Fragile areas in the Alpine region: a reading between innovation and marginality
The paper proposes a reading and description of fragile Alpine areas that overturns the conventional standpoint, according to which marginality is often synonymous with handicap. The paper starts form a different point of view, able to recognize specific local potentialities that can still be activa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut de Géographie Alpine
2010-05-01
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| Series: | Revue de Géographie Alpine |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/rga/1169 |
| Summary: | The paper proposes a reading and description of fragile Alpine areas that overturns the conventional standpoint, according to which marginality is often synonymous with handicap. The paper starts form a different point of view, able to recognize specific local potentialities that can still be activated with a specific creative effort. The reading regards fragile Alpine areas in the Provinces of Turin and Cuneo and is based on an empirical analysis of the actions underlying current micro-territorial innovative development trends. |
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| ISSN: | 0035-1121 1760-7426 |