Development Of Rural Settlements Research Articles

The Spatial Pattern Evolution of Rural Settlements and Multi-Scenario Simulations since the Initiation of the Reform and Opening up Policy in China

Since the inception of China’s reform and opening-up policy, the rapidly advancing process of urbanization and the primacy accorded to urban development policies have imparted increasingly profound ramifications on rural domains. Nonetheless, antecedent research has predominantly fixated on urban sprawl, overlooking the spatial metamorphosis of rural settlements and the prospective developmental trajectories within the policy paradigm. Consequently, this inquiry endeavors to scrutinize the evolution of the spatial configuration of rural settlements in She County from the advent of reform and opening-up (1980–2020) utilizing remote sensing data. In tandem, through scenario delineation and the utilization of the CLUE-S model, it aspires to prognosticate the evolving trends in the spatial arrangements of rural settlements in She County by 2035. The empirical findings divulge that (1) The temporal progression of rural settlement spatial configurations in She County over the preceding four decades can be delineated into two discernible phases. From 1980 to 2000, alterations in the number, extent, and spatial morphological attributes of rural settlements remained circumscribed. While the count of rural settlements registered a diminution (by 3), the aggregate extent experienced a marginal augmentation (by 8.45%), concomitant with a gradual gravitation towards regular boundaries, manifesting a stochastic distribution throughout the investigation expanse. Conversely, from 2000 to 2020, the quantity and extent of rural settlements in She County underwent a precipitous augmentation (92 and 36.37%, respectively), characterized by irregular peripheries. (2) The CLUE-S model achieved an overall precision of 0.929, underscoring its applicability in emulating fluctuations in rural settlements. (3) Within the new-type urbanization scenario, the cumulative expanse of rural settlements witnessed a decline of 35.36% compared to the natural development scenario, marked by substantial conversions into grassland and urban land usage. Furthermore, orchestrated planning and directive measures have propelled the consolidation of rural settlements in She County, engendering a more equitable and standardized layout. Under the aegis of the ecological conservation scenario, the total rural settlement area recorded a 0.38% reduction vis-à-vis the natural development scenario, primarily entailing competitive coexistence with arable land, grassland, and urban land usage in spatial terms.

Like the swing of the pendulum: The history of government-sponsored rural settlements in São Paulo, Brazil (1820s–1920s)

ABSTRACT This paper studies the history of government-sponsored rural settlements in the province/state of São Paulo, Brazil, as a pendular movement, whose points of reversion depended on the interests of a landowning elite to obtain labour for newly expanding plantations from the 1820s to the 1920s. Faltering infrastructure and ill-defined property rights over public lands were persistent constraints to the development of such rural settlements. Part of this failure can be attributed to a lack of State capacity and part to the opposition of plantation owners to the settling of independent smallholdings. The paper complements this historical-institutional analysis with a quantitative description of such settlements in 1898–1920. These late government-sponsored rural settlements showed the potential to grow in demographic and economic terms and had an overall demographic and occupational composition well aligned with the goal of creating a family-based peasantry. However, there were enormous heterogeneities in ethno-linguistic composition, educational attainment, and economic prosperity between and within such rural settlements, which point to idiosyncratic features that should be taken into account in future research assessing the short- and long-run effects of immigration and settlement policies in Brazil.

A Novel Integrated Spatiotemporal-Variable Model of Landscape Changes in Traditional Villages in the Jinshaan Gorge, Yellow River Basin

Spatiotemporal studies of landscape pattern evolution in traditional villages are beneficial for addressing complex urbanization and global climate change. Using the traditional villages of Jiaxian and Linxian in the Jinshaan Gorge of the Yellow River Basin, this study employed a three-dimensional (3D) analysis involving three spatial scales (macro, meso, and micro), temporal scales (past, present, and future), and variables (humanity, society, and nature) based on the methods of spatiotemporal data analysis (SDA), geographic information system, remote sensing, and landscape pattern index (LPI) by Fragstats. On the macro scale, a significant turning point in ecological conservation awareness was indicated by LPI and SDA. Urban and rural construction land continuously increased because of urbanization. Plowland, grassland, and woodland were the main influencing factors in the evolution of rural settlements, with a 0.42% cumulative transformation rate. On the meso scale, the interactions and mutual promotion of mountain and aquatic environments, aquatic facilities, agricultural production, and cultural heritage have shaped the socioeconomic dimensions of evolution. On the micro scale, with urbanization, some traditional humanistic spaces have lost their original functions. A novel spatiotemporal-variable quantitative model explored the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of human–land coupling, which can be used for the sustainable development of river basins worldwide.

