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The impact of the spatial configuration of socioeconomic services on rural–urban dependencies in Northern Jordan
This study investigates the actual use of services and accessibility of employment places by rural residents while interacting with their surrounding towns, urban center, and the county rural center. This study reveals the factors contributing to rural–urban dependence in a developing country in ter...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8442520/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34539045 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10708-021-10504-4 |
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author | Gharaibeh, Anne A. Alhamad, Mohammad N. Al-Hassan, Doraed A. Abumustafa, Naser I. |
author_facet | Gharaibeh, Anne A. Alhamad, Mohammad N. Al-Hassan, Doraed A. Abumustafa, Naser I. |
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description | This study investigates the actual use of services and accessibility of employment places by rural residents while interacting with their surrounding towns, urban center, and the county rural center. This study reveals the factors contributing to rural–urban dependence in a developing country in terms of services and job utilization. Its pursuit is developing policies for regional sustainability. Therefore, a rural survey was carried out to identify the actual dependence. The study found that rural residents were integrated significantly with the urban center regarding shopping, education, and medical services rather than jobs, with minor interdependencies among rural towns. The continued and mass dependence on the urban center was depleting rural resources creating a rural–urban gap in economic development. The study recommended a development strategy that emphasizes the importance of preserving rural living and jobs. It emphasized the importance of the urban center in providing jobs for the rural people rather than long journeys to obtain services. |
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spelling | pubmed-84425202021-09-15 The impact of the spatial configuration of socioeconomic services on rural–urban dependencies in Northern Jordan Gharaibeh, Anne A. Alhamad, Mohammad N. Al-Hassan, Doraed A. Abumustafa, Naser I. GeoJournal Article This study investigates the actual use of services and accessibility of employment places by rural residents while interacting with their surrounding towns, urban center, and the county rural center. This study reveals the factors contributing to rural–urban dependence in a developing country in terms of services and job utilization. Its pursuit is developing policies for regional sustainability. Therefore, a rural survey was carried out to identify the actual dependence. The study found that rural residents were integrated significantly with the urban center regarding shopping, education, and medical services rather than jobs, with minor interdependencies among rural towns. The continued and mass dependence on the urban center was depleting rural resources creating a rural–urban gap in economic development. The study recommended a development strategy that emphasizes the importance of preserving rural living and jobs. It emphasized the importance of the urban center in providing jobs for the rural people rather than long journeys to obtain services. Springer Netherlands 2021-09-15 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8442520/ /pubmed/34539045 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10708-021-10504-4 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Gharaibeh, Anne A. Alhamad, Mohammad N. Al-Hassan, Doraed A. Abumustafa, Naser I. The impact of the spatial configuration of socioeconomic services on rural–urban dependencies in Northern Jordan |
title | The impact of the spatial configuration of socioeconomic services on rural–urban dependencies in Northern Jordan |
title_full | The impact of the spatial configuration of socioeconomic services on rural–urban dependencies in Northern Jordan |
title_fullStr | The impact of the spatial configuration of socioeconomic services on rural–urban dependencies in Northern Jordan |
title_full_unstemmed | The impact of the spatial configuration of socioeconomic services on rural–urban dependencies in Northern Jordan |
title_short | The impact of the spatial configuration of socioeconomic services on rural–urban dependencies in Northern Jordan |
title_sort | impact of the spatial configuration of socioeconomic services on rural–urban dependencies in northern jordan |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8442520/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34539045 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10708-021-10504-4 |
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