Spatial Inequalities And Regional Development

Author : H. Folmer,Jan Janssen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401730464

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Spatial inequalities and regional development by H. Folmer,Jan Janssen Pdf

In September 1977 a 'Regional Science Symposium' was held at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Organized because of the recent establishment at the Faculty of Economics of a group that is engaged in teaching and research in the field of regional science, the aim of the symposium was to make university members more familiar with regional science and to introduce the newly created group to the national and international scene. Two separate topics were selected, of potential interest to both re searchers and policy-makers. The first, spatial inequalities and regional development, was chosen because of its central place in regional science. Authors from several disciplines were asked to approach this theme from a general, policy orientated point of view. This ensured the enlightenment of the various dimensions of spatial inequality and its implications for regional policy. The results have been collected in the volume Spatial Inequalities and Regional Development. The second theme focused on spatial statistical analysis. This branch of statistics is a relatively new one which receives growing attention among researchers in the field of applied regional science. The meeting on this topic concentrated on new results of research on the use of appro priate statistical and econometric methods for analyzing spatial data. The papers concerned have been collected into another volume, Explora tory and Explanatory Statistical Analysis of Spatial Data.

Author : Hendrik Folmer,Jan Oosterhaven
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1347878636

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Author : Regional Science Symposium$ (University of Groningen : 1977)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:79013176

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Spatial Inequalities and Regional Development by Regional Science Symposium$ (University of Groningen : 1977) Pdf

Author : Thilo Lang,Franziska Görmar
Publisher : Springer
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811311901

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Regional and Local Development in Times of Polarisation by Thilo Lang,Franziska Görmar Pdf

Despite the emphasis of the European Regional Policy on territorial cohesion, regional disparities have been increasing within Europe in the past years. The metropolitan areas in almost all countries are considerably growing while regions outside of agglomerations are stagnating or even declining. Against this background this book aims to provide an understanding of the underlying processes of polarisation and related regional and local policies. This open access volume contributes to the debates about polarisation and regional development by focussing on questions of spatial justice, power distribution and policy transfer. Theoretical and empirically grounded contributions show that European policies are indeed reproducing socio-spatial inequalities instead of challenging them. The book shows further the existing potentials and limits of individuals, economic, political and civil society actors to respond to polarisation on the regional and local level. In this book conceptual thoughts on polarisation, regional policy and regional development are combined with empirical research and resulting implications for policymaking. As such, it is a valuable source for early career students and researchers as well as professionals in the field of regional and economic development, policy consultants, and policy makers.

Author : Ravi Kanbur,Anthony J. Venables
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005-02-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0191535303

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Spatial Inequality and Development by Ravi Kanbur,Anthony J. Venables Pdf

What exactly is spatial inequality? Why does it matter? And what should be the policy response to it? These questions have become important in recent years as the spatial dimensions of inequality have begun to attract considerable policy interest. In China, Russia, India, Mexico, and South Africa, as well as most other developing and transition economies, spatial and regional inequality - of economic activity, incomes, and social indicators - is on the increase. Spatial inequality is a dimension of overall inequality, but it has added significance when spatial and regional divisions align with political and ethnic tensions to undermine social and political stability. Also important in the policy debate is a perceived sense that increasing internal spatial inequality is related to greater openness of economies, and to globalization in general. Despite these important concerns, there is remarkably little systematic documentation of what has happened to spatial and regional inequality over the last twenty years. Correspondingly, there is insufficient understanding of the determinants of internal spatial inequality. This volume attempts to answer the questions posed above, drawing on data from twenty-five countries from all regions of the world. They bring together perspectives and expertise in development economics and in economic geography and form a well-researched introduction to an area of growing analytical and policy importance.

Author : Peter Gladoić Håkansson,Helena Bohman
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781789739435

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Investigating Spatial Inequalities by Peter Gladoić Håkansson,Helena Bohman Pdf

Offering in-depth perspectives on factors such as local labour markets, housing and mobility, this book investigates centralization tendencies in Scandinavia and South East Europe that help shape regional development and act as a catalyst to creating regional inequalities.

Author : Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius,Boris Pleskovic
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821377987

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Spatial Disparities and Development Policy by Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius,Boris Pleskovic Pdf

"The Berlin Workshop Series 2009 presents selected papers from meetings held from September 30 - October 2, 2007, at the 10th Annual Forum co-hosted by InWEnt and the World Bank in preparation for the Bank's World Development Report. At the 2007 meetings, key researchers and policy makers from Europe, the United States, and developing countries met to identify and brainstorm on agriculture the development challenges and successes that are later examined in-depth in the World Development Report 2009. This volume presents papers from the Berlin Workshop sessions on issues relating to Understanding spatial trends: perspectives and models; new economic geography and the dynamics of technological change-implications for LDCs; perspectives: rural-urban transformation: leading, lagging and interlinking places; spatial disparity and labor mobility; country realities and policy options; learning from Europe's efforts at integration and convergence and spatial policy for growth and equity.

Author : Daniel A. Tirado-Fabregat,Marc Badia-Miró,Henry Willebald
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030475536

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Time and Space by Daniel A. Tirado-Fabregat,Marc Badia-Miró,Henry Willebald Pdf

This edited collection examines the evolution of regional inequality in Latin America in the long run. The authors support the hypothesis that the current regional disparities are principally the result of a long and complex process in which historical, geographical, economic, institutional, and political factors have all worked together. Lessons from the past can aid current debates on regional inequalities, territorial cohesion, and public policies in developing and also developed countries. In contrast with European countries, Latin American economies largely specialized in commodity exports, showed high levels of urbanization and high transports costs (both domestic and international). This new research provides a new perspective on the economic history of Latin American regions and offers new insights on how such forces interact in peripheral countries. In that sense, natural resources, differences in climatic conditions, industrial backwardness and low population density areas leads us to a new set of questions and tentative answers. This book brings together a group of leading American and European economic historians in order to build a new set of data on historical regional GDPs for nine Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. This transnational perspective on Latin American economic development process is of interest to researchers, students and policy makers.

