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Introduction to the National Islands Plan Research
Author: Adele Lidderale, PhD Researcher based at the Institute for Northern Studies in Orkney With context in mind, many policies and plans in relation to island governance, seek to address ‘wicked problems’1 or problematisations2 that remain resistant to policy intervention but exposes to a global, national and regional development agenda “gripped by a paradigm of…
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What is island proofing? A case study from the scottish national islands plan
Source: diagram – UK Rural White Paper, 2000, text – Jane Atterton (2018)1 As part of the 2015 ‘Our Islands, Our Future’ campaign run conjointly by Shetland, Orkney and the Western isles local authorities submitted a considered request to both the Scottish and UK governments to consider the reassessment of functions and mechanisms available to…
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