Local Economies, Trade, and Global Sustainability

dc.contributor.authorPerkins, Patricia E. (Ellie)
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-01T01:53:25Z
dc.date.available2020-03-01T01:53:25Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractBioregional and "ecological economics" theory describes the growth of local economic linkages as vital to move post-industrial economies in the direction of sustainability. This involves expanding local stewardship over environmental and economic resources, so that progressively more production for local needs can be done within the community. Far from existing solely in the realm of theory, this is a pattern which is becoming more and more familiar in many parts of North America and Europe. The blossoming initiatives to create local, community-centred economies can be understood in light of the long history of environmental challenges faced by people living in the industrialized North, and the double economic blows of recession and trade liberalization/globalization exemplified by the passage of GATT and NAFTA and the development of the EC in the 1990s.This paper discusses the dynamic relationship between globalization and local economic development in the North from both theoretical and practical viewpoints. It provides examples from Toronto, Canada of the synergy among environmental awareness, community organizing and "alternative" employment creation (e.g. in environmental remediation and energy conservation activities) which can accompany recession or trade-induced worker layoffs. The resulting local economic patterns tend to be "greener" and more socially sustainable than the globally-tied economic linkages they replace.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canadaen_US
dc.identifier.citation“Local economics, trade, and global sustainability: A view from Toronto, Canada.” In S. Buckingham-Hatfield (ed.), ​Local Economies: Research and Action.​ Cambridge, UK: Woodhead.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/37044
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWoodhead Publishingen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjecteconomicsen_US
dc.subjecttradeen_US
dc.subjectglobal sustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental impactsen_US
dc.subjecteconomic activityen_US
dc.titleLocal Economies, Trade, and Global Sustainabilityen_US
dc.typePreprinten_US

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