The colonisation of rainfed land in al-Andalus: an unknown aspect of the eleventh-century economic expansion

ABSTRACT Since the 1980s, there have been significant advancements in the study of the development of rural Andalusi settlement linked to irrigated agriculture, both in relation to large suburban green belts and to the small hydraulic systems of rural communities in mountainous regions. However, recent investigations in several dry areas and, in particular, the intensive archaeological survey that we have been carrying out in the eastern sector of La Mancha, reveal a densely populated rural region that responds to a hitherto unknown pattern. It consists of small villages on the plain, devoid of community defence elements and inhabited by peasants who made the best of the only existing natural resources that have traditionally oriented the region's economy towards cattle ranching and rainfed agriculture. Most of the villages seem to have developed from the beginning of the eleventh century, disappearing at the end of the same century due to the increase in insecurity after the Christian conquest of Toledo in 1085. Their existence would be associated with a general context of population growth that intensified the competition between urban elites and peasants for the privileged agricultural areas and, as a result, the colonisation of less favourable production areas.

The representation of greenery in the boundaries between the open landscape and residential areas in suburbanised rural settlements: development from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century

The rapid development of rural settlements into commuter towns in the hinterland of large cities, coupled with intensive agriculture and climate change, may negatively affect the prosperity of these areas. The presented analysis focused on randomly selected rapidly growing settlements in the Prague metropolitan area, examining their development with a focus on the peripheral parts of such settlements. Settlement margins constitute a specific part of rural settlements as it typically contributes to the rural character by providing the gradual gradient between the settlement and the open landscape. The representation of water-absorbing and non-water-absorbing areas and their suitability for the development of taller vegetation along the margins of three randomly selected suburbanised settlements in the hinterland of Prague are analysed from the perspective of the possibility to maintain the traditional character of the settlement margins. Historical maps, aerial photographs, spatial planning documents, and data on current land use and landscape cover were used for the analysis of the settlements’ development over the last approx. 200 years. In order to determine whether an area is water absorbing or not, a manual approach was used for historical maps and a machine learning process for present orthophoto maps. The automated machine learning classification process could be utilised, because the used orthophoto imagery includes a near-infrared portion of the spectrum (i.e. NIR imagery). We have observed the trend of decreasing plot size and of reduction in the water-absorbing surfaces suitable for planting taller vegetation, especially in the twenty-first century residential developments, which disrupts the traditional rural character of these settlements. The utilisation and stabilisation of the current vegetation in the historical areas, together with the creation of the vegetation belts along the margins of the newly developed areas, could improve the environmental quality of these settlements, promote ecosystem services, and increase biodiversity.

LEGAL PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD SECURITY IN THE ARCTIC ZONE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The relevance of the issue studied in the article lies in the fact that the achievement of food security in the territories of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (hereinafter also AZRF), to which there is no year-round access by land transport, is a challenge for the state in matters of ensuring national security. One of the ways to achieve food security in the Russian Arctic is the northern delivery. The purpose of the study is to propose a number of directions for the development of Russian Arctic legislation based on the analysis of the legal documents of the Russian Federation, international legal documents, as well as the positive experience of Canada in the field of food security regulation. The article considers the positive experience of Canada in regulating public relations in the field of pursuing a centralized food security policy, as well as in organizing public greenhouses and gardens, and analyzes the possibility of applying these foreign development directions in the legislation of the Russian Federation. In the final part of the article, the author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to apply a more systematic approach in the field of food security, linking legal documents adopted in various areas of public relations (health, social sphere, science and innovation in agriculture, development of transport infrastructure and rural settlements), into a single concept, a common action plan to achieve the global goal - food security. A separate place in this concept should be occupied by the processes of organizing the northern delivery and measures to develop their own agricultural production of vegetables and fruits in the territory of the Russian Arctic, according to the experience of Canada.

