Identities and conflicts in territories of rural-urban border

Abstract

This work analyzes socio-economical transformation processes, occurred in the last two decades booth in rural and urban dimensions, and his further consequences. It also tries to explain why such transformations, thereby, posits the need of rethinking rural as a concept considering the new mea­nings and values that country side has in the actual moment. Also, it presents briefly three different cases of rural border placed in the frontier with metropolitan area of Buenos Aires (Argentinean Re­public), where government and citizen action’s allow reducing conflicts and feed backing activities in order to achieve local development. Finally, it sets what the author considered the main factors in the specific recognition of border line between rural and urban spaces, which they consider should be the backbone (or the grassroot) for public policy in order to attend sustainable and inclusive territorial dynamics at the frontiers.

Keywords

• rural-urbano, transformación territorial, frontera rural, desarrollo local, Buenos Aires