Regional disparities - reasons enough to run a cohesion-oriented policy ?
Employment ; Germany ; Policy ; Regional disparities ; Space ; Territorial planning ; Territory ; Theory
Old and new discussion of spatial equity for Germany, why have a spatial policy oriented toward equity, regional disparities with regard to employment, regional disparities with regard to services for the public, conclusions concerning spatial
Badlands of the Republic : space, politics and urban policy
France ; Identity ; Immigration policy ; Public order ; Security ; Suburbs ; Urban district ; Urban policy
This monograph provides a comprehensive account of urban policy in France whilst incorporating reflections on space and politics. It also examines the politics of immigration and the contemporary transformations of the state in France
The academic-policy interface in post-apartheid urban research
In South Africa, where consulting, policy driven or applied research is a ubiquitous feature of geography departments, academics have been tardy or reluctant to open up the conversation about the implications of the way many now work. This issue
Neoliberal agricultural policy versus agrarian justice : farm workers and land redistribution in South Africa's Western Cape Province
Agricultural policy ; Commercial agriculture ; Farm ; Land ; Neo liberalism ; South Africa ; Western Cape
South Africa revised its land redistribution policy at the start of the Thabo Mbeki administration in 2000, moving away from a model aimed at poverty alleviation, towards one promoting a class of small black commercial farmers. This has been highly
Upgrading the Physical Environment in Deprived Urban Areas : Lessons from Integrated Policies
Economic restructuring ; Europe ; European integration ; International cooperation ; Peripheral region ; Urban area ; Urban development ; Urban policy
The article gives an overview of determinants of success of urban restructuring policies in European cities, with a specific focus on the organization of these kinds of policies. On the basis of an inventory of 50 practices in 25 European countries
Les pratiques citadines d'un héros de roman policier
Dans Total Kheops, roman de J.-C. Izzo, la ville que parcourt et décrit le héros est plus que le simple décor d'une enquête policière. Elle est l'objet de sa quête, le personnage central du récit. En montrant ce qu'est la ville par la façon dont
Cooperation ; Europe ; European Union ; European integration ; Network ; Sustainable development ; Urban development ; Urban policy
Since 1990, the policy field urban development is developing at the European and member states levels. Since then, the minister esponsible for urban development have formulated common political demands in the framework of their informal cooperation
and guidelines according to which the implementation of national urban development policy should be oriented. - (IfL)