Benefits of Fragmentation in a Traditional Society
A Case from the Swiss Alps
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2498305 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Friedl (The Ohio State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-36 |
| Publication date | 1973-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.32.1.3v40143201552r13 |
| OpenAlex | W2087224206 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
Fragmentation of land and buildings was common in the Alps due to the nature of the interplay between economy and ecology. A fragmented holding allowed a farmer to spread his agricultural labor evenly throughout the season, while at the same time protecting him against the everpresent dangers of avalanche and flooding. Following the second world war, with a shift from agriculture to industry as the basis of the rural alpine economy, fragmentation came to be more of a nuisance than a necessity. Finally, with the introduction of tourism, new uses for land, particularly for house sites, rendered fragmentation totally useless. Yet the practice continues, deeply ingrained in the conservative rural tradition
Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Economics · Economy · Flooding (psychology) · Fragmentation (computing) · Geography · Natural resource economics · Political science · Restitution · Tourism · World War II · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Ecology · Law · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Rural development and sustainability
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2002 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |