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Devolution, Regionalism and Regional Development
The UK Experience
Häftad, 2009
225 kr
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Devolution, Regionalism and Regional Development provides an overview and critical perspective on the impact of devolution on regionalism in the UK since 1999, taking a research-based look at issues central to the development of regionalism: politics, governance and planning.This multidisciplinary …
British Regionalism and Devolution
The Challenges of State Reform and European Integration
Av Jonathan Bradbury, John Mawson
Häftad, 1997
909 kr
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This contributors provide a range of perspectives on the increasingly central issues of state reform, European integration and British regionalism in the 1990s. Using case material, the contributors examine: the effects of state reform and European integration on British regionalism and the …
Coherence of EU Regional Policy
Contrasting Perspectives on the Structural Funds
Häftad, 1997
604 kr
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This book brings together a rich selection of up-to-date practical experience of EU regional policy from across Europe. It provides different perspectives on the design and operation of regional development strategies under the Structural Funds, from people closely involved in studying, managing or …
Determinants of Small Firm Growth
An Inter-Regional Study in the United Kingdom 1986-90
Av Richard Barkham, Graham Gudgin m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
951 kr
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One of the most striking trends in economic development since the 1970s has been the rising importance of the small firm. Focusing on the issues of enterprise development and the regional dimensions of small-firm growth, this book explores the literature of this area. Moving from an analysis of …
Enlarged Europe
Regions in Competition?
Av Louis Albrechts, Sally Hardy m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
720 kr
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The political and economic geography of Europe is changing - the European Community is expanding its boundaries towards EFTA and is resuming a closer association with Central and Eastern European regions engaged in radical restructuring. As EC integration accelerates there is the prospect of …
Innovation Networks and Learning Regions?
Av James Simme
Häftad, 1997
531 kr
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Innovation, Networks and Learning Regions? address key issues of understanding in contemporary economic geography and local economic policy making in cities and regions in the advanced economies. Developing the idea that innovation is the primary driving force behind economic change and growth, the …
Metropolitan Planning in Britain
A Comparative Study
Av Peter Roberts, Kevin Thomas m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
1098 kr
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This book is the first comparative analysis and assessment of metropolitan areas and their strategic planning for almost two decades.
Multinationals and European Integration
Trade, Investment and Regional Development
Häftad, 1997
712 kr
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This book examines the role of the multinational firms in processes of European integration. It is primarily concerned with the implications of market integration and industrial restructuring for peripheral European regions.Nicholas Phelps argues that, because of the complex relationship between …
Regional Development Agencies in Europe
Häftad, 1998
1011 kr
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In the past decade Europe has seen much change, and at the same time the importance of the regional perspectives has significantly increased. Regional Development Agencies in Europe brings together experiences of Regional and Development Agencies throughout Europe to provide material for the first …
Regional Development in the 1990s
The British Isles in Transition
Häftad, 1992
691 kr
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This book documents the changing nature and challenge of regional development in Britain and Ireland in the final decade of this century. In the first half of this book, region-by-region profiles review the experience of the eighties and reflect on the present climate, assessing problems and …
Regional Development Strategies
A European Perspective
Av Jeremy Alden, Philip Boland
Häftad, 1996
633 kr
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Regional development strategies have become the focus of attention in many countries in the 1990s. This textbook provides a conceptual, theoretical and empirical analysis of regional development strategies within a European context It examines the various regional development strategies which are …
Regional Dimension of Transformation in Central Europe
Häftad, 1996
924 kr
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Providing a new picture of the socio-economic map of central Europe after several years of transformation, and focusing in particular on Poland, this book gives an account of the major problems of regional restructuring. The author identifies the opportunities and problems faced by particular …
Regional Imperative
Regional Planning and Governance in Britain, Europe and the United States
Häftad, 1995
1011 kr
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Based on cases and interviews in Britain, Europe and the United States, this book explains the recurrence of regional planning and of initiatives in regional governance, in a wide range of advanced industrial countries. Providing an analysis of the nature of regional planning and governance, the …
Regional Policy in Europe
Häftad, 1997
1011 kr
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Based on the author's extensive research in the field, this book analyzes regional policy for the whole of Europe. Comparing East and West, it offers a new model of regional policy and gives an overview of the direction that it may take in Europe as a whole. Topics covered include: the evaluation …
Social Exclusion in European Cities
Processes, Experiences and Responses
Av Judith Allen, Goran Cars m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
1011 kr
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Across Europe concern is rising over the disintegration of social relations and the growing number of people who are being socially excluded. social Exclustoin in European Cities, the first major study of this topic, provides a definition of social exclusion and looks at both the processes which …
Sustainable Cities
Av Graham Haughton, Colin Hunter
Häftad, 2003
1011 kr
