Development Issues in Marginal Regions

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.