Bridging national boundaries: how networks of local actors are building the Alpine region

In the Alpine context, civil society organisations, with help of committed local actors (inhabitants, local representatives, researchers, managers of protected areas, and ecological associations) organised in networks, are bridging national boundaries to deal with environmental issues (Debarbieux &a...

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Published in:Procedia, social and behavioral sciences social and behavioral sciences, 2011, Vol.14, p.121-128
Main Author: Del Biaggio, Cristina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alps
cross-border cooperation
ecoregional governance
Geography
Humanities and Social Sciences
pan-Alpine networks
regionalisation
scale
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Summary:In the Alpine context, civil society organisations, with help of committed local actors (inhabitants, local representatives, researchers, managers of protected areas, and ecological associations) organised in networks, are bridging national boundaries to deal with environmental issues (Debarbieux & Rudaz, 2008). But, despite the willingness to focus on more horizontal relations, the administrative, political and ideological structures of the networks and their members do not completely detach themselves from the national level, as this paper shows.
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.03.029