Frontiers in Regional DevelopmentY. Gradus, Harvey Lithwick Rowman & Littlefield, 1996 - 319 pages In fifteen insightful new essays noted scholars in geography, economics, and public policy provide a comparative examination of the problems and prospects for development in frontier areas. Blending theory with case studies, the essays challenge the widely held notion that peripheral areas are marginal or backward. |
Contents
Romancing the Line Edges and Seams in Western and Indigenous Mindscapes with Special Reference to Bedouin | 23 |
Redefining the Frontier Regional Development in the Postwelfare Era | 43 |
Comparative Frontier Experiences | 55 |
The Role of the Frontier in Economic Development American Theory and International Experience | 57 |
Brazils Frontier Experience and Sustainable Development A Geopolitical Approach | 73 |
Urban System Development Ecuadors Amazon Region and Generalization | 99 |
Frontier Development in Australia | 125 |
From Frontier to Periphery The Development of Israels Negev | 143 |
Long Waves of Frontier Development | 191 |
The Development of Tourism in Frontier Regions Issues and Approaches | 213 |
A Social Safety Net for the Negev | 231 |
Innovation and Technological Development in Frontier Areas | 247 |
Local Synergy as an Explanation for Innovation in Peripheral and Frontier Areas | 249 |
Japans Technopolis A Model for Frontier Development in East Asia | 259 |
Endogenous Development and Innovative Regional Milieux International Evidence Relevant to Frontier Regions | 277 |
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Regional Development in Frontier Areas | 171 |
The Frontier as Chain Reaction | 173 |
About the Contributors | 315 |
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Page 7 - In the spirit of a new people that is conscious not only of its proud historical heritage but also of the brutal "gringo...
Page 7 - ... gabacho" who exploits our riches and destroys our culture. With our heart in our hands and our hands in the soil, we declare the independence of our mestizo nation. We are a bronze people with a bronze culture. Before the world, before all of North America, before all our brothers in the bronze continent, we are a nation, we are a union of free pueblos, we are Aztlan.
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Page 5 - LAMENT OF THE FRONTIER GUARD BY the North Gate, the wind blows full of sand, Lonely from the beginning of time until now! Trees fall, the grass goes yellow with autumn. I climb the towers and towers to watch out the barbarous land: Desolate castle, the sky, the wide desert. There is no wall left to this village. Bones white with a thousand frosts, High heaps, covered with trees and grass; Who brought this to pass? Who has brought the flaming imperial anger? Who has brought the army with drums and...
References to this book
Developing Frontier Cities: Global Perspectives - Regional Contexts Y. Gradus No preview available - 2000 |