ABSTRACT

This book launches a strategy for sustainable development, starting from a socio-ecological position and developing a model for a socially and culturally supportive community, or 'Life Region'. Special emphasis is placed on the situation of the provincial and peripheral regions of Europe and the world, and the introduction of self-reliant civic strategies in national and international politics.

part I|43 pages

The Perspective

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter |7 pages

A Global Paradigm

chapter |5 pages

The Ecological Imperative

chapter |5 pages

A Theory of Social Ecology

chapter |22 pages

The Sustainable Region

part II|109 pages

Region and Territory

part III|114 pages

Region and Culture

chapter |13 pages

Culture and Regional Identity

chapter |13 pages

Mass Culture Meets Man

chapter |20 pages

The Culture of Nature

chapter |7 pages

Mobilizing Regional Culture

The Case of Västernorrland

chapter |6 pages

Local Culture in Örnsköldsvik

Local Culture Study Group:

chapter |4 pages

Mosaic

An Ethnical Culture Forum in Örnsköldsvik

chapter |5 pages

The Role of Global Culture in Västernorrland

Culture Study Group: Global

chapter |5 pages

Para-Museum Y

chapter |6 pages

Cultural Renewal and the Regional Landscape

Regional Culture Study Group: Inger Lilliequist

chapter |10 pages

Eco-Museum Västernorrland

part IV|124 pages

Region and Community

chapter |21 pages

Social Life and the Living Region

chapter |16 pages

Grass-Roots in the New Age

Experiences from Västernorrland

chapter |20 pages

The Eco-School in Härnösand

Education for the Sustainable Region

chapter |23 pages

Gullänget Town-Neighbourhood

An Experiment in Socio-Ecological Planning

chapter |24 pages

Megamedia Centre Bothnia

An IT Vision for Västernorrland

chapter |18 pages

Public Health Is Social Welfare

Legacy of the 1991 WHO Conference in Sundsvall

part V|44 pages

Epilogue

chapter |4 pages

Summary

chapter |20 pages

Economy in the Viable Region

chapter |18 pages

The Science of Social Ecology