Development Issues In Marginal Regions
Processes, Technological Developments, And Societal Reorganizations
Westview Press Inc
1st Edition
Published on 6. February 1997
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-8133-9011-6 (ISBN)
Description
Rapid population growth, increased demand for food and other natural resources, and political and socioeconomic stresses have all contributed to the worldwide development of marginal regionsfringe areas, boundaries, and frontier zones. In this book, contributors analyze the limitations and opportunities provided by the natural and human environments of different marginal regions and compare human and resource management approaches. They also offer potential strategies and policies that may lead to more successful spatial planning and more rational human activity in ecologically vulnerable areas. Rapid population growth, increased demand for food and other natural resources, and political and socioeconomic stresses have all contributed to the worldwide development of marginal regionsfringe areas, boundaries, and frontier zones. In this book, contributors analyze the limitations and opportunities provided by the natural and human environments of different marginal regions and compare human and resource management approaches.
They also offer potential strategies and policies that may lead to more successful spatial planning and more rational human activity in ecologically vulnerable areas.
They also offer potential strategies and policies that may lead to more successful spatial planning and more rational human activity in ecologically vulnerable areas.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-9011-6 (9780813390116)
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Content
Telecom and Marginality: Modern Technology to Prevent Marginalization?; (Walter Leimgruber.); The Future of Marginal Regions: Networking, Knowhow, and Integration as Motors for Regional Development; (Heikki Jussila and Esko Toiviainen.); Rural Area Typology in Finland: Marginality Within Rural Areas; (P. Malinen.); Uncultivated Fields in Finland and Their Utilization Possibilities from the Point of View of Rural Landscape Management; (Matti Hkkil.); Journeys to Work in Finland; (Toivo Muilu.); The Norwegian Location ActAn Example of the Use of Symbols in Regional Policy; (Paul Olav Berg.); Societal Impact of Tourism: Empirical Evidence from Norway; (Sigrid Almedal.); Toward a New Micro- and Macroregional Fragmentation in Sweden; (Ulf Wiberg.); Developing Musical Life in a Swedish County; (Lennart Andersson.); Evaluating Marginality Through Agriculture Indicators; (Roser Majoral Moline.); Evaluating Marginality Through Demographic Indicators; (Dolores Snchez Aguilera.); The Study of a Marginal Area in the Extreme East of the Pyrenees Mountain Range: The Case of Portbou; (J. Font Garolera and Joan Tort Donada.); Farm Development Routes in a Tuscan (Central Italy) Marginal Area; (Nathalie Gouerec and Vittorio Tellarini.); A Methodological Proposal for Farm Classification; (Maria Andreoli and V. Tellarini.); Tradition and Modernization in the Agricultural Development of a Tuscan (Central Italy) Marginal Area: The Role of Advisory and Extension Services; (M. Andreoli and N. Gouerec.); Regional Development and Policy Response in the Czech Republic; (Jiri Blazek.); Technological Development and Territorial Marginalization; (Jacek I. Romanowski.); Micro-marginality in Michigan: Recent Patterns and Trends; (Lawrence M. Sommers and Assefa Mehretu.); Winds of Change in the U.S. Great Plains; (Richard E. Lonsdale.); Grazing on Public Lands: A New Mexico Case Study; (Bradley T. Cullen.); Grassroots Economic Development at San Luis, Colorado, USA; (A. J. Larson and J. Dietz.); Local Government Restructuring in Tasmania: Community Response and Attitudes to Development; (Peter Scott.); Marginality and Tenure: The Fertile Crescent and Africa; (David Grossman.); Relations Between a Depressed District and an Innovative Agro-Industry; (Mara Estela Furiani De Civit, Mara Jose.