Working Regions

Author : Jennifer Clark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135923846

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Working Regions focuses on policy aimed at building sustainable and resilient regional economies in the wake of the global recession. Using examples of four ‘working regions’ — regions where research and design functions and manufacturing still coexist in the same cities — the book argues for a new approach to regional economic development. It does this by highlighting policies that foster innovation and manufacturing in small firms, focus research centers on pushing innovation down the supply chain, and support dynamic, design-driven firm networks. This book traces several key themes underlying the core proposition that for a region to work, it has to link research and manufacturing activities — namely, innovation and production — in the same place. Among the topics discussed in this volume are the issues of how the location of research and development infrastructure produces a clear role of the state in innovation and production systems, and how policy emphasis on pre-production processes in the 1990s has obscured the financialization of intellectual property. Throughout the book, the author draws on examples from diverse industries, including the medical devices industry and the US photonics industry, in order to illustrate the different themes of working regions and the various institutional models operating in various countries and regions.

Author : Patricia A. Scott
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1420079123

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Ergonomics in Developing Regions by Patricia A. Scott Pdf

Industrially developing countries have the largest populations, the highest levels of poverty, poor health, and illiteracy, and the greatest need for improvement in working conditions. And as the marketplace and the workforce goes increasingly global, accountability with regard to the abuse of cheap labor in developing countries is becoming an issue. Presenting a global view of the state of ergonomics in industrially developing countries (IDCs), Ergonomics in Developing Regions: Needs and Applications identifies problems, offers solutions, and explores costs and benefits. It defines the steps that can be taken to close the gap between working conditions in affluent and deprived nations. The book highlights the plight of millions of laborers and the poor working conditions pertaining to industrially less developed countries where the working environment mirrors the socio-economic deprivation of the people. Woven throughout the 34 chapters of this book is the tenet that good ergonomics is good economics. The chapters include examples of low-cost interventions at the work place in IDCs. The contributors discuss the ripple effect of ergonomics beyond the workplace to the betterment of life in general for the huge workforce in IDCs around the world. They focus on work-site problems and ergonomic solutions in developing regions around the globe, covering work conducted in Asia, Africa, South America, Russia, and China. Examining the factors unique to IDCs, leading ergonomists provide insights as to how sustainable progress is achievable in the developing world. They demonstrate the need for a more inclusive macro approach, citing managerial input essential for sustainable progress. With a panel of authors that reflects the multidisciplinary nature of the field, this book chronicles the nuances of differences in aim, practice, and outcome when ergonomists tackle Developing World problems from a Developing World perspective.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Forest products
ISBN : HARVARD:32044031873854

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Review of National Forest Timber Sales in Three Western Regions by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Pdf

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264999084

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OECD Regional Development Studies Regions in Industrial Transition 2023 New Approaches to Persistent Problems by OECD Pdf

This report builds on work presented in the OECD’s 2019 report Regions in Industrial Transition: Policies for People and Places. It considers industrial transition as a complex and enduring challenge in regional development that traditional policy levers have not always been unable to satisfactorily address.

Author : Nick Clifton,Caroline Chapain,Roberta Comunian
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134839605

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Creative Regions in Europe by Nick Clifton,Caroline Chapain,Roberta Comunian Pdf

Creative and cultural industries, broadly defined, are now considered by many policy makers across Europe at the heart of their national innovation and economic development agenda. Similarly, many European cities and regions have adopted policies to support and develop these industries and their local support infrastructures. However this policy-making agenda implicitly incorporates (and indeed often conflates) elements of cultural and creative industries, the creative class and so on, which are typically employed without due consideration of context. Thus a better understanding is required. To this end, this book features eight research papers, split evenly with regard to geographical focus between the UK and continental Europe (the latter covering Spain, Germany, France, Luxemburg and Belgium individually and in combination). There is also a similar division in terms of those focusing primarily on the policy level (the chapters of Clifton and Macaulay, Mould and Comunian, Pareja-Eastaway and Pradel i Miquel, Perrin) and those of the individual creative actor (the chapters of Alfken et al, Bennett et al, Wedemeier and Brown). This book was previously published as a special issue of European Planning Studies.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783382146627

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Reports of the Inspectors of Coal Mines of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania by Anonymous Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Fishes
ISBN : MINN:31951D03009623M

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R1/R4 (Northern/Intermountain Regions) Fish and Fish Habitat Standard Inventory Procedures Handbook by Anonim Pdf

Author : Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe,Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287150486

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Forum of Cities and Regions of South-East Europe by Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe,Council of Europe Pdf

This study summarises the discussions at a meeting, held in April 2002 and attended by representatives of European local and regional authorities, to consider key issues in relation to cities and regions in South-east Europe, including: economic needs and priorities; the promotion of small and medium sized businesses; transfrontier co-operation; and the role of local democracy associations.

