ABSTRACT

Planning studies on rural housing are heavily shaped by concepts from urbanized countries with larger populations and attendant conservation pressures on agricultural or otherwise protected land. In particular, Anglo-American theorization on counterurbanisation and the differentiated countryside have enabled planning theory to engage with and compare multiple planning realities, albeit with the secondary effect of distorting appraisal in countries that do not reflect their originating context. This may unwittingly result in the pathologisation of rural planning practices that do not conform to expected norms in rurally-dominated countries with low populations and distributed rather than concentrated land ownership patterns. Ireland, as a northern European country with a proportionately large rural population, illustrates the importance of examining path dependencies as a means of forming meaningful and effective responses to challenges such as the decline of rural settlements and decarbonization. Case study data are presented to illustrate the specific dynamics of housing and planning in rural Ireland, and attention is drawn towards examples of endogenous and exogenous responses to the path dependencies identified. We argue that path dependencies are often more important in shaping rural places than the performance of the planning system itself, underlying the importance of wider perspectives on rural planning practices.

摘要

农村住房的规划研究在很大程度上受到城市化国家概念的影响，这些国家人口较多，随之而来的是对农业或其他受保护土地的保护压力。特别是，英美关于逆城市化和差异化农村的理论化使规划理论能够参与和比较多种规划现实，尽管在不反映其起源背景的国家中具有扭曲评估的次要影响。这可能会在不知不觉中导致农村规划实践病态化，这些实践不符合人口稀少且土地所有权分布而非集中的农村主导国家的预期规范。爱尔兰作为北欧国家，农村人口比例较大，说明了检查路径依赖性作为对农村住区减少和脱碳等挑战形成有意义和有效反应的一种手段的重要性。提供案例研究数据以说明爱尔兰农村住房和规划的具体动态，并关注对确定的路径依赖性的内生和外生反应的例子。我们认为，路径依赖性在塑造农村地区方面往往比规划系统本身的绩效更重要，这是对农村规划实践采取更广泛视角的重要性的基础。提供案例研究数据以说明爱尔兰农村住房和规划的具体动态，并关注对确定的路径依赖性的内生和外生反应的例子。我们认为，路径依赖性在塑造农村地区方面往往比规划系统本身的绩效更重要，这是对农村规划实践采取更广泛视角的重要性的基础。提供案例研究数据以说明爱尔兰农村住房和规划的具体动态，并关注对确定的路径依赖性的内生和外生反应的例子。我们认为，路径依赖性在塑造农村地区方面往往比规划系统本身的绩效更重要，这是对农村规划实践采取更广泛视角的重要性的基础。