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The production of “rhythms of responsibility” for childcare in a post-socialist society
2021
Drawing on 32 face-to-face interviews with mothers and childcare providers in Latvia, this paper examines the mundane mobilities. We argue that attention to mundane mobilities reveals crucial arran...
Sustainable Food vs. Unsustainable Politics in the City of Palermo: The Case of an Organic Farmers' Market
2011
The island of Sicily, Italy, and its main city, Palermo, appear an ideal scenario for sustainable food provisioning: the former being the first region in Italy for organically cultivated land, the latter Italy's fifth largest city. This article explores ideals and practices of sustainable urban food systems through an example of environmental consumer activism in Palermo. It does this by narrating the story of an organic farmers' market created by citizens and producers. The article reflects critically on understandings of food-related ‘sustainability’ held by the actors involved, showing the difficulties of operationalizing the concept for qualitative, socio-cultural research. It also high…
Subversion of land-use plans and the housing bubble in Spain
2011
The exceptional rhythm of the construction of residential dwellings in Spain between 1997 and 2006 and its geographical contrasts are explained by a time of economic expansion, a political and social context favourable to unlimited growth and excessive and untempered municipal land-use plans with passive or complicit regional governments. The lack of effective land-use regional plans and the discrediting of municipal land-use plans are a manifestation of a deliberate subversion of public planning to subordinate the public interest to the developer's demands. This article concludes by presenting a panorama of the disturbing consequences of this urban development model.
The importance of creative industry agglomerations in explaining the wealth of European Regions
2012
[EN] This paper examines the existence of regional agglomerations of manufacturing, service and creative industries, the relationship between these industries and the wealth of regions and their industrial structure. Through an analysis of 250 European regions, three important conclusions can be inferred from the results obtained in this paper. The first is that creative industries play an important role in the wealth of a region. The second is that the most creative regions are characterized by having more high-tech manufacturing industries than the rest of the regions although the number of low-tech manufacturing firms is similar. Lastly, the industrial structure of each region has a grea…
Validare le pratiche collaborative per l’economia circolare urbana: il punto di vista del design.
2021
The article presents the results of the research activity carried out within the framework of the European project H2020 REFLOW, which aims to build an integrated approach for the development of innovative participatory practices dedicated to urban circular metabolisms. As a result of the survey conducted on the application of collaborative models for the urban circular economy, it emerged that there is no shared operational strategy that can be adopted for the circular development of complex systems, such as cities. Based on this premise, this paper offers a new perspective on how to build and validate a transitional pathway for the development of circular cities through the adoption of a …
A Social Capital Perspective on the Peace Work of Religious Women
2021
Can small regions construct regional advantages? The case of four Norwegian regions
2012
Accepted version of an article in the journal: European Urban and Regional Studies. Also availble from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969776412439200 The conceptual framework of constructing regional advantage (CRA) is implicitly relevant for large, well-off regions that have strong regional innovation systems, a diversity of industrial sectors and resourceful firms that can partake in global knowledge networks. This paper discusses the extent to which small regions, with less developed regional innovation systems, may also constitute the basis for developing regional advantage. Four cases of regional industries dominated by different innovation modes make up the empirical tes…
Mazu un vidēju uzbekistānas uzņēmumu eksports: Lauksaimniecības produktu pārbaude
2020
Neskatoties uz pastāvīgu Uzbekistānas Republikas eksporta kvantitatīvo un kvalitatīvo rādītāju pieaugumu un ārējās tirdzniecības liberalizāciju, eksporta aktivitāte parāda vairākus faktorus, kuriem ir būtiska ierobežojoša ietekme uz MVU republikas eksporta attīstību. Tāpēc šis pētījums tika veikts ar mērķi izcelt un novērot izaicinājumus un nākotnes izredzes, ar kurām saskaras MVU, Uzbekistānas lauksaimniecības un pārtikas eksporta pierādījumos. Pieejas pamatā ir MVU eksporta novērošana, galvenokārt lauksaimniecības un pārtikas eksporta vide, tiešsaistes un papīra recenzijas akadēmiskajos žurnālos, grāmatās un iepriekšējos pētījumos. Pētījumā izmantota kvalitatīvā metode, un dati tiek apkop…
Dalītās ekonomikas ietekme uz tajā ieinteresētajām personām Eiropas transporta nozarē
2019
Šis pētījums izceļ jaunā patēriņa veida ieskatu; ekonomiku. Šī parādība ir salīdzinoši jauna, un ir grūti novērtēt tā lielumu, kā arī tās pašreizējās un nākotnes sekas. Transporta nozare ir viena no ietekmīgākajām jomām. Tas ir iemesls, kāpēc mērķis ir vislabāk definēt fenomenu, novērot tās patieso attīstību un to personu perspektīvu, kas piedalās šajā ekonomikā un kuri ir dalībnieki. Šī pētījuma mērķis ir saprast, kam dalīšanas ekonomika ir visrentablākā, un kādas ir šīs jaunās ekonomikas sekas tās tuvajām un mazāk tuvajām ieinteresētajām personām Eiropā. Pat bez dalības tajā, efektu var sajust pozitīvi vai negatīvi. Tā…
Valsts atbalsta pasākumi sudraba ekonomikas attīstībai Latvijā
2021
Lai runātu par sabiedrības novecošanās tendencēm un to ietekmi uz valstu ekonomikas attīstību, tiek lietots jēdziens “sudraba ekonomika”. Maģistra darbā tiek analizēti sudraba ekonomikas attīstības šķēršļi un virzītājspēki, lai identificētu prioritāros publiskās pārvaldes stimulus un atbalsta pasākumus sudraba ekonomikas attīstības veicināšanai Latvijā. Maģistra darbs sastāv no ievada, trim nodaļām, secinājumiem un priekšlikumiem. Pirmajā nodaļā autore veic teorētiskās literatūras un zinātnisko pētījumu analīzi, otrajā nodaļā tiek identificētas sudraba ekonomikas attīstības tendences un Latvijai raksturīgie problēmjautājumi, veicot statistikas datu analīzi, trešajā nodaļā, balstoties teorij…