Cover -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: Introduction -- 1 Introduction: Foundations for Renewal -- 2 The Development of Northern British Columbia: General Processes and Specific Circumstances -- 3 The Whole Community Approach -- Part 2: Creating a Space-Based...

The future of northern British Columbia, a vast, resource-rich region of vibrant cultures and diverse communities, could be either driven by a narrow economic agenda or guided by innovative, place-based solutions that seek to build viable communities and resilient local and regional economies....

The situation, development lines and perspectives of small and medium-sized towns in Germany and France are compared and similarities and differences within the central place systems and the spatial planning of both countries are discussed. With different approaches to definition, these towns...