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Arguments for Polycentricity in Romanian Regional Development in the Context of European Union Cohesion Policy

open access: yesEIRP Proceedings, 2012
Our study aims at analysing the monocentric/polycentric trends in Romanian regional developmentand formulating the recommendations regarding public policy for the attenuation of present developmentdisparities.
Clipa Raluca Irina   +2 more
doaj  

State and local governance in Solomon Islands: building on existing strengths [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In dealing with the question of a future system for governance in Solomon Islands, two options have been put on the table: patch up the existing system or convert the existing provinces into states under a federal system.
Scales, Ian
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Technology for Whom and for What? A Global South View of Tech Diplomacy

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International politics is linked to its technical‐social character. Also, technology is socially constructed and thereby not entirely neutral or impartial. A tech‐driven geopolitical landscape has been a defining feature of contemporary world politics.
Eugenio V. Garcia
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Debate On Spatial Functional Linkages And Its Application to Key Spatial Development Challanges In Poland [PDF]

open access: yes
This article presents a synthesis of today's world economic knowledge and the results of the analyses concerning: a) the nature of spatial functional linkages, including network structures, b) diversity of approaches concerning the application of spatial
Jacek Zaucha
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
wiley   +1 more source

Exploration of Green and Low-Carbon Development Pathway for Park City: Based on Chengdu’s Practice in Spatial, Industrial, Transportation and Energy Structure Adjustments

open access: yesFengjing Yuanlin
ObjectiveAgainst the escalating global climate crisis and intensifying resource constraints, this research aims to elucidate the theoretical framework and practical pathways for achieving green and low-carbon development within the context of Chengdu’s ...
Xiao YANG, Guo LI, Xin LIU, Zhuyun XIAO
doaj   +1 more source

Polycentric Development to Combat Regional Disparities? the Relation Between Polycentricity and Regional Disparities in European Countries [PDF]

open access: yes
Trends in regional disparities have been a major issue in regional science for many decades and knowledge of ways to overcome such disparities has great importance for regional policy-making. Strong initial differences between regions affect the capacity
Evert Meijers, Krister Sandberg
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Tinkering Towards Sustainability: Bundling Innovations to Electrify the Fossil‐Dependent Process Industry

open access: yesCreativity and Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability transitions, such as electrifying the process industry, require a bundle of related innovations to make meaningful progress. Drawing on literature on innovation through tinkering, that is, adaptive, typically small‐scale experimentation with various forms of innovation, and applying a micropolitical perspective, this qualitative
Karin Wigger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the formation of public acceptability of biodiversity offsetting in Finland

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public acceptance of nature conservation instruments is critical for their effective and fair implementation. Understanding conservation governance as a rational activity aligns with the view that citizens base their judgments of conservation instruments on a critical evaluation of the anticipated ecological, economic, and social impacts ...
Tuija Seppälä   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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