Patrimoine rural et développement local dans les campagnes mecklembourgeoises (Allemagne) : quelles alternatives à la périphérisation ?

The rural region of Demmin, located in the north-east of Germany, is affected by peripheralization: population departures, economic weakening, political dependence and stigmatization. The promotion of the natural and cultural heritage could therefore be a way of developing the region. The article qu...

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Main Author: Joséphine Lécuyer
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Language:English
Published: Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography 2021-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/49009
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description The rural region of Demmin, located in the north-east of Germany, is affected by peripheralization: population departures, economic weakening, political dependence and stigmatization. The promotion of the natural and cultural heritage could therefore be a way of developing the region. The article questions the extent to which the enhancement of heritage contributes to local development or reinforces the situation of dependency of the region. Heritage-based development projects are often encouraged by public policies, as they allow local actors to federate around a project that they design themselves from the resources of their own territory. However, the post-socialist and peripheralization context of the region limits the supposed benefits of this mode of valorization. Moreover, the strengthening of regional identity and the enhancement of heritage are mainly for marketing purposes, and for customers outside the territory. The risk of local actors losing power in their territory is therefore increased.
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spelling doaj-art-68fc3caa1c094eab87f351552009a43d2025-08-20T03:18:05ZengSociété Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of GeographyBelgeo1377-23682294-91352021-06-01210.4000/belgeo.49009Patrimoine rural et développement local dans les campagnes mecklembourgeoises (Allemagne) : quelles alternatives à la périphérisation ?Joséphine LécuyerThe rural region of Demmin, located in the north-east of Germany, is affected by peripheralization: population departures, economic weakening, political dependence and stigmatization. The promotion of the natural and cultural heritage could therefore be a way of developing the region. The article questions the extent to which the enhancement of heritage contributes to local development or reinforces the situation of dependency of the region. Heritage-based development projects are often encouraged by public policies, as they allow local actors to federate around a project that they design themselves from the resources of their own territory. However, the post-socialist and peripheralization context of the region limits the supposed benefits of this mode of valorization. Moreover, the strengthening of regional identity and the enhancement of heritage are mainly for marketing purposes, and for customers outside the territory. The risk of local actors losing power in their territory is therefore increased.https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/49009local developmentrural developmentrural heritage peripheralization Germanynew Lander
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Patrimoine rural et développement local dans les campagnes mecklembourgeoises (Allemagne) : quelles alternatives à la périphérisation ?
Belgeo
local development
rural development
rural heritage
 peripheralization
 Germany
new Lander
title Patrimoine rural et développement local dans les campagnes mecklembourgeoises (Allemagne) : quelles alternatives à la périphérisation ?
title_full Patrimoine rural et développement local dans les campagnes mecklembourgeoises (Allemagne) : quelles alternatives à la périphérisation ?
title_fullStr Patrimoine rural et développement local dans les campagnes mecklembourgeoises (Allemagne) : quelles alternatives à la périphérisation ?
title_full_unstemmed Patrimoine rural et développement local dans les campagnes mecklembourgeoises (Allemagne) : quelles alternatives à la périphérisation ?
title_short Patrimoine rural et développement local dans les campagnes mecklembourgeoises (Allemagne) : quelles alternatives à la périphérisation ?
title_sort patrimoine rural et developpement local dans les campagnes mecklembourgeoises allemagne quelles alternatives a la peripherisation
topic local development
rural development
rural heritage
 peripheralization
 Germany
new Lander
url https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/49009
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