Contents

Executive summary
Part I: Rural-urban partnerships: A tool for economic development
Chapter 1. Understanding rural-urban partnerships: Context and definition
Chapter 2. Purposes and outcomes of rural-urban partnerships
Chapter 3. Taking a functional region approach to rural-urban partnerships
Chapter 4. Understanding the dynamics of rural-urban partnerships
Chapter 5. Creating a governance framework for rural-urban partnerships
Chapter 6. A strategy to build effective rural-urban partnerships

Part II: Rural-urban partnership in practice: 11 case studies
Australia: Geelong Region Alliance (G21) - Geelong; Czech Republic: Prague-Central Bohemia; Finland: Jyväskylä and Saarijärvi-Viitasaari – Central Finland; France: Rennes Métropole - Rennes; Germany: Nuremberg Metropolitan Region; Italy: Province of Forlì-Cesena – Emilia-Romagna; Netherlands: The BrabantStad partnership - Brabant; Poland: Central Zone – West Pomeranian Region; Portugal: Castelo Branco - Beira Interior Sul; Spain: Extremadura; United States: Lexington metropolitan region – Lexington, Kentucky.