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Restructuring a Peripheral Coastal Community: The Case of a Galician Fishing Town

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  • KNUT BJØRN LINDKVIST
  • ANGELES PIÑEIRO ANTELO

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This article is a case study of a peripheral fishing community and its capacity to regenerate and maintain local economic growth processes. The discussion of growth ability is based on a categorization of European peripheries and the concept of local production systems. Taking the fishing community of Muros in Galicia, northwest Spain, as its focus, the article discusses the ability of a community of its type to undertake the industrial restructuring of its fishing industry, mussel farming activities, tourism, and electricity generation by wind turbines. It also reveals how, during the processes of renewal, Muros has become more deeply dependent on its fishery due to an inability amongst the actors of the production system to leave the evolutionary paths laid down by earlier investment in the fishing industries. Résumé Cette étude de cas porte sur une communauté périphérique de pêcheurs et sur sa capacitéà régénérer et préserver les processus de croissance économique locaux. L’analyse de la capacité de croissance s’appuie sur une catégorisation des périphéries européennes et sur le concept des systèmes de production locaux. En s’intéressant à la communauté de pêcheurs de Muros en Galice (nord‐ouest de l’Espagne), l’article examine l’aptitude d’une communauté de ce type à prendre en charge la restructuration industrielle de sa pêche, ses élevages de moules, son tourisme et la génération d’électricitééolienne. Il explique aussi comment, au cours des processus de renouvellement, Muros est devenue extrêmement dépendante de sa pêche, certains acteurs du système de production se révélant incapables de quitter les trajectoires dictées par les investissements antérieurs dans les activités industrielles de la pêche.

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  • Knut Bjørn Lindkvist & Angeles Piñeiro Antelo, 2007. "Restructuring a Peripheral Coastal Community: The Case of a Galician Fishing Town," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(2), pages 368-383, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijurrs:v:31:y:2007:i:2:p:368-383
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2007.00731.x
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