División administrativa ; Economía regional ; Eslovenia ; Geografía regional ; Identidad regional ; Identidad territorial ; Regionalización
The factors that influence spatial identity are regional economy, social institutions, mass media, administration divisions, and sport. The research tries to realize three aims : to define the term identity region as an element of geographical
regionalization, to determine the factors creating the regional identity and identity regions, to find out the spatial reach of the important elements and on that basis work out the regionalization of Slovenia by identity regions. - (IKR)
China ; Economic growth ; Economic system ; Living standard ; Regional development ; Regional disparities ; Regional policy ; Years 1980-89
This paper includes regional dynamic change and the State regional development policy. Behind the practice of regional development is disputation on the developmental theories. It also outlines theories which guides the practice of China's regional
development in the 1980s and briefly discusses prospect of regional development in China.
Border and border region : theoretical aspects, identification and determination
Développement régional ; Frontière ; Impact ; Région frontière ; Tchèque république ; Théorie
Czech Republic ; Frontier ; Frontier region ; Impact ; Regional development ; Theory
The influence of border on the regional development of a border region. Criteria how to determine a border region. The regional research must respect several differential aspects when studying borders and borders region. - (MS)
Regional identity and its reflection in Czech human geography
Concept ; Développement régional ; Ecole géographique ; Géographie humaine ; Identité régionale ; Région ; Tchèque république
Concept ; Czech Republic ; Geographic school ; Human geography ; Region ; Regional development ; Regional identity
Concepto ; Desarrollo regional ; Escuela geográfica ; Geografía humana ; Identidad regional ; Región ; República Checa
The regional identity can be an useful tool for creating regional strategies or to shape the individual’s position in time and space. The issue of regional identity emerged in Western geography approximately in the 1970s. However, its position
in Czech human geography is not embedded sufficiently up to now. The main goal of the study is to evaluate the development of the research of regional identity in Czech human geography. - (IKR)
On the regional characteristics of cuisine in China
China ; Food ; Food habit ; Regional disparities
The paper attempts to study regional differentitation of cuisine in China and set up a rudimentary framework for regional characteristic of cuisine. This framework is mainly concerned with regional school of cuisine (or cuisine systems) and regional
A British critique of regionalism in the USA as it developed historically and the emergence of recent contrasts, notably in the Frostbelt vs. the Sunbelt and resource issues pitting the East vs. the West. Relevance of the region to public policy
as it has been applied to the TVA Authority and the Appalachian Regional Commission. - (DWG)
Geograficka regionalizace na uzemi Ceskoslovenska Geographical regionalization in Czechoslovakia
The main principles of the geographical regionalization of the Czechoslovak territory. The history of delimitation of the physico-geographical and complex-geographical regions and the present level and needs of regionalization. The applicability
of geographical regionalization in the problem of the complex development of regions. - (MS)
Changing administrative regions in Jordan : regional development strategy or distraction?
Administrative division ; Development strategy ; Jordan ; Regional development ; Regional disparities ; Spatial organization ; Spatial structure ; Urban network
This article analyzes Jordan as an example of a regional readjustment procedure with high objectives. The efforts to create more efficient administrative regions has diverted attention from the need for decentralization and the development
Identité, image et développement économique des régions
Développement régional ; Economie régionale ; Friesland ; Identité régionale ; Image de la région ; Pays-Bas ; Perception ; Région
Friesland ; Netherlands (The) ; Perception ; Region ; Regional development ; Regional economy ; Regional identity
Some reflections on the significance of regional identity and regional images for economic development with special reference to the province of Friesland. - (AGD)
Regional devolution has been a major issue in many Latin American countries as a way to decentralize the power structures. In Chile this has been strongly influenced by geopolitical ideas in the Chilean military. In Bolivia, regionalization has
grown of regional protests and mobilizations, and contravenes the idea that decentralization leads to national disintegration. - (DWG)
Non seulement les entreprises d'une même région sont en concurrence entre elles mais les différentes régions s'affrontent aussi sur le plan économique, ce qui peut impliquer une régulation par l'Etat. - (MC)
The complex geographical regionalization still remain the paramount problem of geography. In the 1990s appear new possibilities of application in the regional policy and regional administrative reform. Czech regions and 15 Slovak regions can
The Pacific Rim : region or regions? in Tenth Pacific Conference. Pusan, 1987.
Commerce international ; Economie régionale ; Emploi ; Flux d'information ; Flux économique ; Géographie plurirégionale ; Industrialisation ; Pacifique ; Pacifique région ; Région ; Structure de l'emploi
The Pacific Regional Science Conference Organization (PRSCO) has a unique opportunity to both grow with the region and contribute solutions to the problems which come with growth. This paper first examines some of the economic attributes
of the Pacific Region and then explores some of the challenges and opportunities faced by PRSCO.