natural or agricultural areas are easily reachable for urban dwellers and the reverse can be said for mral inhabitants willing to spend some time in the central agglomeration it is also offers a chance to strengthen local agricultural connections in the form of higher value local foods and additional valueadded processing taking advantage of these opportunities requires increased collaboration between different types of economic and institutional structures under the umbrella of the grand clermont as well as the setting of coordinated land use planning policies see box for a discussion of common governance frameworks for ruralurban partnerships absent an articulation of how this creates better opportunities for surrounding communes it is difficult to see how they can justify ongoing participation in the arrangement