Peri Urban Regions Platform Europe (PURPLE) is a network of
European regions. It addresses the virtues and needs of the zone around the core cities of
metropolitan areas. This peri-urban area is home to a large proportion of Europe's population and the location of companies from both the services and
manufacturing sector
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construc ...
, and of agriculture. PURPLE members feel that this zone is not addressed satisfactorily in European as well as national and regional plans and strategies.
See also
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Peri-urbanisation
Peri-urbanisation relates to the processes of scattered and dispersive urban growth that create hybrid landscapes of fragmented and mixed urban and rural characteristics.
Origin
The expression originates from the French word ' ("peri-urban" ...
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FEDENATUR - European Association of Periurban Parks
External links
* http://www.purple-eu.org
* http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/08/261&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110726041855/http://www.eurometrex.org/ENT1/FR/Members/member_profile.asp?Metro=Frankfurt -
* http://www.crpm.org/pub/agenda/766_prsentation_heiko_kasseckert.pdf
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110719150922/http://www.iro.ie/news/archives/2008/06/rural_aricultur.shtml
* https://archive.today/20121218031842/https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/transparency/regrin/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=11397891124-13&locale=de
Euroregions
Metropolitan area networks
Metropolitan areas of the European Union