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​​​​Urban and Rural Development

They constitute two modalities of growth of human settlements.

Urban development is a system of expansion of resindential areas designed to create cities

Rural development is a process that aims to improve the standard of livinng of peopleliving in non urban areas

It has as a consequence impotent changes in the spatial distribution of people, resources, use and consumption of land

The challenges facing urban development are: managing urban expansion and congestion, promoting social inclusion and achieving environmental sustainability

On the other hand, there is a close relationship between this process and social and economic development

*Urban center or urban center: city area, park streets or green areas.

*Metropolitan area: covers several kilometers around.

*Megalopolis: remains uniform for hundreds of kilometers around.

*Suburbs or periphery: they are far from the city but they maintain unity through transport

Features

*It is dependent on the rural area in food matters.

*The population lives in much more populated areas

*They are more politically relevant

There is usually the administration of basic services such as water, electricity and telecomunications. Although there are also waste colleciton​ services, as well as bureaucratic or administrative management services typical of republican life: idenification, regulation, citizen exercise among others.​​​​​​

They have a great lack of access to modern electricity services, as well as to improvements in drinking water

Protect and conserve the capacity of the natural resource base to provide production, environmental and cultural services

Its biggest challenge is to overcome the deep disparities of the sectors with respect to urban areas

The manufacturing industry predominates, such as factories and workshops among other spaces, so that the products created have an added value that increases their value, thus offering work for the working class

Different types of urban areas

Products

Services

Population

Seeks to provide three basic needs to achieve a sustainable future

Improve the training and well-being of all people

Achieve sustainable agricultural production to ensure that all human beings have access to food

Performs important economic, social and environmental functions contributing to the protection of biodiversity, soil and landscape values

Beyond its role of food products and raw materials

In this way, rural development is a balanced, integrated and self-sustaining process of growth and revitalization to improve the living conditions of the local population through the four dimensions: economic, socio-cultural, administrative and environmental policy

It is a physical support of an extensive and varied natural and cultural heritage, being the basis of many economic activities

Its objective is to improve the quality of life of its inhabitants, through the increase of income levels, improvement in living and working conditions, as well as in the conservation of the environment and the sustainable use of natural resources

In order to continue providing production, environmental and cultural services