Introduction and Overview › Glossary for the Networking Language · 3 min read
Regionality describes the spatial relationship space within which people, landscapes, businesses, and communities are permanently interconnected.
It emerges where production, processing, distribution, knowledge, and responsibility interact within a shared living space.
Regionality is therefore neither a political boundary nor a fixed kilometer radius.
It describes a relationship space in which ecological, economic, and social processes are interconnected in the long term.
Regionality is often reduced to the distance between production and consumption.
Short transport routes can be useful, but they alone do not constitute a region.
A region emerges through long-term relationships between:
Regionality therefore describes the quality of these relationships, not just their geographic proximity.
Recursive network economics understands regions as living systems.
Every action changes the conditions for future actions.
For example, when processing happens regionally, jobs are created, knowledge is preserved, new cooperations develop, and further value creation becomes possible.
This is how regionality generates recursive effects.
The focus is not on individual transactions but on the long-term development of a relationship space.
A region grows through the relationships it sustainably fosters.
The international Movement for Localization does not view regionality as isolation from the world.
Instead, economic and social structures should move closer to the people and landscapes they affect.
For us at TEIKEI, Localization means:
Regionality and international cooperation are therefore not contradictory—they complement each other.
No region can permanently produce all its own food.
Climate, soils, and landscapes differ.
This is why production regions and supply regions emerge with different focuses.
Regionality therefore does not mean complete self-sufficiency.
It means that each region develops its own potential and then connects with other regions in long-term partnerships.
From many autonomous regions, a resilient European supply network emerges.
The closer people are connected to their landscape, the more directly the consequences of their actions become visible.
Soil fertility, water balance, biodiversity, and food supply become shared responsibilities.
Regionality therefore strengthens:
These relationships form the foundation for long-term development.
For us at TEIKEI, regionality is not a marketing term.
It describes the natural level at which responsibility, trust, and supply can emerge sustainably.
A region does not develop through political boundaries.
It develops through relationships.
The denser these relationships become, the greater their capacity for self-development.
Regionality thus forms one of the most important foundations of a recursive network economy.
Regionality describes the relationship space within which people, landscapes, production, and supply are interconnected in the long term and can shape the future together.
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Created on July 29, 2026 · Last updated on October 11, 2026
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