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Sustainable Cities simultaneously tackles two issues of immediate public concern which also find themselves high on the policy agenda: sustainable environmental development and urban development. The themes of the book - the bringing together of the insights of environmental science, the social …
Unemployment and Social Exclusion
Landscapes of Labour inequality and Social Exclusion
Av Sally Hardy, Paul Lawless m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
487 kr
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Persistent high employment and growing labour market inequality have become entrenched features of many European countries. This edited collection of papers focuses on the regional and local dimensions of these problems across the European union as a whole and, more particularly, in the UK. In the …
Union Retreat and the Regions
The Shrinking Landscape of Organised Labour
Av Ron Martin, Peter Sunley m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
604 kr
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Since the beginning of the 1980s, British trade unions have experienced a dramatic retreat, marked by rapidly falling membership and declining industrial power. The authors examine the regional dimensions of this retreat of organised labour, paying particular attention to:The resilience of the …
Community Economic Development
Häftad, 1999
807 kr
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This important book examines the ways in which community economic development can contribute to local and regional regeneration. It presents a unique overview of the state of contemporary British practice in this important policy area and provides a series of fresh, theoretical, methodological and …
Foreign Direct Investment and the Global Economy
Corporate and Institutional Dynamics of Global-Localisation
Av Jeremy Alden, Nicholas F. Phelps
Häftad, 1999
667 kr
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With the emergence of a truly global marketplace, regions now face far greater competition in attracting outside investment, and multinational companies have to consider local conditions on many levels before choosing to invest. Foreign Direct Investment and the Global Economy looks at the pattern …
Regional Innovation Strategies
The Challenge for Less-Favoured Regions
Av Kevin Morgan, Claire Nauwelaers
Häftad, 2002
1011 kr
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Regional Innovation Strategiesoffers the first comprehensive analysis of the new wave of innovation-oriented regional policies. It draws conclusions from the European Regional Technology Plans and Regional Innovation Strategies, both in old industrialised areas and in regions where development is …
Industry 4.0 and Regional Transformations
Av Lisa De Propris, David Bailey
Inbunden, 2020
2510 kr
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This edited volume brings together a group of expert contributors to explorebthe opportunities and the challenges that Industry 4.0 (smart manufacturing) is likely to pose for regions, fi rms and jobs in Europe. Drawing on theory and empirical cases, it considers emerging issues like servitization, …
Place-based Economic Development and the New EU Cohesion Policy
Av Philip McCann, Attila Varga
Häftad, 2018
502 kr
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The new EU Cohesion Policy is one of the largest integrated development policies in the Western world, and one of the largest of such programmes anywhere in the world. The reforms to the EU Cohesion Policy contain many different elements each of which interlink in order to provide a cohesive …
Creative Cluster Development
Governance, Place-Making and Entrepreneurship
Av Marlen Komorowski, Ike Picone
Inbunden, 2020
2510 kr
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In recent decades, the importance of creative cluster development has gained increasing recognition from national and regional governments. Governments have been investing in initiatives and urban development plans that aim to create or support localized creative industries.Our understanding of …
Rural Development in the Digital Age
Exploring Neo-Productivist EU Rural Policy
Av Martin Pělucha, Edward Kasabov
Inbunden, 2019
2510 kr
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Rural Development in the Digital Age explores current theoretical and policy developments in EU rural policy during the 4.0 period. The book offers an analysis of the contradictory and complex drivers and multiple impacts of Period 4.0 policy within the specific territorial context of its …
Smart Development for Rural Areas
Av André Torre, Stefano Corsi m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2510 kr
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This thought-provoking book questions the framework of the Horizon 2020 strategy and the policies of smart development. It aims to answer the following question: Is there any possibility for a policy of smart development and smart specialization in rural and peri-urban areas? Based on detailed …
Smart Cities and Connected Intelligence
Platforms, Ecosystems and Network Effects
Inbunden, 2019
2510 kr
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Internet and World Wide Web platforms, big data analytics, software, social media and civic technologies allow for the creation of smart ecosystems in which connected intelligence emerges and disruptive social and eco-innovation flourishes.This book focuses on three grand challenges that matter for …
Smart Development for Rural Areas
Av André Torre, Stefano Corsi m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
691 kr
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This thought-provoking book questions the framework of the Horizon 2020 strategy and the policies of smart development. It aims to answer the following question: Is there any possibility for a policy of smart development and smart specialization in rural and peri-urban areas? Based on detailed …
Urban Competitiveness in Developing Economies
Häftad, 2022
712 kr
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Plenty has been written on the competitiveness of megacities, capital cities, and regional hubs. Cities in developing countries have not yet received the same attention – this book fills that gap. An international team of expert academics have come together to present a comprehensive study of the …
Geography of Innovation
Public Policy Renewal and Empirical Progress
Av Nadine Massard, Corinne Autant-Bernard
Häftad, 2021
691 kr
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Within the European context of innovation for growth, public and corporate actors are faced with pressing questions concerning innovation policy and the return on public and private investment in innovation at the regional level. To help them answer these questions, researchers in the field of …
