What we can learn from these cases
Niagara Region United States and Canada

As for our position relative to the emerg­ing economy, little more needs to be said. The geographical position of the region, its infrastructure, its social assets, all speak to opportunity in knowledge-based industries and global trade.

And, of course, there is a wealth of land and water, some of it now on the liability side of the ledger, but with appropriate investments ready to be transferred to the assets column.

The possibilities are, indeed, enormous.

Sources

Los Caminos del Rio

Augustine Celaya, President, Los Caminos del Rio Heritage Area board of directors, interview, March 2000.

Mario L. Sanchez, A Shared Experience, Laredo: Los Caminos del Rio Heritage Project and the Texas Historical Commission, 1994.

“A Shared Experience” internet website at www.rice.edu/armadillo/Past/Book
Rachel Torres, Executive Director, Los Caminos del Rio Heritage Area, interview, March 2000.

Blackstone Valley

Nancy Brittain, senior planner, Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor, interview, March 2000.

Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor internet website at www.nps.gov/blac/index.htm

Emscher Park

Karl Ganser, Liebe auf den zweiten Blick: Internationale Bauaustellung Emscher Park. Dortmund: Harrenberg Comunication, 1999.

Kommunalverband Ruhrgebiet, The Emscher Park International Building Exhibition. IBA Emscher Park: Gelsenkirchen, 1995.