Evidence of Place: Becoming a Region in Rural Canada |
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| Authors: | Sean Markey Sarah‐Patricia Breen Kelly Vodden Jen Daniels |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada;2. Environmental Policy Institute/Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Grenfell Campus, Corner Brook, NL, Canada;3. Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NL, Canada |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this article is to investigate whether place is emerging in practice as a critical dimension in the development of Canadian rural regions. Recently, Jones and Paasi set regional researchers the task of better understanding how regions ‘become'. In researching this question, we are particularly interested in the definition and expression of place‐based identity as a mobilizing force for regionalism. Our findings suggest that, while identity plays a critical role in fostering regional development processes, it is either too emergent or actively resisted within our research sites to be a significant force for place‐based regional development. |
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| Keywords: | regional development rural development rural regions place identity Canada |
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