Urban centre | Suburban area | Small town/rural centre | Rural area | ||||
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Basic function | Goal | Basic function | Goal | Basic function | Goal | Basic function | Goal |
Living space for majority of people | Highest quality of living | Spatial reserve for urban centre | Highest logistic efficiency for people and goods | Attractive living space for de-centralised industrial society | High quality of living | Sufficient population density for primary production and sustenance | Basic provision of: |
 | Sufficient leisure time opportunities |  |  |  | Excellent leisure time opportunities |  |    Goods (daily consumption) |
 | High environmental quality |  | High environmental quality |  | Highest environmental quality |  |    Education (primary level) |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |    Social services |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |    Cultural services |
 | Comprehensive provision of: |  | Basic provision of: |  | Advanced provision of: | Recreational space | Highest environmental quality |
 |    Goods |  |    Goods (daily consumption) |  |    Goods |  |  |
 |    Education (up to tertiary level) |  |    Education (primary level) |  |    Education (up to secondary level) |  |  |
 |    Social services (health/care) |  |    Social services |  |    Social services (health/care)l |  |    Sufficient touristic infrastructure |
 |    Cultural services |  |    Cultural services |  |    Cultural services |  |  |
 | Research |  |  |  | Research |  |  |
Main energy/resource consumer | Highest efficiency of use | Â | Highest utilisation efficiency | Resource conversion | Lowest pressure in resource conversion/utilisation | Sustainable resource provision | Highest efficiency in space utilisation |
 | Lowest pressure in energy provision/utilisation |  | Lowest pressure in energy provision/utilisation |  |  |  | Max. long-term yield per area |
 | Lowest resource consumption |  | Lowest resource consumption |  | Highest conversion efficiency |  | Stable eco systems |
Provider of complex (industrial) goods and services | Highest resource conversion efficiency | Space reserve for provision of complex goods | Highest resource conversion efficiency | Â | Linking the distribution grids | Â | Highest logistical efficiency for renewable resources and by-products of conversion processes |
 | Strong societal interaction | Provision of fresh goods for urban centre | Highest efficiency in space utilisation |  |  |  |  |
 | International interconnectedness |  | Maximum long-term yield per area |  |  |  | No resource import |