Search results for "Regional policy"
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Classifying Regions for European Development Funding
2010
Structural and cohesion funds play a prominent role in European Union regional policy, which aims to reduce gaps in development between regions and disparities in well-being between European citizens. The regions and areas eligible for funding — 308,000 million during the 2007—13 period — are chosen according to regional GDP per inhabitant as the variable of reference. Despite the great importance of this indicator, the complex socioeconomic reality of regions cannot be fully explained by means of a single variable. Hence, using the large number of variables on economic, political, cultural and demographic characteristics available at regional level, this article groups European regions in…
Europejski wymiar regionalizmu
2016
Artykuł poświęcony jest analizie takich definicji jak „region” i „regionalizm" w perspektywie europejskiej. Regionalizm w tym kontekście nie stanowi zagrożenia dla jedności państwa, a jak wynika z jego definicji stanowi przejaw zaangażowania obywateli w życie społeczne i polityczne swojego miejsca zamieszkania, w tym przypadku regionu. Analizie zostaną poddane także czynniki kształtujące politykę regionalną w Unii Europejskiej. Regionalizm, kojarzony głównie z tendencjami separatystycznym i w Szkocji czy Katalonii, może mieć także inne wymiary społeczne i polityczne, a także wiązać się z sytuacją międzynarodową. Przykładem takiego zjawiska jest kwestia mniejszości narodowych zamieszkujących…
Impacto en el sector turístico de las políticas de desarrollo rural en la Comunidad Valenciana (1991-2013). Análisis de las estrategias de fomento y …
2021
Una parte del presente artículo se presentó en forma de comunicación al XIII Coloquio de Geografía del Turismo, Ocio y Recreación, celebrado en Barcelona entre los días 14 y 16 de junio de 2012. El alojamiento en los territorios rurales valencianos experimentó un crecimiento importante durante la implantación de las iniciativas Leader, Leader 2 y Leader+, entre 1991 y 2006, así como de los programas Proder y Proder II, entre 1996 y 2006. En la Comunidad Valenciana, alrededor del 30% de las inversiones de Leader y el 16% de las inversiones de Proder se realizaron en alojamientos rurales. Finalizadas estas iniciativas y estos programas, se pone en marcha la estrategia Ruralter (2007-2013). Ve…
Beyond GDP: an analysis of the socio-economic diversity of European regions
2019
International audience; This paper aims to analyze the socioeconomic diversity of the European Union (EU-28) regions from a dynamic perspective. For that purpose, we combine a series of exploratory space-time analysis approaches to multiple Factor Analysis (MFA) applied to a large range of indicators collected at the NUTS-2 level for the period 2000–2015 for the EU-28. First, we find that the first factor of MFA, interpreted as economic development (ECO-DEV), is spatially clustered and that a moderate convergence process is at work between European regions from 2000 to 2015. Second, when comparing these results with those obtained for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, we show that th…
Can Money buy Love? : The Impact of the Cohesion Policy of the European Union on European Identity
2019
Master's thesis Innovative governance and public management ME523 - University of Agder 2019 This Master thesis explores the relationship between Cohesion policies of the EU and European identity. After first describing the history and context of Cohesion policies of the EU, the literature on European identity studies is reviewed. This discussion develops an economic utilitarian argument, that citizens in Europe develop their identification with the EU partly on rational considerations, and that the added quality of life provided by investments of the EU would positively influence their European identity. This effect is expected to be different throughout European regions.The hypothesesare …
Kaupungistuminen kiihtyy : säilyykö alueellinen tasapaino?
2019
Artikkelissa pohditaan alueellisen tasapainon käsitettä ja tarkastellaan tasapainon kehitystä Suomessa vuodesta 1995 lähtien. Kaupungistumisen kiihtymisen myötä alueellinen keskittyminen on edennyt nopeasti kasvun kohdistuessa vain metropolialueelle ja suuriin korkeakoulukaupunkeihin. Aluelähtöisesti katsoen alueellinen tasapaino on järkkynyt. Ihmislähtöisesti tarkastellen kaupungistuminen ei ole kuitenkaan johtanut suuriin alueiden välisiin tulotaso- tai hyvinvointieroihin, vaikka jähmeät sopeutumisprosessit, ennen kaikkea asuntomarkkinoilta seuraavat liikkuvuuden esteet todennäköisesti hidastavat alueelliseen tasapainoon pääsyä. peerReviewed
Innovations in regional development policy of the OECD and European
2010
In the seventies the policies of regional economic development in the OECD and in Europe were joined by the correction of economic (growth rates of GDP and income unbalanced) and technical differences and by inadequate allocations of human, financial, and infrastructural resources. Regional policies were based on the following points: a)Massive financial assistance (to develop infrastructures and public services) to the poorest regions; b)Creating artificial poles of economic development at regional level; c)Creation ex-nihilo of technology; d)Attempts to keep alive in declining industries to protect local employment. After twenty years of operations the results have been disastrous, and ma…
Evaluation of Deadweight Spending in Regional Enterprise Financing
2012
Tokila A. and Haapanen M. Evaluation of deadweight spending in regional enterprise financing, Regional Studies. The problem of deadweight spending has been previously studied using diverse methods. However, regional variations in deadweight spending have not yet been considered. An evaluation of regional business subsidies in Finland during 2000–2003 is conducted. The analysis reveals regional differences in deadweight spending in proportional and, particularly, in monetary terms. Deadweight spending is dependent on many firm-, project- and regional-level factors, which also largely account for regional differences. However, there seems to be some regional variation in deadweight spending t…
Regional Policy Lessons from Finland
2005
The Finnish economy and society has long been dominated by primary production. Post-war economic development was rapid and welfare gaps between the much more developed economies and Finland narrowed and were even partly reversed. Rapid economic expansion together with structural change has had the effect of centralizing both economic activity and population. The trend has been towards the southern and central regions where the metropolitan area of Helsinki and most of the other larger towns and urban centres are located. Together with vigorous technological progress in agriculture and forestry the rapid urbanization and industrialization of the 1960s and 1970s the fastest in Europe altered …
URBANIZATION PROCESSES AND ITS SPECIFICS IN LATGALE
2010
<p>Urbanization is an important demo-geographical process and a complex social phenomenon under impact of which changes are made not only to the global, regional or national settlement systems, but all socio-economic processes are also substantially transformed. Changes caused by urbanization have an impact on traditional way of life, cultural particularity, community and individual psychology and other aspects of spiritual life, therefore expressions and regularities of this process might be of interest not only for demographers, geographers and economists, but also for representatives of the field of humanities.</p><p>Paper presents the progress of urbanization processes…