Collaboration networks as a basis for territorial development

The deep transformations associated with the process of globalization are affecting our societies and territories conforming new scenarios where the abstract space of the networks interacts with the specific local space. The contradiction generated between the increasing globalization trend and the revitalization experienced by local identities is undoubtedly the principal feature of the emerging territorial model, thus it is necessary to contemplate these two logics to be able to understand and interpret the reality. In this general context, this article aims to take part in some of the present theoretical and operative debates in the scientific and social sphere, paying attention to the importance that the use of the own resources has for local development, and emphasizing among these resources the so called social capital narrowly linked to the existence of networks.