Economic development ; Economic restructuring ; Germany ; Policy ; Regional development ; Regional policy ; Ruhr
Recent proposals to implement a spacial economic zone in the ruhr area outline both the potential and the limits faced by structural policy in facilitating the economic revitalization of this region. While its structural adjustment has seen
considerable progress during the last decades, its economic prosperity has continuously fallen behind other German regions. Therfore the AA. advocate a policy approach that relies more on competition and private initiative in facilitating structural change than
Two decades of French urban policy : from social development of neighbourhoods to the republican penal state
Economic efficiency ; France ; Neo liberalism ; Policy ; Security ; Social development ; Social housing ; State control ; Suburbs ; Urban policy ; Welfare
Policies in motion, urban management and state restructuring : the trans-local expansion of business improvement districts
Community ; Decision making process ; Governance ; Local policy ; Neo liberalism ; Political economy ; United Kingdom ; Urban administration ; Urban policy
Territorial public policies evaluation models (TPPEM)
Decision aid ; Fuzzy logic ; Geographical information system ; Inter-disciplinary approach ; Methodology ; Model ; Multi-criteria analysis ; Multivariate analysis ; Portugal ; Public policy ; Regional development ; Spatial analysis ; Territorial
Local economic policies as determinants of the local business climate : empirical results from a cross-section analysis among East German municipalities
Competitiveness ; Economic environment ; Economic policy ; German Democratic Republic ; Germany ; Innovation ; Local economy ; Local government ; Town
Community ; Europe ; European Union ; Housing improvement ; Housing policy ; Social exclusion ; Social group ; Social housing ; Social policy ; Urban district ; Urban policy ; Urban society
Third way urban policy and the new moral politics of community : conflicts over the virtuous community in Ballymun in Dublin and the Gorbals in Glasgow
Citizenship ; Community ; Dublin ; Glasgow ; Governance ; Ireland ; Neo liberalism ; Scotland ; Social capital ; United Kingdom ; Urban district ; Urban planning ; Urban policy ; Urban regeneration
Development strategy ; Economic policy ; Free State ; Globalization ; Industry ; Regional economy ; South Africa
of the province. The question is posed as to how well the Free State has responded to globalisation in respect of its mainstream economic policy and development approaches. - (AJC)
Economic policy ; Enterprise ; Free State ; Industry ; Peripheral region ; Regional economy ; Small firm ; South Africa
Policy and programme interventions for assisting the development of small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMME) are shifting away from state-led delivery of support services to locally based and driven initiatives. Nevertheless, South Africa has