Rural settlement network of Tarsky district (uyezd) at the end of the XIX – first third of the XX centuries: patterns and features of transformation

The paper characterizes the development of rural settlements on the territory of the Tarsky district, the planned settlement of the urban spaces of which under the control of the government began in the mid-1890s and continued for several decades. The subject of the study is the network of rural settlements of the Tarsky district, the object is the key indicators of the state of the network: the number of settlements, their typology and size by the number of yards and the number of inhabitants. The development of the settlement network can be traced in historical dynamics, according to several time slices (for 1893, 1903, 1912 and 1926), the choice of which is due to the peculiarities of the source base of the study. The novelty of the presented work consists in a comparative analysis of the indicators of the development of Tar villages in the late Imperial and early Soviet periods, determining the scale of the settlement network, identifying patterns and specifics of its functioning and transformation. Conclusions are drawn about the increase in the number of settlements in the district in the period from 1893 to 1926 by more than four times (from 447 to 1946 villages), changes in the typical structure of the network: the predominant in the late 1890s resettlement settlements and villages in the 1900s were replaced by farms that in the mid-1930s began to forcibly settle in large collective farms (collective farms). There has been a reduction in the number of households and the population of settlements.

Spatial Morphology Evolution of Rural Settlements in the Lower Yellow River Plain: The Case of Menggang Town in Changyuan City, China

This study investigated the spatial pattern evolution of the rural settlement system in the town of Menggang, China, based on settlement patches extracted from remote sensing data for four time points between 1990 and 2018. Five typical villages were selected to study their spatial textures from point to surface. The reasons for the evolution of the rural settlements were examined as well. The results indicated that the number of settlement patches in Menggang decreased, the area of a single patch expanded, and the scale of the rural settlements continued to expand. Settlements were distributed randomly, but an agglomeration trend began to appear. The plain terrain had little restriction on settlement site selection. Cofferdams and embankments were the limiting factors for settlement expansion, which led to the compact development of the settlements. Economic development, population growth, and family miniaturization were positive factors for the expansion of the rural settlements. In the typical villages, cluster settlements and cluster settlements with a banded tendency had higher spatial utilization efficiency. Several high-density building centers were formed in the settlements, and the trend of residential buildings was mainly northeast–southwest. The plain terrain had little effect on the orientation of buildings, single-building areas, or the public spaces of the settlements. Traditional culture and traffic routes affected the orientation of the main buildings of folk houses. This study has theoretical and reference value for the structure optimization and sustainable development of rural settlements in the lower Yellow River plain.

Spatial Difference Studies and Driving Force Analysis of Rural Settlements in the Northwest Sichuan Plateau

The scattered, isolated, and closed nature of rural settlements in northwest Sichuan is a constraint on the high-quality development of rural areas. Determining the spatial differences and driving forces of rural settlements in this area is the essential prerequisite for promoting rural revitalization. In this paper, the methods of the nearest neighbor index, the Voronoi diagram, and the Geodetector are used to analyze the spatial distribution characteristics of rural settlements and explore the driving factors of their spatial differences. The key findings are as follows. (1) The rural settlements exhibit the feature of “an extensive dispersion with localized concentrations”. The spatial distribution is in the shape of dots, strips, and branches along the river valley. (2) The number and land use scale of rural settlements decreases from east to west. The spatial differences in settlement morphology have a clear feature that the settlement morphology along the river and road is more complex, while the settlement morphology in the plateau area and the river valley is relatively regular. (3) Mountain disasters and arable land resources have the greatest impact on the spatial differences of the settlements. The location and form of the settlements are greatly affected by the altitude and accumulated temperature, and the settlement scale is significantly affected by the traffic conditions and the scenic spots. The mutually reinforcing role of the driving factors is remarkable, especially the reinforcing effects of the enhancement between the arable land resources and other factors. The research results provide data support for the reconstruction, improvement, and high-quality development of rural settlements in this region.