Author : Pablo Beramendi,Melissa Rogers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108905565

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Geography, Capacity, and Inequality by Pablo Beramendi,Melissa Rogers Pdf

In this Element, we investigate how economic geography, the distribution of subnational economic endowments within a nation, shapes long-run patterns of inequality through its impact on the development of fiscal capacity. We present an argument that links economic geography to capacity through different types of industrialization processes. We show how early industrializers shape spatial distributions domestically by investing in productivity across their nations, and externally by reinforcing spatial polarization among late industrializers. We also show how differences in economic geography impact the process of capacity building, setting the stage for the modern politics of redistribution discussed in Volume II. We support this argument with descriptive data, case studies, and cross-national analyses.

Author : Franziska Görmar,Thilo Lang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1013270657

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Regional and Local Development in Times of Polarisation by Franziska Görmar,Thilo Lang Pdf

Despite the emphasis of the European Regional Policy on territorial cohesion, regional disparities have been increasing within Europe in the past years. The metropolitan areas in almost all countries are considerably growing while regions outside of agglomerations are stagnating or even declining. Against this background this book aims to provide an understanding of the underlying processes of polarisation and related regional and local policies. This open access volume contributes to the debates about polarisation and regional development by focussing on questions of spatial justice, power distribution and policy transfer. Theoretical and empirically grounded contributions show that European policies are indeed reproducing socio-spatial inequalities instead of challenging them. The book shows further the existing potentials and limits of individuals, economic, political and civil society actors to respond to polarisation on the regional and local level. In this book conceptual thoughts on polarisation, regional policy and regional development are combined with empirical research and resulting implications for policymaking. As such, it is a valuable source for early career students and researchers as well as professionals in the field of regional and economic development, policy consultants, and policy makers. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Author : Flavia Martinelli,Frank Moulaert,Andreas Novy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135119584

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Urban and Regional Development Trajectories in Contemporary Capitalism by Flavia Martinelli,Frank Moulaert,Andreas Novy Pdf

This book re-evaluates a rich scientific heritage of space- and history-sensitive development theories and produces an integrated methodology for the comparative analysis of urban and regional trajectories within a globalized world. The main argument put forward is that current mainstream analyses of urban and regional development have forgotten this rich heritage and fail to address the connections between different dimensions of development, the role of history and the importance of place and scale relations. The proposed methodology integrates elements from different theories – radical economic geography, regulation approach, cultural political economy, old and new institutionalism – that all share a strong concern with time and space dynamics. They are recombined into an interdisciplinary (meta)theoretical framework, capable of articulating the overall problem of socio-economic development and providing methodological anchors for comparative case-study analysis, while recognizing context specificities. The analytical methodology focuses on key dynamics and relations, such as strategic agency and collective action, institutions and structures, culture and discourse, as well as the tension between path-dependency and path-shaping. The methodology is then applied to eight urban and regional cases, mostly from Western Europe, but also from the United States and China. The case studies confirm the relevance of time- and space-sensitive analysis, not only for understanding development trajectories, but also for policy making. They ultimately highlight that, while post-war institutions were able to address systemic contradictions and foster a relatively inclusive development model, the neoliberal turn has led to reductionist policies that not only have resulted in an increase in social and spatial inequalities, but have also undermined growth and democracy.

Author : David Homfray Slater
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : OCLC:220222933

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Underdevelopment and Spatial Inequality by David Homfray Slater Pdf

Author : Andy Pike,Andrés Rodriguez-Pose,John Tomaney,Andres Rodriguez-Pose
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134248544

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Local and Regional Development by Andy Pike,Andrés Rodriguez-Pose,John Tomaney,Andres Rodriguez-Pose Pdf

Local and regional development is an increasingly global issue. For localities and regions, the challenge of enhancing prosperity, improving wellbeing and increasing living standards has become acute for localities and regions formerly considered discrete parts of the ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ worlds. Amid concern over the definitions and sustainability of ‘development’, a spectre has emerged of deepened unevenness and sharpened inequalities in the development prospects for particular social groups and territories. Local and Regional Development engages and addresses the key questions: what are the principles and values that shape definitions and strategies of local and regional development? What are the conceptual and theoretical frameworks capable of understanding and interpreting local and regional development? What are the main policy interventions and instruments? How do localities and regions attempt to effect development in practice? What kinds of local and regional development should we be pursuing? This book addresses the fundamental issues of ‘what kind of local and regional development and for whom?’, frameworks of understanding, and instruments and policies. It outlines what a holistic, progressive and sustainable local and regional development might constitute before reflecting on its limits and political renewal. With the growing international importance of local and regional development, this book is an essential student purchase, illustrated throughout with maps, figures and case studies from Asia, Europe, and Central and North America.

Author : David Slater
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : 0080187692

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Underdevelopment and Spatial Inequality by David Slater Pdf

Author : Yehua Dennis Wei
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134591251

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Regional Development in China by Yehua Dennis Wei Pdf

This study systematically examines uneven regional development in China, focusing on three central agents: the foreign investor, the state and the region. Wei's findings have important implications for theories of, and policy towards, Chinese regional development. This book is a vital resource for those with an interest in transition economies.