Publisher's Synopsis
Published in association with the International Society for the Study of Marginal Regions (ISSMR) - - This book is the result of the 12th seminar of marginal regions. It attempts to look into the future, and to assess the probable consequences to economic development now being implemented by four countries neighbouring on the North Atlantic (Britain, Ireland, Norway and Canada). The hinterlands of these countries, sparsely-populated and heavily dependent on primary production (fishing, farming, forestry and mineral extraction), are threatened with the loss of their capacity to maintain their populations, sparse as they are already, as heavy industries retrench, agricultural subsidies are scaled down, fishing grounds are depleted, and the end of the Cold War brings about the closure of military installations in remote areas.
