(De)Marginalization, Development and Sustainability: Brief Reflection of the Variety of Findings and Views Presented

Abstract

This chapter briefly summarizes and provides a short synthesis of the topics and conclusions presented in the diverse range of this book’s chapters. It argues why and how the diversity of topics as well as research approaches can be attached to the concept of geographical marginality or even better how they relate to the process of marginalization and demarginalization that is reflected in changes in physical and social space. The first part of the chapter is devoted to the relationships between nature and marginalization and a discussion that focuses on the drivers of marginalization that derive from complex human-nature relations. The second part presents what could be a common denominator in three such diverse regions as Cuba, Ibiza (Spain) and upper Soča valley (Slovenia). The third part is about ethnicity that is often related to marginality, although, as each chapter in this book reveals, different perspectives or different problems can be associated with marginalized ethnic group. Finally, the fourth part offers the views of authors regarding the drivers of marginalization that have been revealed within the chapters dealing with migration, regional development and special agricultural practices.