Administrative reform ; China ; Economic indicators ; Economic reform ; Economic system ; Government intervention ; Infrastructure;Facilities ; Investment ; Production ; Regional development ; Regional disparities ; Regional policy
, la politique régionale a fluctué et trois grandes sous-périodes peuvent être distinguées. Le souci de redistribution et l'impact des réformes institutionnelles apparaissent. Le tournant des politiques régionales se situe au début des années 1970.
Coastal environment ; Economic activity ; Island ; Lesser Antilles ; Taxation system ; Tourism ; West Indies
l'installation d'un parce hôtelier et immobilier considérable sur les côtes. Le coeur agricole de l'île est délaissé et la mono-activité est génératrice de problèmes sociaux liés aux flucturations du marché touristique. - (REGARDS)
Decentralization ; Development ; Development axis ; Development strategy ; Economic growth ; Impact ; Living standard ; Regional disparities ; South Korea
l'intérieur d'une période de trois ans. Au total, les impacts de la décentralisation spatiale des biens publics sur les inégalités régionales ont fluctué à partir du début des années 1980, mais se sont stabilisés à mesure que la restructuration industrielle et
de 30% (dans le cadre du système de dépenses linéaire) du total du niveau de dépenses municipales par tête. Elle conclut qu’une part prépondérante de ces dernières fluctue avec les variations du revenu et de la part des impôts.
[b1] Faculty of Economics (CREM UMR CNRS 6211), Univ., Rennes, France
Economic movements (gross material product and production investment, productivity and efficiency, employment, foreign economic relations, prices and living standards, basic characteristics of economic movements by republic and autonomous province
)| some causes of unfavourable economic movements.
One difference between economists and geographers is the significance attached by the former to stylized facts and the significance attached by the latter to the diversity of economic life. The A. argues that Krugman's theory-enslaved stylized facts
may impoverish theoretical innovation in economic geography. An alternative to this theory is suggested. Having reviewed recent developments in economic geography, the claimed virtues of objectivity and the supposed dangers of subjectivity are disputed.
Economic conditions of nationalities in the Baltics
Baltic Republics ; Economic activity ; Economic situation ; Economy ; Employment ; Estonia ; Europe ; Latvia ; Lithuania ; Living standard ; Nationality ; Unemployment
A cross-cutting dimension of economic analysis is relevant, comparing similarities and differences in the micro-economic conditions of the multiple nationalities living there. Different levels and types of economic activity relevant in economies
in transformation are outlined. The paper draws upon the economic survey of april 1995 to analyze individual and household economic conditions. Baltic and Russian nationals are separated. Macro-level data are not forgotten.
Appalachian Mountains ; Economic restructuring ; Economic strategy ; Entrepreneurship ; Gender ; Homework ; Household ; Identity ; Labour ; Social geography ; United States of America ; West Virginia
The A. examines home-based work in an economic network to highlight the intersection of gender and economic practices in rural Appalachia. The case study for this project is an economic network comprised of sixty home-based workers who produce
knitwear for regional and national markets. The complexity of shifting economic livelihoods in the rural Appalachian context is examined. The analysis focuses on the (re)negotiation of gender identities by home-based workers in the context of economic
A slight majority of the urban population believes that a hand-over of power by the PNDC would reverse the current economic progress and waste the sacrifices of the years since 1983.―(EMS)
Let's keep economics and geography in economic geography : a commentary on Homo economicus, physical metaphors, and universal models in economic geography
In this paper authors highlight some of the most important features of the economic and social change in Hungary which have taken place since 1989. Among others political, economic and social factors that have influenced the post-socialist
Economic and non-economic estimation of closses incurred due to the degradation of natural environment
The economist is unable to determine all variables of the system nature-economy-space in terms of value and other specialists must co-operate. A progress can be made in a closer relationship between the ecologization of economics
and the economization and humanization of natural sciences.
Socio-economic variables as alternatives to income in measuring regional economic welfare - the Israeli case
The A. presents a methodological discussion of the quality of variables utilized for measuring regional economic welfare over a span of time, in a situation where an ideal data base is lacking. He studies the problem of the increasing or decreasing
regional inequality of economic welfare in Israel. - (DN)
Izucenie social'no-ekonomiceskih territorial'nyh sistem. (Research of social-economic spatial systems)
This article deals with the theoretical and methodological problems of economic geography, mainly with the theory of social-economic spatial systems, and study of settlement system, as well as with the problems concerning the relationship of social
The persistence of ecological-economic systems : alternate measures and their properties
Economic system ; Impact ; Regional science
The economics and the regional science literatures have paid scant attention to the problem of computing an ecological-economic system's persistence. Three measures of the persistence of a jointly determined ecological-economic system are derived
ASEAN economic integration and a place for New Zealand
Asia ; Development strategy ; Division of labour ; Economic cooperation ; Economic integration ; Investment ; New Zealand ; South-Eastern Asia ; Transnational corporation
Several forms of emerging regional economic cooperation are discussed, including AFTA, subregional economic zones and the promotion of wider regional economic forums. The role of large companies from within ASEAN is then examined and the distinctive
attibutes of these transnational corporations outlined. New Zealand's participation in ASEAN's economic growth is considered and the use of joint ventures and networking as ways of expanding participation within the region.