Environment and Marginality in Geographical Space

Part 1 Land use and environment: land use and abuse - on the ecological and spiritual marginalization of land, Walter Leimgruber; trajectories of change in marginal and critical region in Southeast Asia and Southern China; economic scenario of the reclamation and utilization of marginal land in India, Abha Lakshmi Singh; the problem of decision areas within a fragile ecosystem - Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina, Gladys Molina de Buono; agro-industrial enterprises and environmental fragility, Maria Josefina Gutierrez de Manchon and Maria Estela Furlani de Civit; a place in globalization - land use in the Argentinean Pampa, Stella Maris Shmite de Castell; the globalization impact on agricultural marginal area, Gladys Mabel Tourn; transforming the fringe - tobacco-related wood usage and its environmental implications, Helmut Geist. Part 2 Territorial marginalization: the concept of territorial marginality - a reflection of a standpoint of the geographic image of Portugal at the end of the 20th century, Joao Luis Fernandes; territorial positionment of a peripheral region in the Atlantic arc - Galicia, Spain, Ma Jose Pineira Mantinan and Roman Rodriguez Gonzalez; reality and perception of marginality - the case of rural Catalonia, Marti Cors; territorial marginalization, regional borders and globalization - some examples from Spain, Hugo Capella and Jaume Font-Garolera; political boundaries and the development of marginal areas - the border between Catalonia and Aragon, Spain, Joan Tort i Donada; microperiphery in mega-cities, Thomas Blom; space, behaviour and marginality, Paulo Nossa. Part 3 Development in margins and peripheries. Part 4 Summary and conclusions.