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Investing in Place

Economic Renewal in Northern British Columbia

Sean Markey Greg Halseth Don Manson

$95.00 Hardcover
Release Date: 8/31/2012
ISBN: 9780774822916

$34.95 Paperback
Release Date: 1/1/2013
ISBN: 9780774822923

352 Pages

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About the Book

Northern British Columbia is a place of rich cultures, diverse communities, and a strong sense of identity. The future of this vast, resource-rich region and the people who call it home could be either driven by a narrow economic agenda or guided by innovative, place-based solutions that seek to build viable communities and resilient local and regional economies.

Investing in Place is about creating the foundations for renewing northern British Columbia’s rural and small-town economies. Markey, Halseth, and Manson argue that renewal is not about nostalgic reliance on the policies and economic strategies of the past -- rather, it is about building a pragmatic and innovative vision for development, one that acknowledges both the opportunities and the challenges posed by resource development and global and technological change.

For policy-makers and residents alike the path to renewal lies in place-based development, which consists of people working together at all levels of the community and region to take advantage of local opportunities in a sustainable, responsible way.

About the Author(s)

Sean Markey is an associate professor in the School of Resource and Environmental Management and the Centre for Sustainable Community Development at Simon Fraser University.

Greg Halseth is a professor of geography, director of the Community Development Institute, and Canada Research Chair in Rural and Small Town Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia.

Don Manson is an adjunct professor of geography and coordinator of the Community Development Institute at UNBC.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction
1 Introduction: Foundations for Renewal
2 The Development of Northern British Columbia: General Processes and Specific Circumstances
3 The Whole Community Approach

Part 2: Creating a Space-Based Economy
4 Province Building
5 Restructuring and Response
6 Struggles in Transition

Part 3: Moving to a Place-Based Economy
7 An Economy of Place
8 Mobilizing for Change
9 Directions

Part 4: Conclusion
10 On Intervention: Constructing a Northern Place
Conclusion: Renewal for Rural and Small-Town Northern BC

Notes
Works Cited
Index

Reviews

"Investing in Place is a first-class piece of work that should become one of the ‘must’ books on the subject. Well situated in the broader literature, illustrated with different case studies, and written in a clear and accessible style, it is based on penetrating research that is easily accessible to professionals in the regional development field as well as local and regional players and interested citizens."
-- Christopher R. Bryant, Département de géographie, Université de Montréal

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