OECD Rural Policy Reviews Rural-Urban Partnerships An Integrated Approach to Economic Development: An Integrated Approach to Economic Development

Foreword
 Acknowledgements
 Table of contents
 Acronyms and abbreviations
 Executive summary
 Part I Rural-urban partnerships: A tool for economic development
 Chapter 1 Understanding rural-urban partnerships: Context and definition
 Beyond the rural-urban dichotomy
 Trends in urban and rural areas
 From linkages to partnership
 Notes
 Annex 1.A1. The effect of proximity between urban and rural regions
 Bibliography
 Chapter 2 Purposes and outcomes of rural-urban partnerships
 The purposes of rural-urban partnerships
 Benefits and risks of rural-urban partnerships
 Notes
 Bibliography. Chapter 3 Taking a functional region approach to rural-urban partnershipsFunctional regions: Definition and major identification strategies
 The complex geography of rural-urban partnership
 Overcoming the challenges of adopting a functional region approach in policy making
 Notes
 Annex 3.A1 Partnership geographies of case studies
 Bibliography
 Chapter 4 Understanding the dynamics of rural-urban partnerships
 Overview of the rural-urban partnership process
 Factors that could help or hinder rural-urban partnerships
 Bibliography. Chapter 5 Creating a governance framework for rural-urban partnershipsRural-urban governance framework derived from the case studies
 Drawing lessons from the rural-urban framework
 Targeting support mechanisms for rural-urban partnerships --
lessons from the framework
 Policy co-ordination failures: How rural-urban partnerships can help
 Bibliography
 Chapter 6 A strategy to build effective rural-urban partnerships
 The rationale for rural-urban partnership
 Strengthening rural-urban partnership: A strategy
 Directions for further research
 Bibliography. Part II Rural-urban partnership in practice: 11 case studiesChapter 7 Australia: Geelong Region Alliance (G21) --
Geelong
 Regional overview
 Partnership purpose and characteristics
 Partnership strengths and weaknesses
 Conclusions and looking ahead
 Note
 Bibliography
 Chapter 8 Czech Republic: Prague-Central Bohemia
 Regional overview
 Partnership purpose and characteristics
 Partnership strengths and weaknesses
 Conclusions and looking ahead
 Bibliography
 Chapter 9 Finland: Jyväskylä and Saarijärvi-Viitasaari --
Central Finland
 Regional overview
 Partnership purpose and characteristics. Partnership strengths and weaknessesConclusions and looking ahead
 Note
 Bibliography
 Chapter 10 France: Rennes Métropole --
Rennes
 Regional overview
 Partnership purpose and characteristics
 Partnership strengths and weaknesses
 Conclusions and looking ahead
 Notes
 Bibliography
 Chapter 11 Germany: Nuremberg Metropolitan Region
 Regional overview
 Partnership purpose and characteristics
 Partnership strengths and weaknesses
 Conclusions and looking ahead
 Notes
 Bibliography
 Chapter 12 Italy: Province of Forlì-Cesena --
Emilia-Romagna
 Regional overview.