Changing people's relationship to their environment: Difference between revisions

Changing people's relationship to their environment is largely caused by globalisation and occurs in the prevailing part of the world. From the African Tuareg culture affected by a wide spectrum of intruding "western world", to the French part of Quebec, where residents argue about the question of own identity in changing economic-cultural links with other Canadian territories, people come together with the changes brought about by globalization and with associated varied specifics.

The Beskids are similar to many European regions and equal issues often occur at local regions in post-communist as in long democratic European countries. The province of Cantabria in northern Spain along the Atlantic coast and certain parts of the neighbouring province of Asturias are with its situation very similar to Beskids region. Despite the rich historical and cultural heritage they are facing the long promoted centralized development and artificial links with the rest of Spain.<ref>Valbonne, J. Farbiges Spanien. Wien 1973. p. 26-36.</ref> The period of extensive globalisation changes directly followed the time of Franco regime here and lot of problems are still waiting to be solved. As well as in the Beskids it is not very sensitive economic development to the environment and to the historical character of regions, and the required restoration of traditional connection of people to the landscape.

An alternative for the general approach is possible to be found in the solution originated from south-eastern Austrian border region Styrian Vulkanland.<ref>Ober, M. Transformative regional development. Association for the promotion of the Styrian Vulkanland. 2010.</ref> For a long time, this area was tainted the border location. Residents however succeeded in the establishment of long-life sustainable projects that supports specific things for region - for example culinary, handicraft and culture tourism. Styrian Vulkanland concentrates on sustainable development and the creation of consciousness of own uniqueness. People were able to economically and culturally develop the declined boarder region without the reliance on foreign investors and financial supply from remote locations.