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Bioregionalism is a political, cultural, and ecological system or set of views based on naturally defined areas called bioregions, similar to ecoregions. Bioregions are defined through physical and environmental features, including watershed boundaries and soil and terrain characteristics. Bioregionalism stresses that the determination of a bioregion is also a cultural phenomenon, and emphasizes local populations, knowledge, and solutions.〔"(Bioregionalism: The Need For a Firmer Theoretical Foundation )", Don Alexander, Trumpeter v13.3, 1996.〕 Bioregionalism is a concept that goes beyond national boundaries—an example is the concept of Cascadia, a region that is sometimes considered to consist of most of Oregon and Washington, the Alaska Panhandle, the far north of California and the West Coast of Canada, sometimes also including some or all of Idaho and western Montana. Another example of a bioregion, which does not cross national boundaries, but does overlap state lines, is the Ozarks, a bioregion also referred to as the Ozarks Plateau, which consists of southern Missouri, northwest Arkansas, the northeast corner of Oklahoma, southeast corner of Kansas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ozarkareacommunitycongress.org/ )〕 ==Overview== The term was coined by Allen Van Newkirk, founder of the Institute for Bioregional Research, in 1975, given currency by Peter Berg and Raymond Dasmann in the early 1970s,〔Berg, Peter and Raymond Dasmann, "Reinhabiting California," ''The Ecologist'' 7, no. 10 (1977)〕 and has been advocated by writers such as Kirkpatrick Sale.〔Anderson, Walter Truett. (There's no going back to nature ), ''Mother Jones'' (September/October 1996)〕 The bioregionalist perspective opposes a homogeneous economy and consumer culture with its lack of stewardship towards the environment. This perspective seeks to: *Ensure that political boundaries match ecological boundaries.〔Davidson, S. (2007) "The Troubled Marriage of Deep Ecology and Bioregionalism," ''Environmental Values'', vol. 16(3): 313-332〕 *Highlight the unique ecology of the bioregion. *Encourage consumption of local foods where possible. *Encourage the use of local materials where possible. *Encourage the cultivation of native plants of the region. *Encourage sustainability in harmony with the bioregion.〔Bastedo, Jamie. ''Shield Country: The Life and Times of the Oldest Piece of the Planet'', Red Deer Press, 1994. ISBN 0-88995-191-8〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「bioregionalism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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