<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper focuses on demographic and social changes caused by peri-urban development in rural areas in Latvia, Poland, and Germany after the system transformation began. The article analyses peri-urban development as a mostly rural phenomenon, and as a process of rural displacement. Rural development interacts with urban influences, changing the role and functions of rural areas. This is reflected by a departure from agricultural functions, more intensive construction activities and changes in land use. This also includes intensive socio-demographic and socio-cultural changes. Simultaneously there are significant population inflows, both urban and rural (from more peripheral rural areas), an increase in population density, changes of population structure etc. The paper shows that peri-urban development as a general rural trend began later in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe (after the transformation) than in Western Europe, but the processes and phenomena presently observed in Eastern and Western Europe are similar.</p></abstract>

The paper focuses on demographic and social changes caused by peri-urban development in rural areas in Latvia, Poland, and Germany after the system transformation began. The article analyses peri-urban development as a mostly rural phenomenon, and as a process of rural displacement. Rural development interacts with urban influences, changing the role and functions of rural areas. This is reflected by a departure from agricultural functions, more intensive construction activities and changes in land use. This also includes intensive socio-demographic and socio-cultural changes. Simultaneously there are significant population inflows, both urban and rural (from more peripheral rural areas), an increase in population density, changes of population structure etc. The paper shows that peri-urban development as a general rural trend began later in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe (after the transformation) than in Western Europe, but the processes and phenomena presently observed in Eastern and Western Europe are similar.

Peri-Urban Development as a Significant Rural Development Trend

Department of Urban Studies and Regional Development

Institute of Social Science and Humanities

Quaestiones Geographicae

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The paper focuses on demographic and social changes caused by peri-urban development in rural areas in Latvia, Poland, and Germany after the system...

Till 1991	1991–2000	After 2000
1. Family circumstances	1. Family circumstances	1. Family circumstances
2. Work	2. Housing	2. Housing
3. Housing	3. Work	3. Environment

Peri-Urban Development as a Significant Rural Development Trend

Published Online: Apr 26, 2018

Page range: 125 - 140

Received: Oct 26, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0019

Keywords
rural development, peri-urban development, rural areas, socio-demographic changes

© 2018 Jadwiga Biegańska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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Motivation to move to peri-urban areas: the case of Latvia.

Peri-Urban Development as a Significant Rural Development Trend

Published Online: Apr 26, 2018

Page range: 125 - 140

Received: Oct 26, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0019

Keywordsrural development, peri-urban development, rural areas, socio-demographic changes

© 2018 Jadwiga Biegańska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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Motivation to move to peri-urban areas: the case of Latvia.

Keywords
rural development, peri-urban development, rural areas, socio-demographic changes