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Migration by Necessity and by Force to Mountain Areas: An Opportunity for Social Innovation

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  • Manfred Perlik

    (CDE - Centre pour le Développement et l'Environnement - UNIBE - Universität Bern = University of Bern = Université de Berne)

  • Andrea Membretti

    (Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale - UNIMIB - Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca)

Abstract

This article discusses current European migration flows, their impacts on the European Alps, and future options for addressing issues of migration. It explores these issues from the perspective of regional development, taking into account the currently prevailing goals of economic competitiveness and local self-interest. It focuses on the Alps, a region in which rural areas are losing economic, demographic, and decision-making power due to outmigration. An end to outmigration in the Alps is currently unlikely, but there may be other ways to stem the resulting losses. Based on a review of migration literature and 3 case studies, the article explores ways in which programs for hosting and integrating migrants can also benefit long-time residents by contributing in many different ways to the development of mountain areas. From this perspective, efforts to integrate migrants can be seen as a form of social innovation that can contribute to the future of the entire Alpine economic space. Rather than focusing on drivers of migration or its humanitarian or constitutional aspects, the paper explores the potential benefits to all parties of a better integration of migrants into the host regions, and the possibility that this could become a model of social innovation. It suggests an agenda for research on how to reach this potential and agenda points for policy regarding measures to fulfill the potential.

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  • Manfred Perlik & Andrea Membretti, 2018. "Migration by Necessity and by Force to Mountain Areas: An Opportunity for Social Innovation," Post-Print hal-01992189, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01992189
    DOI: 10.1659/mrd-journal-d-17-00070.1
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    1. Veronica Polin & Laura Cavalli & Matteo Spinazzola, 2023. "Bottom-Up Initiatives for Sustainable Mountain Development in Italy: An Interregional Explorative Survey," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-30, December.
    2. Manfred Perlik, 2021. "Impacts of Social Innovation on Spatiality in Mountain–Lowland Relationships — Trajectories of Two Swiss Regional Initiatives in the Context of New Policy Regimes," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(7), pages 1-24, March.

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    Keywords

    European Alps.; mountain immigration; social innovation; peripheral regions; displacement; social integration; Forced migration; exclusion;
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