Modeling Cross-Border Regions, Place-Making, and Resource Management: A Delphi Analysis
Along international borders, spillover of resource management issues is a growing challenge. Development of cross-border regions (CBRs) is seen as an emerging means of addressing these issues. A set of theoretical models, geo-economic mobilization and a resource-focused territorial program of place-...
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| description | Along international borders, spillover of resource management issues is a growing challenge. Development of cross-border regions (CBRs) is seen as an emerging means of addressing these issues. A set of theoretical models, geo-economic mobilization and a resource-focused territorial program of place-making have been proposed as a lens for understanding why such change could occur. From this theory, we identify three C’s as critical initial or necessary conditions to start the process: common territorial identity, convergence of knowledge and values, willingness for cooperation. We then utilize results of a Delphi study in the Fraser Lowland, a sub-district of the American-Canadian Cascadia borderland, to test if these three are present and actively working together. Our analysis based on both cumulative logit and mixed-effect modeling confirms the active existence of the three C’s demonstrating the value of these theoretical models. However, the Delphi also shows that not all in this region are convinced of cross-border convergence and case studies provide mixed signals of successful cross-border resource management, indicating that sufficient conditions are yet to be fully met. Thus, our results confirm the value of these models as a lens to view events, but leave many questions to be researched. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a4423c48c93a427f819d12ac78e58b102022-12-22T02:57:20ZengMDPI AGResources2079-92762017-07-01633210.3390/resources6030032resources6030032Modeling Cross-Border Regions, Place-Making, and Resource Management: A Delphi AnalysisPatrick H. Buckley0John Belec1Amy D. Anderson2Environmental Studies Department and Department of Mathematics, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USAGeography Department of Geography and the Environment, University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC V2S 7M7, CanadaEnvironmental Studies Department and Department of Mathematics, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USAAlong international borders, spillover of resource management issues is a growing challenge. Development of cross-border regions (CBRs) is seen as an emerging means of addressing these issues. A set of theoretical models, geo-economic mobilization and a resource-focused territorial program of place-making have been proposed as a lens for understanding why such change could occur. From this theory, we identify three C’s as critical initial or necessary conditions to start the process: common territorial identity, convergence of knowledge and values, willingness for cooperation. We then utilize results of a Delphi study in the Fraser Lowland, a sub-district of the American-Canadian Cascadia borderland, to test if these three are present and actively working together. Our analysis based on both cumulative logit and mixed-effect modeling confirms the active existence of the three C’s demonstrating the value of these theoretical models. However, the Delphi also shows that not all in this region are convinced of cross-border convergence and case studies provide mixed signals of successful cross-border resource management, indicating that sufficient conditions are yet to be fully met. Thus, our results confirm the value of these models as a lens to view events, but leave many questions to be researched.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/6/3/32cross-border regioncross-border cooperationCascadiaresource managementenvironmental geographyFraser Lowlandborderlands |
| spellingShingle | Patrick H. Buckley John Belec Amy D. Anderson Modeling Cross-Border Regions, Place-Making, and Resource Management: A Delphi Analysis Resources cross-border region cross-border cooperation Cascadia resource management environmental geography Fraser Lowland borderlands |
| title | Modeling Cross-Border Regions, Place-Making, and Resource Management: A Delphi Analysis |
| title_full | Modeling Cross-Border Regions, Place-Making, and Resource Management: A Delphi Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Modeling Cross-Border Regions, Place-Making, and Resource Management: A Delphi Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modeling Cross-Border Regions, Place-Making, and Resource Management: A Delphi Analysis |
| title_short | Modeling Cross-Border Regions, Place-Making, and Resource Management: A Delphi Analysis |
| title_sort | modeling cross border regions place making and resource management a delphi analysis |
| topic | cross-border region cross-border cooperation Cascadia resource management environmental geography Fraser Lowland borderlands |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/6/3/32 |
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