Sustainable Development of Rural Human Settlements in the Information Age: Can Internet Use Drive Farmers to Participate in Garbage Classification?

Garbage classification is significant to alleviate the pressure of household waste management in rural areas and promote green development. Based on the micro survey data of 2228 households in rural areas of Jiangsu Province, this paper discusses the impact of internet use on the garbage classification’s willingness and behavior based on the planned behavior theory. The results show that: (1) There is a deviation between willingness and behavior. Ninety percent of the surveyed farmers were willing to do garbage classification, but the garbage classification rate was only 53%. (2) Internet use has a positive effect on the willingness and behavior of farmers to classify garbage, and it can promote the willingness to change behavior and reduce the deviation between willingness and behavior. Specifically, internet use increased by 1 unit, the probability of farmers having neither willingness nor behavior, having both willingness and behavior, and only having willingness but not having the behavior decreased by 5.4%, increased by 13%, and decreased by 7.5%, respectively. (3) Further analysis according to different internet access methods shows that mobile internet access and mixed internet access can have a positive impact on farmers’ willingness and behavior in relation to garbage classification, while computer internet access has no significant impact on farmers’ willingness and behavior in relation to garbage classification. (4) Internet use can enhance farmers’ willingness and behavior in relation to garbage classification by improving their knowledge, behavioral, and environmental cognition. Specifically, the mediating effects of knowledge, behavioral, and environmental cognition on willingness were 71.48%, 21.72%, and 40.49%, respectively, and the mediating effects on behavior were 89.47%, 8.89%, and 18.81%, respectively. Based on this, this paper puts forward the policy recommendations of strengthening the hardware and software construction of the internet, adopting diversified propaganda methods of garbage classification, and improving the social supervision and restraint mechanism.

GASTRONOMY AS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR RURAL PROSPERITY - EVIDENCE FROM RURAL SETTLEMENTS IN REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

Food and gastronomy certainly occupy a special position in rural promotion. The aim of the research was to determine to what extent the local population believes that the gastronomic offer affects rural prosperity. The results show that all the factors of the tourist offer are of satisfactory quality and have a significant influence in predicting the rural development of countryside in Serbia, and that respondents in the middle age category believe that gastronomy determines rural prosperity. Material status has no statistical significance in the difference in the perception of the impact of gastronomy on rural development, but in relation to the age category, results show a statistically significant difference. The research has an obvious importance in the theoretical and applied aspect, as a complement to the existing literature, as well as an aid in the strategic planning of the development of rural settlements in Serbia.

Evolution and its driving forces of rural settlements along the roadsides in the northeast of Jianghan Plain, China

With the unprecedented rate of urbanization and industrialization in China, the spatial pattern of rural settlements has undergone tremendous change. The spatiotemporal characteristics of rural settlements in various regions have been explored. However, the distribution evolution of rural settlements along the roadsides has been overlooked. To address this issue, we first used remote sensing images to extract and quantify the evolution of rural settlements’ spatial distribution along the roadsides from 1987 to 2020 in the northeast of Jianghan Plain, China. Then we employed the time series landscape metrics and the GIS buffer analysis to investigate the typical distribution evolution pattern of rural settlements from aspects of scale and density. Lastly, the driving factors of this evolution pattern were assessed using the Pearson correlation coefficient. Our results indicated that the spatial distribution showed the recent evolution path-Villages on the Roadsides (VoR). That is, rural settlements tended to change from clustering around farmlands or water sources to distributing along the roadsides. The rural settlements near national roads were more concentrated and denser, and their scale was more extensive than those near provincial and county roads. Additionally, provincial roads attracted more residents, making them the largest area and the most fragmented patches. Furthermore, there are strong positive correlations between the total area of rural settlements and peasant's income, the change in demands of agricultural production and daily life, and the road investments, respectively, indicating the significant impact of these factors on the evolution of the spatial pattern of rural settlements. This study may shed light on China's rural planning and revitalization.

Spatial Coupling Pattern and Driving Forces of Rural Settlements and Arable Land in Alpine Canyon Region of the Maoxian County, China.

