Closing the Gap: Territorial Cohesion through Polycentric Development
This article discusses and analyses national polycentric development policies aiming at cohesion. Due to its insertion in the 1999 European Spatial Development Perspective ‘polycentricity’ has become an important concept in discussions on Europe’s ...
Evert Meijers +2 more
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Can national policy blockages accelerate the development of polycentric governance? Evidence from climate change policy in the United Kingdom [PDF]
Many factors can conspire to limit the scope for policy development at the national level. In this paper, we consider whether blockages in national policy processes − resulting for example from austerity or small state political philosophies − might be overcome by the development of more polycentric governance arrangements.
Gillard, R +3 more
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Local Development Policies: Challenges for Post-COVID-19 Recovering in Spain
Territorial development policies facilitate productive diversification and job creation in rural and urban regions, where local actors manage and market local products.
Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Cohard +2 more
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Overview of Economic Potentials of Slovenian Urban Areas for Defining Key Urban Policies [PDF]
The urban development process has been under intensive economic restructuring, socio-demographic and environmental transformations with technological innovations.
Andreja Cirman +2 more
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Cooperation Prospects between the EAEU Member States in the Field of Information Security
The article examines the global challenges facing the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) associated with significant progress in the development of information and communication technologies (ICT) and tools that form the international information space, and ...
M. Yu. Ilyina
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Knowledge of the evolutionary characteristics of urban functional centers and their formation mechanisms is a prerequisite for promoting urban renewal and optimizing these centers.
Tang Yongwei +4 more
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Translating Fashion into Danish
With their association to enterprise and innovation, creative industries have emerged as a legitimate concern in national cultural and economical policy in many countries across the world.
Marie Riegels Melchior +2 more
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Transregional and Regional Projects in “Post-Western” International Reality
The article focuses on the theoretical and practical explanations of political and economic processes in the “post-Western” international reality. Proceeding from the assumptions of the complex system theory, the authors prove the necessity to use ...
Alexei D. Voskressenski +2 more
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REDD+ policy making in Nepal: toward state-centric, polycentric, or market-oriented governance?
Over the past 40 years, Nepal has become renowned for its community-based forestry policies, initiatives, and institutions, characterized by local autonomy in decisions about forest management and use and a gradual shift toward more inclusive national ...
Bryan R. Bushley
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Polycentric Development Policies: A Reflection on the Italian “National Strategy for Inner Areas”
AbstractThe concept of polycentric development has attracted much attention of both scholars and policy-makers. In recent years, there has been growing acknowledgment of the relevance of the topic in geography and regional and urban studies. The debate has gained considerable momentum in 1999 due to the ESDP, which identified polycentrism as a key ...
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