These are the proceedings of the 12th seminar of marginal regions. They attempt to look into the future and to assess the probable consequences of economic development's being implemented by four countries neighbouring on the North Atlantic.

This are the proceedings of the 12th seminar of marginal regions. They attempt to look into the future and to assess the probable consequences of economic development's being implemented by four countries neighbouring on the North Atlantic (Britain, Ireland, Norway and Canada). The hinterlands of these countries, sparsely-populated and heavily dependent on primary production (fishing, farming, forestry and mineral extraction), are threatened with the loss of their capacity to maintain their populations, sparse as they are already, as heavy industries retrench, agricultural subsidies are scaled down, fishing grounds are depleted and the end of the Cold War brings about the closure of military installations in remote areas.

Part 1 Problems and Prospects in the Restructuring of Industrial Communities: The Future of Marginal Regions: The Case of Atlantic Canada, J. Frank Strain
The Restructuring of One-Company Towns, Jens Christian Hansen
Single-Industry Resource Communities. Barometers of Community Change in Canada, Geoffrey Ironside and James Randall
The Norwegian Location Act - The Uses of Symbols in Regional Policy, Paul Olav Berg
Futures on the European Margin: Service Sectors, Peter Sjoholt. Part 2 The Future of Agricultural Communities: The Farthest Marginal Region, Ian Carter
Pluriactivity as a Strategy for the Future of Family Farming in Wales, John Hutson and David Keddie
Diversification on Farms in the Development of Marginal Regions: Potential Opportunities and Constraints, Desmond A. Gillmor
Environmental Conservation in the Less-Favoured Areas of the United Kingdom, Garth Hughes. Part 3 The Future of Fishing Communities: The Future of the Alesund Region, Jorgen Amdam
The Faroes in Peril, Anthony Jackson
Overcapacity and Privatisation in the Fishery: A Canadian Case, Richard Apostle
Household, Gender and Generation: Mainstreaming on the Margins of Newfoundland's Post-Industrial Fishery, Dona Lee Davis. Part 4 Approaches to the Future of Community Development: High Technology Entrepreneurs in the Peripheral Regions of the United Kingdom, Douglas Caulkins
Development at What Price? Economic and Spatial Peripherality in Northwest Wales, Graham Day and David Jones
Structural Funds and Sustainable Regional Development in Ireland, Jeanne Meldon and James Walsh
Human Capacity-Building and Planning: Old Ideas with a Future for Marginal Regions?, Joan Asby and Peter Midmore
Whither Community Development in Rural Ireland?, Diarmuid O' Cearbhaill and Tony Varley.