For mountainous areas in different regions, the study of the spatial coupling relationship between rural settlements and arable land resources is a key aspect of coordinated rural development. In this study, a spatial coupling relationship model and a Geodetector are introduced to explore the spatial coupling relationship and driving factors of rural settlements and arable land in the alpine canyon region. The nearest neighbor index, Voronoi diagram, and landscape pattern index system based on the geographic grid are used to analyze the spatial differentiation characteristics of rural settlements in the alpine canyon region, and the spatial coupling relationship model is introduced to explore the spatial coupling relationship between rural settlements and arable land. Finally, the driving factors of the coupling relationship are detected based on Geodetector. The results show that (1) the spatial distribution of rural settlements in the study area is "T-shaped" with a relatively regular settlement shape; (2) the population in the alpine canyon region is relatively small, and the conflict between people and land is not prominent in most areas, so the overall coupling situation between rural settlements and farming land is dominated by fewer people and more land; and (3) the spatial coupling between rural settlements and arable land in the alpine canyon region is mainly affected by four types of factors: terrain topography, meteorology, soil and population, and economy. The interaction between the factors has a synergistic enhancement effect. The results of the study provide theoretical support for the development of rural settlements in the alpine canyon region.

Rural Settlement Development in Western China: Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience

Rural development is an essential link in the social governance system, and it is the key to market rural development and enhancing farmers’ living conditions. It is a critical starting point for changing the agricultural landscape and improving agricultural social governance capability. It is also the proper means of encouraging the balanced growth of urban and rural society, as well as traditional wealth. Farmers no longer have to worry about “short of food and clothing,” but “housing challenges” pose a threat to the soundness, harmony, and growth of rural areas, social hazards are increasing, and rural areas in distant western areas continue to create risk and vulnerability of living setting. Most previous studies have focused on economic and regulatory elements; however, this study focuses on the composition of home environment risk factors, as well as the influence of fabric vulnerability, trust vulnerability, and emotional vulnerability produced by risks. To successfully resist residential surroundings threats, improving the effectiveness of risk response and boosting farmers’ resilience are all critical strategies to reduce susceptibility. This study, which employs in-depth interview methodology, explains how the growth of a gorgeous new country must enhance and ensure the safety of farmers’ living surroundings to prevent risk impact, as well as how the country’s resilience should be improved. The findings indicate that, in the technique of rural government, the preservation of living environments is not only one of the primary desires of farmers, but, furthermore, the key to increasing farmers’ flexibility to combat hazards, and also the lone way to come through property rural development. In accordance with the specific situation, the associated countermeasures, square measure, imply: to begin, the highest body’s role placement is treated to weaken the fabric, this weakness caused by the unclear role positioning. Second, we should always encourage excellent communication among subjects about the concept of trust in order to reduce the vulnerability of trust produced by insufficient policy coverage and differences in policy interpretation and knowledge. Third, we should always perceive and satisfy the emotional needs of farmers’ families in order to reduce the emotional vulnerability caused by policies and procedures that neglect their true feelings.

The role of irrigation projects in the development of rural settlements conceptual framework and experiences

Irrigation projects have a key role in influencing economic factors and reshaping the demographic distribution pattern of rural settlements and elements of development. As the main objective of the research is to show what irrigation projects achieve in rural development through the redistribution of rural human settlements in a schematic manner consistent with the new irrigation reality and helps In exploiting the agricultural potential to reach the rebuilding of the rural economy, and to help solve the problem of poor distribution of development benefits and the lack of public services for rural human settlements, due to the spread and scattering of villages, assuming that the prevailing pattern of widespread distribution changes and the use of a new pattern based on the grouping of villages, and raising the rate of Population size in a way that helps to achieve the rural development process. Considering that the dominant feature that distinguishes the pattern of rural settlements in Iraq is the small size of the settlements, their spread and their lack of basic services, which is the characteristic that stands in the way of development and development.Among the most important conclusions achieved for the role of irrigation projects in addition to agricultural development, is their contribution to the urban development of rural human settlements and providing them with public and agricultural services by linking to a network of roads, in addition to establishing new settlements that support the rural economy.