Author : Roger Keil,Pierre Hamel,Julie-Anne Boudreau,Stefan Kipfer
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781771122627

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Governing Cities Through Regions by Roger Keil,Pierre Hamel,Julie-Anne Boudreau,Stefan Kipfer Pdf

The region is back in town. Galloping urbanization has pushed beyond historical notions of metropolitanism. City-regions have experienced, in Edward Soja’s terms, “an epochal shift in the nature of the city and the urbanization process, marking the beginning of the end of the modern metropolis as we knew it.” Governing Cities Through Regions broadens and deepens our understanding of metropolitan governance through an innovative comparative project that engages with Anglo-American, French, and German literatures on the subject of regional governance. It expands the comparative angle from issues of economic competiveness and social cohesion to topical and relevant fields such as housing and transportation, and it expands comparative work on municipal governance to the regional scale. With contributions from established and emerging international scholars of urban and regional governance, the volume covers conceptual topics and case studies that contrast the experience of a range of Canadian metropolitan regions with a strong selection of European regions. It starts from assumptions of limited conversion among regions across the Atlantic but is keenly aware of the remarkable differences in urban regions’ path dependencies in which the larger processes of globalization and neo-liberalization are situated and materialized.

Author : D. N. Thomas,G. E. Fogg,P. Convey,C. H. Fritsen,J. -M. Gili,R. Gradinger,J. Laybourn-Parry,K. Reid,D. W. H. Walton
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191538261

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The Biology of Polar Regions by D. N. Thomas,G. E. Fogg,P. Convey,C. H. Fritsen,J. -M. Gili,R. Gradinger,J. Laybourn-Parry,K. Reid,D. W. H. Walton Pdf

There is now an increased awareness of the importance of polar regions in the Earth system, as well as their vulnerability to anthropogenic derived change, including of course global climate change. This new edition offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to polar ecology and has been thoroughly revised and updated throughout, providing expanded coverage of marine ecosystems and the impact of humans. It incorporates a detailed comparison of the Arctic and Antarctic systems, with a particular emphasis on the effects of climate change, and describes marine, freshwater, glacial, and terrestrial habitats. This breadth of coverage is unique in the polar biology literature. As with other titles in the Biology of Habitats Series, particular emphasis is placed on the organisms that dominate these extreme environments although pollution, conservation and experimental aspects are also considered. This accessible text is suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in polar ecology, often as part of a wider marine biology degree programme. It will also be of value and use to the many professional ecologists and conservation biologists requiring a concise overview of the topic.

Author : Malcolm Anderson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 0714632171

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Frontier Regions in Western Europe by Malcolm Anderson Pdf

First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Gerald Hodge,Ira M. Robinson
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774845274

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Planning Canadian Regions by Gerald Hodge,Ira M. Robinson Pdf

Planning Canadian Regions is the first book to consolidate the history, evolution, current practice, and future prospects for regional planning in Canada. As planners grapple with challenges wrought by globalization, the evolution of massive new city-regions, and the pressures for sustainable and community economic development, a deeper understanding of Canada’s approaches is invaluable. Hodge and Robinson identify the intellectual and conceptual foundations of regional planning and review the history and main modes of regional planning for rural regions, economic development regions, resource development regions, and metropolitan and city-regions. They draw lessons from Canada’s past experience and conclude by proposing a new paradigm addressing the needs of regional planning now and in the future, emphasizing regional governance, greater inclusiveness and integration of physical planning with planning for economic sustainability and natural ecosystems. Planning Canadian Regions will be a much-needed text for students and teachers of regional planning and an indispensable reference for planning practitioners. It will also find a receptive audience in such disciplines as urban planning, environmental studies, geography, political science, public administration, and economics.

Author : Marlene Laruelle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317277125

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New Mobilities and Social Changes in Russia’s Arctic Regions by Marlene Laruelle Pdf

This book provides the first in-depth, multidisciplinary study of re-urbanization in Russia’s Arctic regions, with a specific focus on new mobility patterns, and the resulting birth of new urban Arctic identities in which newcomers and labor migrants form a rising part of. It is an invaluable reference for all those interested in current trends in circumpolar regions, showing how the Arctic region is becoming more diverse culturally, but also more integrated into globalized trends in terms of economic development, urban sustainability and migration.

Author : Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe,Foundation for the Economy and Sustainable Development of the Regions of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287156697

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4th Forum of Cities and Regions of South-East Europe by Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe,Foundation for the Economy and Sustainable Development of the Regions of Europe Pdf

CLRAE = Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe. On title page: To promote partnerships between cities and regions of South-East Europe. Forum organised in the framework of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe in co-operation with the city of Prijedor and the Foundation for the Economy and Sustainable Development of the Regions of Europe (FEDRE)

Author : Manuel Pastor
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0816633401

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Regions that Work by Manuel Pastor Pdf

Regions That Work provides a history and critique of community-development corporations, a statistical analysis of the poverty-growth relationship in seventy-four metro areas, a detailed study of three regions that have produced superior equity outcomes, and a provocative call for new policies and new politics."A remarkable and timely book. . . . Must reading." William Julius Wilson.