Central Place Theory Reloaded and Revised: Political Economy and Landscape Dynamics in the Longue Durée

Vionis, Athanasios K.; Papantoniou, Giorgos

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“…Inappropriately overseen arrive titling prevents nations from finding financial advancement models because without land titling it is difficult to demonstrate comprehensive economic development. Casual land rights, continuous debate, and land grabbing are recognizable issues for networks everywhere [47].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Mutual Effects of Land Distribution and Economic Development: Evidence from Asia, Africa, and Latin America

Azadi

Vanhaute

2019

Land

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Land plays an important role in the economies of developing countries, and many theories connecting land inequality with different dimensions of economic development already exist. Even though efficacious land distribution allows societies to transition from poverty to a human capital-based developed economy, ongoing issues related to property rights, inequality, and the political economy of land distribution are unavoidable. The general objective of this paper is to explore the nexus between land distribution and economic development. The specific objectives are to: (i) identify which land distribution programs/activities contribute to economic development; (ii) investigate the role of stakeholders in land distribution programs that affect the growth of productivity; and (iii) assess the deficiencies of current land distribution policies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America to explore how economic development theories contribute to decreasing income inequality. This paper provides an overview of land distribution history and the main economic development theories. It also highlights the links between land distribution and the main elements of economic development. Finally, it provides a comparative review of the most recent empirical works regarding the characteristics, limitations, and potential (mutual) effects of land distribution and economic development settings on developing countries worldwide.

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Mutual Effects of Land Distribution and Economic Development: Evidence from Asia, Africa, and Latin America

Azadi

Vanhaute

2019

Land

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“…The geography of services is based on Christaller's [24] central place theory, which was later developed by Lösch [25] and criticized by many authors from different viewpoints, such as Vionis and Papantoniu [26]. The theory of central places is based on an imagining of a regular settlement structure which is not disturbed by any natural or political barriers.…”

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Accessibility of Services in Rural Areas: Southern Moravia Case Study

Vaishar

Šťastná

2021

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The accessibility of basic services in rural settlements in the South Moravian Region was evaluated; the accessibility by public transport was taken into account because the accessibility by individual car transport does not manifest any problems. The accessibility was calculated for 768 rural settlements, defined as spatially separate places which do not belong to municipalities with extended power. The time distance includes the time of the ride plus 8 min walking distance to and from the stop. The data was taken from the Integrated Transport System of the South Moravian Region, which ensures that each populated place in the region has to be connected by public transport at least six times on working days. The results show that for 99.8% of the inhabitants of the region, central places equipped with a post office, a basic school and a general practitioner’s office are accessible in a shorter time than 30 min. The accessibility of the services depends primarily on the characteristics of the settlement system and the physical conditions of the transport. In lowland areas, the share of settlements with comfortable accessibility is expressively higher than that of the highland and peripheral territories. The possible future improvement consists of the digitization of the services.

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“…The creative making of the sacred landscape in Ayios Iakovos incorporated elements (saint, tree, and snake) that were also characteristic of sacred landscapes in Greater Syria and were, thus, easily recognisable and acceptable by different religious and ethnic groups. The combination of these elements must have contributed to shaping Ayios Iakovos' hierotopic image as a religious "central place" for Christians and Muslims within the much bigger administrative and economic centre of Frankish, Venetian, and Ottoman Nicosia between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries (Vionis and Papantoniou 2019). Alternatively, to use a term employed by Homi K. Bhabha, Ayios Iakovos was a "Third Space", the meeting ground of religious and cultural alterity, of hegemonic groups and subaltern ones, of symbols that could have been "appropriated, translated, rehistoricized and read anew" (Bhabha 1994, p. 37).…”

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Saints, Sacred Trees, and Snakes: Popular Religion, Hierotopy, Byzantine Culture, and Insularity in Cyprus during the Long Middle Ages

Kyriacou

2021

Religions

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The holiness of sacred spaces is expressed through the creative synthesis and performance of different symbolic or iconic elements. This article concentrates on the medieval church of Ayios Iakovos in Nicosia, Cyprus. Dedicated to Saint James the Persian, the church became, by the 1600s, a shared shrine for Christians of different denominations (Orthodox, Maronites, and Latins) and Muslims. The aim of this article is to investigate in an interdisciplinary way the formation, adaptation, and negotiation of insular religious identities in relation to Ayios Iakovos’ hierotopy, official and popular religious practices, and the appropriation of Byzantine culture. The components in the creation of this sacred space reflect long-term contact between Cyprus and Greater Syria, constructing an inclusive religious environment with its own insular characteristics. It will be argued that these characteristics were shaped by global, regional, and local developments, including trade, pilgrimage, war, and environmental changes. Being in dialogue with recent scholarship on mixed sacred sites, this case study stresses the importance of interconnectivity and mobility in the creation of shared places of worship. It also shows that phenomena of religious co-existence and syncretism do not always result in homogenisation but maintain distinct group identities.

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Central Place Theory Reloaded and Revised: Political Economy and Landscape Dynamics in the Longue Durée

Abstract: The aim of this contribution is to introduce the topic of this volume and briefly measure the evolution and applicability of central place theory in previous and contemporary archaeological practice and thought [...]

Cited by 20 publications

References 75 publications

Mutual Effects of Land Distribution and Economic Development: Evidence from Asia, Africa, and Latin America

Mutual Effects of Land Distribution and Economic Development: Evidence from Asia, Africa, and Latin America

Accessibility of Services in Rural Areas: Southern Moravia Case Study

Saints, Sacred Trees, and Snakes: Popular Religion, Hierotopy, Byzantine Culture, and Insularity in Cyprus during the Long Middle Ages

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