ПРОБЛЕМИ РОЗВИТКУ СІЛЬСЬКОГО ТУРИЗМУ В УКРАЇНІ В УМОВАХ ВІЙНИ ТА ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ ПІСЛЯВОЄННОГО ВІДНОВЛЕННЯ

The sphere of tourism is one of the main industries that affects the general state and development trends of the world economy. Tourism is one of the top three industries in terms of generated income in the world. It is developing at a fast pace and occupies an important place in the world economy. The war going on in Ukraine today has no analogues in modern European history. It is difficult to make a correct analogy of the development of tourism in Ukraine in comparison with European countries and to assess the impact of the war on the tourism sector. During the war new challenges arise, which makes adjustments to the planning and development of tourist activities. Modern world trends in the development of the tourism sphere indicate the growing interest of tourists in recreation, which is directly related to nature. In Ukraine, there is a significant potential for the development of rural tourism thanks to various natural conditions and resources. Rest in the countryside is one of the promising directions for the revival and development of rural settlements. Rural tourism combines a number of resources that can make a tourist's vacation attractive and unforgettable. The article considers the current state of development of rural tourism in Ukraine, which suffered significant losses as a result of the large-scale war by the Russian Federation against Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The data on the direct damage to the infrastructure as a result of destruction caused by Russia's military aggression against Ukraine in the year since the beginning of the full-scale invasion are given. It is highlighted the main tasks regarding the implementation of measures aimed at the successful development of rural tourism in the conditions of war in Ukraine. The strengths and weaknesses, potential opportunities and threats are determined based on the SWOT analysis of the development of rural tourism in Ukraine. It is proposed a conditional division of the territory of Ukraine into six regions for the development of rural tourism in the war and post-war period. The main obstacles and prospects for the development of rural tourism in Ukraine are revealed.

Development of Non-Agricultural Employment as an Important Factor in the Development of Villages and Rural Settlements in Armenia

Development of Non-Agricultural Employment as an Important Factor in the Development of Villages and Rural Settlements in Armenia

РОЛЬ ПРОСТРАНСТВЕННОГО ФАКТОРА В ХОЗЯЙСТВЕННОМ ОСВОЕНИИ ДОЛИНЫ РЕКИ КУЛЕНГА ИРКУТСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ

Вased on feld research materials, a unique anthropogenic space is presented that has developed in the area of the left tributary of the Lena River - Kulenga on the old way. The author shows the features of the development and layout of personal peasant farms located in the valley of the taiga river, along the road; focuses on the importance of spatial and natural-climatic factors in the economic development of rural settlements.

Identification of rural settlement development types in the farming-pastoral zone based on social network analysis

Identification of rural settlement development types in the farming-pastoral zone based on social network analysis

Mid‐ to Late Holocene landscape dynamics and rural settlement in the uplands of northern Bavaria, Germany

AbstractWe present results from a systematic interdisciplinary study on (pre‐)historic rural settlement and landscape development in an upland region of northern Bavaria, Germany. The archaeological and geoarchaeological investigations—supported by radiocarbon dating, optically stimulated luminescence dating, and palaeoecological analysis—were performed to (i) identify so far unknown prehistoric rural settlement sites, (ii) determine site‐specific soil erosion from colluvial deposits, and (iii) assess the composition of woodland from on‐ and offsite charcoal finds. The earliest indicators of human activities from the Younger Neolithic (late 5th to early 4th millennium B.C.E.) come from colluvial deposits. Our investigations, for the first time, show Middle to Late Bronze Age (ca. 1400–800 B.C.E.), permanent rural settlement in a German central upland region, with a peak in the Late Bronze Age. Due to the varying thicknesses of Bronze Age colluvial deposits, we assume land use practices to have triggered soil erosion. From the spectrum of wood species, Maloideae, ash, and birch are regarded as successional indicators after fire clearance in that period. Settlement continued until the 5th century B.C.E. After a hiatus of 500 years, it re‐flourished in the Late Roman and Migration periods (mid‐3rd–5th century C.E.) and went on in the Medieval period.