The Political Ecology of Depopulation: Inequality, Landscape, and People Ángel Paniagua, Raymond Bryant, Thanasis Kizos (Eds.) CEDDAR INGLES-okkk.indd 5 17/01/12 7:57 © Para esta edición, Publicaciones de Rolde de Estudios Aragoneses © De los textos, sus autores EDITA Publicaciones de Rolde de Estudios Aragoneses Centro de Estudios sobre la Despoblación y Desarrollo de Áreas Rurales c/ Moncasi, 4, enlo. izda. 50006 Zaragoza (Aragón, España) info@ceddar.org www.ceddar.org COLABORAN Ibercaja. Obra Social y Cultural Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza DISEÑO Y MAQUETACIÓN Estudio Versus IMPRIME INO Reproducciones ISBN 978-84-92582-77-8 Depósito Legal Z-173-2012 CEDDAR INGLES-okkk.indd 6 17/01/12 7:57 CONTENTS Introduction. Ángel Paniagua, Raymond Bryant, Thanasis Kizos . . . 9 A qualitative view of depopulation in remote rural areas: the perspective of local leaders in Castille and Leon. Ángel Paniagua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The environmental dimension of leader approach. An analysis from best environmental practices in Spain. Javier Esparcia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Encountering the ‘Alps-Maritimes’: some political ecology reflections. Raymond Bryant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Local desertification, spatial organization and social change in the heart of the Maritime Alps (France): a geographical microanalysis. Ángel Paniagua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 “There is no overgrazing, just too many sheep!”: Economic and Social Marginalization and Overgrazing in Western Lesvos. Thanasis Kizos, Maria Petrou, José Ignacio Marín-Guirao, Giannis Avramides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Minimizing marginalization. Field birds and farm development in the northern Netherlands. María Dolores Domínguez García, Paul Swagemakers . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Participatory processes for strategic spatial planning on two rural regions: the case of São Domingos Mine, Alentejo, Portugal and the case of Lihme, Jutland, Denmark. Idalina Dias-Sardinha, Jørgen Primdahl, Daniela Craveiro, Lone Kristensen . 151 Rural landscapes at the (changing) margin – between natural conditions and socio-economic change patterns. Lone Kristensen, Jorgen Primdahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Depopulation, resettlement and landscape changes in the peripheries of the Czech borderland. Zdeněk Kučera, Pavel Chromý . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 CEDDAR INGLES-okkk.indd 7 17/01/12 7:57 Comparing spatial development in Italian mountain regions: The cases of the Italian Alps and the Apennines, 1990s to 2010. Andrea Omizzolo, Thomas Streifeneder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Inequalities faced by young farmers in Greece: making the marginal rural areas even more marginalized. Stavriani Koutsou, Maria Partalidou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Theory and implementation practices of diversification in LFA’s in Greece: the case of Eubia. Isabella Gidarakou, Leonidas Kazakopoulos, Nicos Nellas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Depopulation and energy production-the dynamics of conflicting landscape visions: an American perspective. Theresa Selfa . . . . . . . . 273 The role of personal history in the formation of marginalisation in rural areas. Eleni Tsiomidou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 CEDDAR INGLES-okkk.indd 8 17/01/12 7:57