands
05-27-2026
Universiteit / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
why are rural areas often seen as the solution to societal challenges?
classical view: resource area.are discontent and populism something rural?
A flaw of people-based policies?
What are the starting points of RG?
why do projects not always live up to their emancipatory potential?
where does the Rural idyll come from?
Gemeinschaft
Gesellschaft
morphology
the threefold model of rural space
What is rural?
Urban fabric
Planetary urbanism
endogenous development
merits
just transition
Constructivist rurality
Contestation
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