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The rural economy is constituted of many economic activities as forest, fishing and of course agriculture, among others that are developedin nonurban areas. In this work the rural areas are analyzed from a spatial perspective (areal and georreferenced Information), in termsof density of population, distance to the centers of services and activities that are developed on them. The general objective is toquantify, characterize and hierarchize the rurality in the X Region of the Lakes – Chile, and to relate these levels to some developedeconomic activities. As specific objectives they are establish the density of population on a spatial resolution of 4.5 by 4.5 km, determinethe levels of accessibility in terms of travel time for each density of population and characterize the economic activities and the relationof the income and level of poverty associated to the indicated spatial aspects. As work hypothesis subscribes that the size of the ruralsector could be greater to the one officially indicated by the census of population. As results a gradient of rurality was done, constitutingitself in a tool that allows in policy terms to understand better the effects that have the geographic conformation of a territory, as wellas to identify better the situation and consequences of decisions at infrastructure level and other aspects of investment. Finally itconstitutes a refinement of the concepts developed by the OECD, Chomitz (2004) and CIESIN.
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
