CONTENTS

Prologue. Recovering the balance of rural areas

1. Barbanza Ecosocial Lab

2. Barbanza peninsula

3. Villages as transformers of the territory

— What are the village and the parish?

— Two centuries of transformation
— Froxán. Transforming to preserve the common land
— Laiño. From livestock specialisation to disuse
— Baroña. From the historical heterogeneity of uses to a new multifunctionality

4. Commons are more than just land

— A brief history of the common land

— Commons are more than just land
— The house and the common, a symbiotic relationship
— The disordered order. On the impact of the state and the market in Galicia

5. Principles for new activities

6. Innovative practices and experiences

7. Credit titles

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