The Impact of Ecoregional Mobilization on Mountain Policies in the Swiss Alps and California’s Sierra Nevada by Jörg Balsiger

“…Applying this framework to developments in the Swiss Alps and California’s Sierra Nevada during the last forty years, the article explains how ecoregional mobilization shaped opposite trends in the mountain areas, namely a shift form infrastructure development to nature conservation in the Alps, and a shift from nature conservation to local economic development in the Sierra Nevada.…”
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L’impact de la mobilisation écorégionale sur les politiques en matière de montagne dans les Alpes suisses et la Sierra Nevada en Californie by Jörg Balsiger

“…Applying this framework to developments in the Swiss Alps and California’s Sierra Nevada during the last forty years, the article explains how ecoregional mobilization shaped opposite trends in the mountain areas, namely a shift form infrastructure development to nature conservation in the Alps, and a shift from nature conservation to local economic development in the Sierra Nevada.…”
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