Northern British Columbia is a place of rich cultures,
diversecommunities, and a strong sense of identity. The future of
this vast, resource-rich region and the people who call it home
could be eitherdriven by a narrow economic agenda or guided by
innovative, place-basedsolutions that seek to build viable
communities and resilient local andregional economies.
"Investing in Place" is about creating the foundations
forrenewing northern British Columbia's rural and
small-towneconomies. Markey, Halseth, and Manson argue that renewal
is not aboutnostalgic reliance on the policies and economic
strategies of the past-- rather, it is about building a pragmatic
and innovative vision fordevelopment, one that acknowledges both
the opportunities and thechallenges posed by resource development
and global and technologicalchange.For policy-makers and residents
alike the path to renewal lies inplace-based development, which
consists of people working together atall levels of the community
and region to take advantage of localopportunities in a
sustainable, responsible way.
Sean Markey is an associate professor in the Schoolof Resource
and Environmental Management and the Centre for
SustainableCommunity Development at Simon Fraser University.
GregHalseth is a professor of geography, director of the
CommunityDevelopment Institute, and Canada Research Chair in Rural
andSmall Town Studies at the University of Northern British
Columbia.Don Manson is an adjunct professor of geography
andcoordinator of the Community Development Institute at UNBC.
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