The problem region as an instrument of regional policy : geographical perspectives
Développement durable ; Mondialisation ; Politique régionale ; Région
Globalization ; Region ; Regional policy ; Sustainable development
Problems regions are regions with severe economic problems, a low standard of living and often a polluted environment. If a problem region has a special position in the frame of the national regional policy, then it used as an instrument of regional
policy. Recently the importance of problem regions as such an instrument has become more important. This is under conditions of globalisation, with the paradigm of sustainable development, and basic theoretical characteristics of regions. The use
of the problem region as an instrument of regional policy poses a number of questions and problems that need to be considered. - (IfL)
Regions and regional uneven development forever ? Some reflective comments upon theory and practice
Disparités régionales ; Développement régional ; Développement économique ; Economie politique ; Gouvernance ; Pouvoir ; Région ; Théorie
Economic development ; Governance ; Political economy ; Power ; Region ; Regional development ; Regional disparities ; Theory
Sujet ou objet de politique : comment et par qui définir la région ? Régions et gouvernance. Comment définir le développement économique régional ? Reconnaître les limites de la région et du régional.
This commentary examines the performance of southern Africa’s regional institutions against the backdrop of the changing national, regional and global contexts since the late 1990s. - (AJC)
Bibliografía ; Ciudad región ; Geografía urbana ; Megalópolis ; Región urbana
L'A. fait systématiquement le point sur la pensée géographique concernant la région urbaine. Il met l'accent sur les publications récentes qui concernent les mega-régions ou les méga-régions urbaines.
When regions collide: in what sense a new ‘regional problem’?
Allemagne ; Espace regional ; Gouvernement fédéral ; Imaginaire régional ; Région ; Région métropolitaine ; Région transfrontalière ; Territoire ; Territorialité ; Ville-région
City-region ; Germany ; Region ; Territoriality ; Territory
Alemaña ; Ciudad región ; Región ; Territorialidad ; Territorio
Illustrated through the experience of Germany, this paper demonstrates that interaction between different networked regional spaces (eg, city-regions and cross-border regions) is resulting in new networked regional imaginaries (eg, cross-border
metropolitan regions). Its overall aim is to show that the production of entirely new networked spaces can assist in overcoming the contradictions present in one configuration of regions, but this only serves to create a new ‘regional problem’ requiring ever
Concept ; Disparités régionales ; Découpage administratif ; Espagne ; Géographie de l'Europe ; Région ; Région fonctionnelle ; Région naturelle ; Région économique ; Régionalisation ; Zone de montagne
Ouvrage collectif rassemblant 18 articles sur le concept de région, la régionalisation et les régions espagnoles. (d'après AAG).
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