Abstract

GALINDO, Carlos  and  DELGADO, Javier. Los espacios emergentes de la dinámica rural-urbana. Prob. Des [online]. 2006, vol.37, n.147, pp.187-216. ISSN 0301-7036.

The multiplication of socio-spatial effects derived from the intensive regional decentralization observed in Mexico since the 1980s demands a search for theoretical and methodological options that will facilitate an understanding of the nature and orientation of those processes. In this work, we begin by recognizing the conceptual exhaustion of the terms urban and rural, based on the traditional model of country-city opposition, to explore analytical alternatives based on the new emerging paradigm (still under construction) of rural-urban inter-phase. Thus, a methodology is presented which makes it possible to identify the rural-urban dynamic in peri-urban spaces, taking as a case study the regional periphery of Mexico City.

Keywords : rural-urban inter-phase; peri-urban space; urbanization.