Title: Salerno 2009 - International Conference on Territorial Intelligence Improvement and growth of local productive systems through identity, self- sufficiency and Municipal Development Fora
Abstract: Presentation Theme: B This paper intends to serve as a starting point for the discussion of a new perspective of territorial development. In accordance with Boisier, we understand the concept of territorial development as one related to the idea of container, as opposed to content. This is why we realize that even though every portion of the earth's surface is not all territories matter from a development point of view. The aforementioned author differentiates among: “natural territory”, constituted by natural elements and free from any human intervention; equipped territory or intervened in which man has already built transportation systems, infrastructure and even extractive production activities; and organized territory, characterized by the existence of a community with local identity, politically and administratively regulated. These territories become subjects of interventions that promote development. This is why we propose a model structured around the creation of Municipal Development Fora, which will generate, with the participation of local actors, a Local Development Program. The proposal is formulated for territories over 5,000 and below 30,000 inhabitants. This criterion is based on the applicability of the proposed model to municipalities with potential for territorial development, large and balanced internal consumption, but where progress is hindered by the proximity of one or two political jurisdictions of a larger productive scale that have became regional administrative centers. We think it is necessary to consider the notion of development in the human scale, proposed by Max-Neef, who proposes that it is focused into and based on satisfying the main human needs, in moving towards self-reliance and the articulation between people, nature and technology.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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