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Place-based local governance and sustainable communities: lessons from Canadian biosphere reserves

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  • Sara Edge
  • Mary Louise McAllister

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The quest for sustainable communities might be fostered by a new 'place-based' governing approach that engages civil society and other actors in local decision-making processes. In Canada, lessons can be learned from the establishment and maintenance of biosphere reserves by networks of local communities of interests and other organisations. Biosphere reserves are created to promote conservation, biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods. Municipal and public participation in these reserves can be encouraged, promoting a local sense of place as well as sustainable community and regional development. An examination of two Canadian biosphere reserves, Riding Mountain and Long Point, illustrates how local governments and these reserves might assist each other in their mutual goals of long-term sustainability while offering a worthwhile model of local collaborative, place-based governance.

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  • Sara Edge & Mary Louise McAllister, 2009. "Place-based local governance and sustainable communities: lessons from Canadian biosphere reserves," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(3), pages 279-295.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:52:y:2009:i:3:p:279-295
    DOI: 10.1080/09640560802703058
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    3. Edge, Sara & Meyer, Samantha B., 2019. "Pursuing dignified food security through novel collaborative governance initiatives: Perceived benefits, tensions and lessons learned," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 232(C), pages 77-85.
    4. Thomas Beery & K. Ingemar Jönsson & Johan Elmberg, 2015. "From Environmental Connectedness to Sustainable Futures: Topophilia and Human Affiliation with Nature," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(7), pages 1-18, July.
    5. Armands Auzins & Uchendu Eugene Chigbu, 2021. "Values-Led Planning Approach in Spatial Development: A Methodology," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-19, April.

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