Regional Planning category: 486 books
Meaning in Action: Interpretation and Dialogue in Policy Analysis
Interpretation and Dialogue in Policy Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
This accessible book gives academics, graduate students, and researchers a comprehensive overview of the vast, varied, and often confusing landscape of interpretive policy analysis. It is both theoretically informed and clear and jargon-free as it discusses the specific strengths and weaknesses of...
Evaluating British Urban Policy
Ideology, Conflict and Compromise
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Since the Conservative government of the late 70s introduced its stringent spending policy, a 'value for money' ideology has dictated most new approaches to policy management. As a result, monitoring and evaluation have become an integral part in the policy process. Focusing on the experience of British...
by Jakob Maurer
Language: German
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: German
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Maximen sind unscharf, verkürzt, teilweise widersprüchlich und überschneiden sich. Sie widerstehen einer klaren Systematik. Deshalb die alphabetische Reihenfolge. Maximen bergen Nutzen und Gefahren. Als Rezepte unbedarft gebraucht, erzeugen sie mehr Fehler als sie vermeiden. Die vorliegende Sammlung...
by Bessière Jacinthe
Language: French
Release Date: August 12, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: August 12, 2013
Dotée de nouveaux rôles – ludique, récréatif, résidentiel, mais aussi environnemental ou paysager –, la ruralité française poursuit sa transformation. Son développement répond à l’affirmation de nouvelles préoccupations sociales auxquelles s’ajoutent une diversité d’acteurs et...
by Vincent Piveteau, Francis Aubert, Bertrand Schmitt
Language: French
Release Date: April 22, 2009
Language: French
Release Date: April 22, 2009
Agriculture et territoire ont partie liée. C'est en combinant les questions de développement de l'agriculture avec les préoccupations d'aménagement du territoire que l'Inra et la Diact ont croisé leurs perspectives et réflexions sur l'inscription spatiale de ce secteur et précisé les enjeux...
Acteurs et territoires locaux
Vers une géoagronomie de l'aménagement
Language: French
Release Date: June 27, 2006
Cet ouvrage traite de développement local et d’aménagement de l’espace rural. Il propose une ingénierie territoriale en combinant des concepts, des méthodes et des outils de l’agronomie et de la géographie (modélisation graphique des territoires, cartographie à dire d’acteurs, analyse...
Les politiques publiques territoriales
La gouvernance multi-niveaux face aux défis de l'aménagement
Language: French
Release Date: July 17, 2015
La montée en puissance des collectivités locales, sans cesse renforcée depuis les lois de décentralisation, et l’accélération de l’effacement de l’État expert par contraction-fusion de ses services territoriaux ont profondément bouleversé la gestion du territoire français. Les vingt...
La capacité politique des régions
Une comparaison France/Espagne
Language: French
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Depuis plusieurs décennies maintenant, la conjugaison des logiques de décentralisation et d’intégration communautaire remettent en cause la légitimité d’action du vieil État-nation européen. Les régions bénéficient-elles de cette nouvelle donne politique ? Assiste-ton à un renforcement...
by Peter Calthorpe, William Fulton
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
MAmericans today do not live in discrete cities and towns, but rather in an aggregation of cities and suburbs that forms one basic economic, multi-cultural, environmental and civic entity. These “regional cities” have the potential to significantly improve the quality of our lives--to provide...
Regional Economic Development
Analysis and Planning Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Regional economic development has attracted the interest of economists, geographers, planners and regional scientists for a long time. And, of course, it is a field that has developed a large practitioner cohort in government and business agencies from the national down to the state and local levels....
Regional Development in Rural Areas
Analytical Tools and Public Policies
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2016
This book intends to provide analytical and policy tools for investigating the question of the development of rural and peri-urban areas. The aim is to shed some light on this topic and in particular to contribute to a better understanding of the link between issues of regional or territorial development...
Success Factors of Regional Strategies for Multinational Corporations
Appropriate Degrees of Management Autonomy and Product Adaptation
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
This work examines the factors that drive the success of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) in their pursuit of regional strategies. The author develops a comprehensive regional success factor model, by which the effects of regional management autonomy and regional product and service adaptation on...
Seminal Studies in Regional and Urban Economics
Contributions from an Impressive Mind
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
The book spans a scientific research program elegantly developed by Roberto Camagni, an eminent regional scientist, who has offered ground-breaking ideas in regional and urban economics throughout his academic career. In addition to bringing together a selection of Professor Camagni’s most influential...
Decentralisation and Regional Development
Experiences and Lessons from Four Continents over Three Decades
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
This book analyzes decentralisation, regional development paths and success factors in different governance sectors in Ghana, the Philippines, Tanzania and Chile, and discuss overarching aspects of relevance. Decentralisation, which refers to the delegation of administrative responsibilities, political...