Policy transfer : consultants and the geographies of governance
Decision making process ; Diffusion ; Expertise ; Governance ; Network ; Policy ; Political geography ; Transnationalism
The emergence of transnational geographies of governance presents a challenge to geographers. Geographical work on policy transfer has much to offer conceptions of emerging geographies of governance, when linked to the production of governance
structures, such as global policy networks. The paper argues that increased use of ethnographic methods in policy transfer studies enables a focus on how global policy networks are produced through the actors driving the transfers. This is illustrated through
Convergence ; Europe ; Political geography ; Regional policy
The article aims to analyze the evolution and purpose of European cohesion policy. The goal is to underline the multiplicity of scales involved in European territorial policies (regional, national, continental) and their relevance in the analysis
and programming, in light of the major political and economic change that have accompanied the reform of cohesion policies. - (NF)
Multi-level climate adaptation policy and causation narratives
Adaptation ; Climatic change ; Decision making process ; Environmental management ; Greenhouse effect ; Human impact ; Impact ; Narrative ; Perception ; Policy ; Public policy ; Society-environment relationship ; Vulnerability
The A. examines here the use of narratives about these causal relationships and explore why narratives with little basis in observation can persist in guiding policy. He examines 3 case studies, one concerning a narrative of climate impacts
(catastrophic flooding in Mozambique, in 2000), a second concerning the relationship between household wealth and vulnerability, and the third concerning the procedures and needs of policy-makers themselves. In each case, the A. finds that the narrative
that was needed to legitimize and continue the resource flow within an existing policy process continued, despite growing empirical and model-driven evidence to suggest that the narrative may not be correct. He compares these stories with theories from
sociological and evolutionary theory and suggests the importance of correcting or improving policy processes to avoid this pathology.
Policies for Participation, Life in Association and Confidence, Implications in the Case of Chile
Chile ; Citizenship ; Municipality ; Participatory democracy ; Political geography ; Public policy ; Santiago ; citizen ; local ; municipalities ; participation ; policies
, and the municipalities play an important role in this development. As a result, there are expectations of policies for participation that direct the concerns of citizens with respect to public policies at a local level. Similar to other states in Latin America, Chile
enjoys policies that could be perfected in an effort to achieve better integration and synergy among them, especially in the municipalities. This article presents arguments and evidence in the case of Chile in respect of mechanisms of participation
, associative life and confidence in the municipalities, as well as proposing ways to perfect public policies for local participation.
Evaluation of public participation in environmental assessment policies : the case of Slovenia and Canada
Canada ; Comparative study ; Decision making process ; Economic development ; Environment ; Environmental conservation ; Participation ; Public policy ; Slovenia
for marginalized groups to enter into policy. A strong research interest is given to the existing public participation. On the basis of the studies in Canada and Slovenia differences in creation of invited policy space and claimed/created counterparts are presented
Gentrification ; Neo liberalism ; Post-colonialism ; Research ; Urban policy ; Urbanism ; World
taking on board critiques around developmentalism, categorization and universalism. In addition they need to draw on recent work on the mobilities and assemblages of urban policies/policy-making in order to explore if, and how, gentrification has
Across the world, governments, NGOs, scientists, policy-makers, and resource managers are learning to speak in the language of ecosystem services. It is a concept that seems to belong to what many geographers call neoliberal-style environmental
policies. However, the policies and practices around the ecosystem service concept deviate considerably from neoliberal doctrine. Heterogeneity and tensions within the world of ecosystem service policies are explored.
Urban policy engagement with social sustainability in Metro Vancouver
British Columbia ; Canada ; Governance ; Large city ; Municipality ; Social geography ; Social policy ; Sociological integration ; Sustainable development ; Urban development ; Urban policy ; Vancouver ; Well-being
Cultivated land use change in China, 1999–2007 : Policy development perspectives
Agricultural land use ; Agricultural practice ; China ; Ecology ; Environmental management ; Food security ; Land use ; Regional policy ; Sustainable development
This paper presents a holistic analysis of cultivated land use change concerning the 3 goals of the Cultivated Land Protection (CLP), i.e., grain security, ecological security and harmonizing regional development. Grain-for-green policy has
of the evolving policy in the future. From the viewpoint of normative concept of multifunctionality, the AA. discuss development of the 3 land functions, i.e., production function, environmental function and carrier function. Finally, they propose to emphasize
Contributions to the issues of regional economic growth and equilibrium as well as the regional policy
Economic crisis ; Economic equilibrium ; Economic geography ; Economic growth ; Hungary ; Local economy ; Regional development ; Regional planning authority ; Regional policy ; Social change
is that in the past two decades the economic policy has not been able to achieve a sustainable and balanced economic growth either in the short or in the long term, or to manage the problems arising from its lack. The external and internal imbalance (at macro
and mezzo levels) arising in this way is continuously generating serious tensions. The study wishes to find an answer to the question what role the regional policy can play in creating local and regional economic equilibrium and in starting a relative
A tale of two cities : climate change policies in Vancouver and Melbourne — Barometers of cooperative federalism?
Australia ; British Columbia ; Canada ; Climatic change ; Cooperation ; Environment ; Federalism ; Greenhouse effect ; Housing policy ; Large city ; Legislation ; Melbourne ; Transport policy ; Urban policy ; Vancouver ; Victoria
Creativity and social innovation : what can urban policies learn from sectoral experiences ?
Creativeness ; Education ; Firm ; Innovation ; Partnership ; Porto ; Portugal ; Regional city ; Secondary education ; Social development ; Urban policy