Development Issues In Marginal Regions (eBook, PDF)

Processes, Technological Developments, And Societal Reorganizations
Redaktion: Singh, R. B.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Rapid population growth, demand for increased food resources and other political,economic and social stresses have all contributed to building up pressure fordevelopment of marginal regions in both developed and developing countries.Ecological issues are also adding up to and increasing marginalization of regionsand social groups due to the pressure on natural resources. Broadly speakingmarginal regions are perceived in concepts of centre-periphery (fringes) and boundariesand frontiers. In developing countries marginal regicns are the combinedeffects of ecological, economic and social factors. For understanding the abovecomplex issues, the Study Group on Development Issues in Marginal Regionswas established in August 1992 at the Washington International GeographicalCongress.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429703836
• Artikelnr.: 55724472

Autorenporträt

R.B. Singh, Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India. Roser Majoral, Department de Geografia, Facultat de Geografia i Historia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.

Inhaltsangabe

FOREWORD
PREFACE
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Walter Leimgruber
Telecom and Marginality: Modern Technology to Prevent Marginalization?
Heikki Jussila and Esko Toiviainen
The Future of Marginal Regions: Networking, Knowhow and Integration as Motors for Regional Development
P. Malinen
Rural Area Typology in Finland
Marginality within Rural Areas
Matti Hakkila
Uncultivated Fields in Finland and Their Utilization Possibilities from the Point of View of Rural Landscape Management
Toivo Muilu
Journeys to Work in Finland
Paul Olav Berg
The Norwegian "Location Act"
An Example of the Use of Symbols in Regional Policy
Sigrid Almedal
Societal Impact of Tourism: Empirical Evidence from Norway
Ulf Wiberg
Towards a New Micro
and Macroregional Fragmentation in Sweden
Lennart Andersson
Developing Musical Life in a Swedish County
Roser Majoral
Evaluating Marginality through Agriculture Indicators
Dolores Sanchez Aguilera
Evaluating Marginality through Demographic Indicators
Jaume Font Garolera and Joan Tort Donada
The Study of a Marginal Area in the Extreme East of the Pyrenees. Mountain Range: The Case of Portbou (Girona, Spain)
Nathalie Gouerec and Vittorio Tellarini
Farm Development Routes in a Tuscan (Central Italy) Marginal Area
Maria Andreoli and Vittorio Tellarini
A Methodological Proposal for Farm Classification
Maria Andreoli and Nathalie Gouerec
Tradition and Modernization in the Agricultural Development of a Tuscan (Central Italy) Marginal Area: The Role of Advisory and Extension Services
Jirf Blazek
Regional Development and Policy Response in the Czech Republic
Jacek I. Romanowski
Technological Development and Territorial Marginalization
Lawrence M. Sommers and Assefa Mehretu
Micro
marginality in Michigan: Recent Patterns and Trends
Richard E. Lonsdale
Winds of Change on the U.S. Great Plains
Bradley T. Cullen
Grazing on Public Lands: A New Mexico Case Study
A.J. Larson and J. Dietz
"Grassroots" Economic Development at San Luis, Colorado, USA
Peter Scott
Local Government Restructuring in Tasmania: Community Response and Attitudes to Development
David Grossman
Marginality and Tenure: The Fertile Crescent and Africa
Marfa Estela Furlani De Civit, Marfa Josefina Gutierrez De Manch6n, Griselda GarCia De Martin and Eduardo E.Perez Rogmanoli
Relations between a Depressed District and an Innovative Agro
industry
Chang
Yi David Chang
Environmental Impact of Resource Use Activities on Coastal Zones in Taiwan
A.B. Singh and Sarita Ghai
Environmental Disasters in Marginal Areas: A Study of Road Construction Induced Impacts in a Himalayan Yamuna Catchment.