Fine-grained Patterns of the Digital Divide: Differences of Broadband Access within Finland [PDF]
Access to the Internet plays a central role in the development of an information society. However, because of the required telecommunications infrastructure is very expensive to build, and telecommunications services are also relatively expensive, there ...
Heikki Eskelinen +2 more
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Making sense of assets: Community asset mapping and related approaches for cultivating capacities [PDF]
, 2016 This working paper critically reviews some main aspects from asset based approaches highlights key strengths and weaknesses for future research/development.
Alevizou, Giota +2 more
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Data-driven economies in the western Balkans
Micro, Macro & Mezzo Geoinformation, 2018 Building of European data economy is an integral part of Digital Single Market strategy in the European Union. Digital data is recognised as an essential resource for economic growth, competitiveness, innovation, job creation and societal progress in ...
Vlado CETL +2 more
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Geographic Spillover Effects of Regional Funds and their Impact on the European Convergence Process over 1989-1999 [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to highlight the role of geographic spillover effects due to the regional funds on the convergence process of 145 European regions over 1989-1999.
Julie Le Gallo, Sandy Dall'erba
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Regional growth and convergence in the Spanish Provinces [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to quantify the effects of the spatial diffusion of growth, on the convergence process observed among the Spanish regions during the last 20 years.
Maria Amparo Toral
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Digital technologies in urban planning and urban management
Journal of Urban Management, 2023 Soheil Sabri, Patrick Witte
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Dynamic macroeconomic effects of public capital: evidence from regional Italian data [PDF]
This paper assesses the effects of public capital in Italy on the main macroeconomic aggregates: GDP, private capital and labour. A cointegrated vector autoregressive (VAR) model, in line with recent advancements in the field, allows us to take into ...
Giacinto Micucci +2 more
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Knowledge, networks of cities and growth in regional urban systems: theory, measurement and policy implications [PDF]
The objective of this paper is to measure the impact of different kinds of knowledge and external economies on the urban growth in an intraregional network of cities. The paper is divided in five sections.
Joan Trullén, Rafael Boix
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The development of the Huambo Province in Angola - The application of a spatial interaction model to simulate the movement from autarky to external integration [PDF]
Huambo province in Angola has been detached from the outside world since the begining of the nineties. First due to the civil war in Angola and from then on due to the degradation of the roads and destruction of the railways.
Silvia Amaral, Tomaz Dentinho
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