Rural – Urban Partnership For Balanced Spatial Development In Latvia

A New Model of a Spatial Structural Map for Re-Building Urban-Rural Links

“…Nevertheless, without discipline, such models negatively affect the ability to effectively address urban-rural spatial problems, social differentiation, and local migration; however, these models, solidify the concept of rural isolation (Zheng, Y., Tan et al, 2022). Thus, the spatial dimension of development planning has been one of the main challenges resulting from these dramatic changes in the world's demographic structure (Bulderberga, 2014). Sustainable spatial planning relies on recognizing and using regional differences to facilitate the organized growth of the intended geographic area.…”