ABSTRACT
Social fields are contested by the differing interests and practices of the involved social actors or stakeholders. Diverging stakeholder interests define land use and the dynamics of innovation in the production process, which again is expressed in a specific use of space. Social space refers to locations, areas, or territories treated by human societies during a historic trajectory of sociation in which social actors became more and more independent from nature. Social space refers to locations, areas, or territories treated by human societies during a historic trajectory of sociation in which social actors became more and more independent from nature. The new value systems of post-Fordism praise a high degree of diversity and accept increasing spatial disparities and social cleavages. The multifunctional diversity of mountain areas had created a specific complementarity with the lowlands. This complementarity took the form of a territorial solidarity between the two areas, with an exchange of resources and a mitigation of mutual disadvantages.
