“Transition Area Bouzovsko -Is the Transition approach applicable in socially/culturally less responsive areas?”

This is a 2010 M.Sc. Thesis (Department of Development and Planning, Faculty of Engineering and Science of Aalborg University, Denmark). It attempts to answer the following:That it is unlikely to implement the Transition approach in socially/culturally less favorable areas; that the parameter which prevents this is the lack of a popular understanding (by the local population), that it there is no other way possible, and finally that the best way to ensure the application is to follow the model of the ‘Shock Doctrine’: Have a specialized plan ready for implementation when the time is right.

Clarification:

The term: “socially/culturally less favorable area” is in no means an expression for lack of social or cultural life in Bouzovsko or other rural areas. It relates to the potential of ‘Transitioning’, in other words: Less likely to adapt the methodology of the Transition Initiative due to difference in social/culture background, as compared to the areas which already has adapted the Transition Initiative.