About the Book
Bringing together both theoretical arguments and empirical case studies from Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Australia, Korea, Siberia and North America, this volume presents a broad overview of the research and debates taking place on the topics of marginality and marginal regions. It shows how the range of themes discussed in relation to marginal regions has widened. Marginality is no longer limited to purely economic considerations, but now encompasses subjects such as culture, society, geopolitics and the environment. In addition, attention has increasingly been paid to questions of scale. The emphasis placed upon micro-marginality in a number of studies demonstrates the wide applicability of this concept. Also, marginality is not necessarily the final state of a process - there is always the possibility for a reversal of the situation, depending on a new perception and evaluation of resources, for example. Dealing with this range of issues, the book is divided into five main sections: economic factors and processes; management, policies and conservation; settlement dynamics; perception and awareness; and socio-cultural issues.
Table of Contents:
Economic factors and processes: local economic development models for marginal regions, Anthony Blackbourn; communal holdings and the economic impact of land privatization, David Grossman, Ruth Kark; marginal farms - policies implemented to correct and improve agrarian social structures in Spain, Amparo Ferrer, Roser Majoral; processes underway deepening traditional differences between Argentine regions, M. Estela Furlani de Civit, M. Josefina Guttierez de Manchon, Rosa C. Schilan de Becette; dynamics of socio-economic marginality conditions in Argentina - the effects of economic policies, Margarita H. Schmidt; Jamaica's response to marginalization within the global economy, Timothy J. Rickard. Management, policies and conservation: environmental management and policies regarding European mountains, Rosario Galdos-Urrutia, Juan A. Gutierrez-Lazpita, Clara Icaran, Eugenio Ruiz-Urrestarazu, Mario Saenz de Buruaga, Amaia Arbulu; development policies in the peripheral and marginal areas of the border between Spain and Portugal, Ruben C. Lois, Juan I. Plaza; policies and strategies of social and local actors to obtain the competitiveness that global relations are demanding, Alcides Dos Santos Caldas, Maria Jose Pineira Mantinan; management of Western Australia's land - who is in charge?, Bradley Cullen; heritage conservation awards - stimuli to life for remote settlements?, Walter Leimgruber; critical evaluation about the development plan of development promoted district in the Kyongbuk Province, Korea, Chul-Woo Lee, Kyu-Taeg Park, Bo-Young Lee; evaluation of the development strategies in the rural areas of the European Union, Roman Rodriguez Gonzalez. Settlements: marginalization in the Hungarian urban network, Gyorgy Enyedi, Janos Rechnitzer; manufacturing settlements and marginality - the case of the Catalan "colonies industrials", Joan Tort; residential marginalization in the post-colonial city of Harare, Chris Mutambirwa, Assefa Mehretu; the communal (musha') village of the Middle East and North Africa, Ruth Kark, David Grossman. Perception and awareness: marginality and diversity - do marginal regions endure biological and cultural diversity?, Walter Leimgruber; evolving issues in research on marginal regions in Northern Europe, Erik Westholm, Lars Olof Persson; communication and connectivity in the Pyrenees - the perception of the 19th century travellers, Roser Majoral, Jaume Font; from marginal land to mythical land - mountain "comarcas" of Catalonia, Hugo Capella, Joan Tort; sort - fortune smiles on the margins, Hugo Capella, Jaume Font. Socio-cultural issues: hostages of the North - marginality with a vengeance, Donald F. Lynch; analysis of spatial marginality in Michigan - some empirical illustrations, Assefa Mehretu, Bruce Wm. Pigozzi, Lawrence M. Sommers; the local educational climate - an important factor in the process of development in marginal regions, Lennart Andersson, Thomas Blom. (Part contents).
