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This chapter investigates the scales of socioeconomic organization relevant for transitions to sustainability and how they may be changing. This investigation then frames an analysis of the current situation and prospects of the Galapagos Islands, particularly with respect to their urbanization vis-à-vis their extraordinary ecosystems. Can the development of urban centers in the Galapagos be a driver for positive change or is it necessarily detrimental?
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Though one could easily argue that if a side effect is a socioeconomic transition somewhere else, the scale of the dynamics at its root is by implication such as to encompass that place somewhere else also
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Speaking the same language, however, is often a community-binding factor in this movement. Nevertheless, in these cases also it arguably is the ideal of internationalization and accessibility that is leading.
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One can of course argue that it is not a true case of self-organization of this does not happen, but the challenge remains.
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de Haan, F.J., Quiroga Ferri, D., Walsh, S.J., Bettencourt, L.M.A. (2019). Scales and Transformative Change: Transitions in the Galapagos. In: Kvan, T., Karakiewicz, J. (eds) Urban Galapagos. Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99534-2_4
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