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1 online resource (324 pages) |
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Dynamics of marginal and critical regions |
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Dynamics of marginal and critical regions.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction / Heikki Jussila and Roser Majoral -- 2. Globalization, deregulation, marginalization: Where are we at the end of the millennium? / Walter Leimgruber -- 3. Globalization and economic marginalization: North-South differences / Lawrence M. Sommers, Assefa Mehretu and Bruce W.M. Pigozzi -- 4. Great Plains settlement: Globalization and deregulation / J. Clark Archer and Richard E. Lonsdale -- 5. Southern Patagonia facing globalization / Maria Eugenia Cepparo de Grosso -- 6. Managing integration and marginalization for the New Europe / Henri Goverde -- 7. A Northern dimension for the European Union: Background and proposals / Toivo Muilu -- 8. Rural Northern Finland and EU-membership / Matti Hakkila -- 9. The Tuscany observatory of rural society development: A policy tool against spatial and information marginalization / Maria Andreoli, Francesco Di Iacovo and Heikki Jussila / [and others] |
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10. The deep rural context and micro-regional changes in Southern Portugal / Luis Moreno -- 11. Unforeseen regional effects as a result of corporatization of government administrative bodies / Paul Olav Berg -- 12. Consequences of regulation and deregulation in marginal and critical economies of the U.S. Pacific Northwest / Steven Kale -- 13. Deregulation and marginality: New public policies and new approaches to the planning of tourism / Francisco Lopez-Palomeque -- 14. From economic marginality to the problems of 'quality of life' / Maria Andreoli, Vincenzina Colosimo and Heikki Jussila -- 15. The 'old' and 'new' forms of inequality: The case of Portual / Sandra Marques and Fernanda Delgado-Cravidao -- 16. Mill town without its mills: Preliminary assessment of the consequences of industrial abandonment / William R. Stanley -- 17. Demographic factors contributing to regional imbalances in Spain / Dolores Sanchez-Aguilera and Roser Majoral |
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18. Social neighbourhoods in peripheries: A Finnish-Swedish comparison / Jarmo Rusanen, Toivo Muilu and Alfred Colpaert / [and others] -- 19. People who were not there but are now! Aboriginality in Tasmania / Peter Scott -- 20. Child labour, the reverse of economic globalization in peripheral regions / Lucilia Caetano -- 21. The plight of women in the margins of rural life in Africa: The case of Zimbabwe / Assefa Mehretu, Chris Mutambirwa and Jane Mutambirwa -- 22. Conclusions and summary / Heikki Jussila and Roser Majoral |
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Economic development -- Congresses.
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Globalization -- Congresses.
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Marginal productivity -- Congresses
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Marginality, Social -- Congresses.
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Regional disparities -- Congresses
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cravidão, Fernanda Delgado.
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Jussila, Heikki.
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Majoral i Moliné, Roser.
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International Geographical Union.
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| ISBN |
1351766287 |
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9781351766289 |
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