Research companion to the periphery and peripheral regions : concepts, diagnosis, dilemmas / edited by Jerzy Bański.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bański, Jerzy, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developing countries--Research.

Developing countries.

Regional planning--Developing countries.

Regional planning.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2025.

Summary:

This interdisciplinary Research Companion sheds light on territories located outside or far from urban centers. It discusses in detail the peripheralization occurring in these regions including low levels of social and economic progress, reduced infrastructure, migration outflow, and other challenges. Drawing on detailed case studies, the contributing authors assess contemporary socioeconomic, cultural and political structures; the root causes of spatial inequalities, including poor transport and the quantity of natural resources; and the threats that these marginal spaces pose to social cohesion. Expert contributors from a broad array of countries address diverse problems facing the periphery, such as depopulation and regional migration, inadequate rural funding, and marginalization. Ultimately, this Research Companion is a compendium of knowledge about the periphery that identifies, through a holistic approach, the key barriers in these regions. The Research Companion to the Periphery and Peripheral Regions is a vital resource for scholars and students of human and economic geography, as well as development and regional studies. Practitioners and planners will also benefit from its insights on spatial development and local and regional expansion strategies.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction to the peripheral regions / Jerzy Bański

Part I: Concepts and research approaches

1. Marginality: Centres, peripheries, margins and left behind places / Borna Fuerst-Bjelis, Walter Leimgruber, Etienne Nel and Stanko Pelc

2. Periphery in the concepts of regional development and territorial classifications / Jerzy Bański

3. Peripheries in contemporary social science concepts: An attempt at synthesis / Marcin Wójcik and Karolina Dmochowska

4. Towards a relational understanding of peripheralisation: An examination of english rural small towns / Martin Phillips

5. Peripheral regional innovation systems: Conceptual contributions from Latin America and applications in argentina / Gabriela Starobinsky, Andrés Niembro, Manuel Gonzalo and Carla Daniela Calá

6. Definitions of northern/rural/remote/peripheric communities in Canada / François Brouard, Natalya Brown, Manuel Litalien and Étienne Sinotte

Part II: Diagnosis: Processes and trends on the periphery

7. Converging or lagging behind European peripheries? Spatial inequalities in post-millennial Hungary through the lens of local-level GDP estimations / Réka Horeczki, Ernń Molnár, Gábor Pirisi and János Pénzes

8. Studying nomads, peripherality and agriculture in southern palestine, 1800-1947 / Aviv Oppenheim, Noam Levin and Ruth Kark

9. Australian peripheries: Concepts, diagnosis, and dilemmas / Anthony Sorensen

10. Rural demographic transitions and policy interventions: Examining depopulation mitigation strategies in castilla-la mancha, Spain / Inmaculada Carrasco Monteagudo, Juan Sebastián Castillo Valero, María Carmen García Cortijo and Germán Andrés Cevallos Meneses

11. Urban peripheral territories in Africa: Maputo city, a case study / Manuel Madeira Macandza

12. Peripherality and populism: Electoral consequences of spatial inequality with particular reference to rural peripheral areas of Poland / Jerzy Bański, Mariusz Kowalski and Michał Konopski

13. The perceived decline of true rural life through the lens of ideal rural childhood / Ondńej Klíma, Pavel Pospńch and Barbora Hubatková

14. The potential of the peripheral region in the global south: Regional resilience in South Africa / Mariske van Aswegen and J. Ernst Drewes

Part III: Dilemmas of development policy and planning in peripheral territories

15. Pawned spaces: Militarization, indebtedness and crime in the são paulo metropolitan fringes / César Simoni Santos

16. From urban policy concept to practice in the periphery: Smart shrinkage in peripheral Finland / Teemu Makkonen and Petri Kahila

17. Rescaling dilemmas of governance in Hungarian rural peripheries / Ilona Pálné Kovács

18. Italy and the peripheral: National policies in search of cohesion / Giancarlo Cotella and Elisabetta Vitale Brovarone

19. North-south ecologically unequal exchange in waste production and management: An action research project at the radisson waste disposal site (eeyou istchee james bay, quebec, Canada) / Maude Normandin Bellefeuille, Clara Vivin and Laurie Guimond

20. Decoding danish dilemmas: Barriers to including locals in planning for the double periphery / Kasper Friis Bavnbæk

21. Regional migration policy as a tool to support the development of peripheral regions: Policy conceptualisation / Wojciech Janicki

22. Towards policy- and location-based allocation of rural development funding: A rural development program for mainland Finland / Antti Petteri Hiltunen, Olli Lehtonen and Hilkka Vihinen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781035338931 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.