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
The A. examines the evolving sub-regional governance in Flanders within the context of changing European regional policy, with a focus of development coalitions and their role in decentralization of decision-making and engagement of citizens
. The platforms contribute to a governance structure that enables public participation in policy-making.
(In)consistency and (in)efficiency of the Czech regional policy in the 1990s.
Czech Republic ; Development strategy ; Regional development ; Regional disparities ; Regional policy ; Unemployment
The contribution deals with the following subjects : 1. Development of inter-regional disparities in the Czech Republic under the transition 2. Czech regional policy in th pre-accession period 3. A proposal for the future design of Czech regional
This article analyses the symmetric effects of national-based active labour market policies in Italy. The results suggest that while in the South employment is mainly driven by social and economic context variables, in the North the employment
dynamics are significantly explained by policy interventions. Two policy implications are suggested. First, the success of active ones depends on the regional labour market conditions. Second, policy-makers should adjust labour policy strategy to regional
Policy networks and housing regeneration in England and Sweden
Comparative study ; Decision ; Housing ; Housing improvement ; Housing occupance ; Housing policy ; Organization ; Rehabilitation ; Sweden ; United Kingdom ; Urban renewal
Drawing upon network theory, a conceptual framework is presented and tentatively applied in a comparative study of rented housing regeneration and area improvement. Although the contours of broadly similar policy communities in the two countries can
be found, there are also striking differences in network formation. In England, the Department of the Environment seems to play a more prominent role in policy-making than in Sweden, where municipal companies and tenants' organisations are more active
Infrastructure policy in the Randstad Holland: struggle between accessibility and sustainability
In national government policy there is a strong focus on the improvement of the international accessibility of the Randstad as well as on the reunion of environmental pollution caused by road traffic. A number of policy issues are being developed
. In these plans environmental and economic interests are at odds with each other. The implementation of infrastructure policy is complicated and slowed down. A more balanced infrastructure policy is advocated.
The relevance of Kenya's urban settlement policies for independent South Africa
Colonialism ; Housing policy ; Investment ; Kenya ; Land ; Regional development ; Urbanization
The urbanisation policies introduced by colonial governments into the former settler colonies of Anglophone Africa were remarkably similar. The policies were aimed more at controlling the African population than managing it. South Africa and Kenya
have parallel histories and the latter can learn from the experiences of the latter with regard to urban housing policies, notably with regard to finance, land and building materials. - (AJC)
Plug-in shadow price estimates for policy analysis
Cost of living ; Cost-benefit analysis ; Economic policy ; Human capital ; Management ; Natural resources ; Pollution ; Price fixing ; Social cost ; Transport
The paper provides estimates of the values of many, frequently encountered impacts. These estimates are intended to be plugged-in to analyses of policy alternatives. Although these estimates may not be sufficiently accurate for some policy decisions
, they will be very helpful in many policy situations.
The problem region as an instrument of regional policy : geographical perspectives
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)
Economic policy ; European integration ; Germany ; Regional policy
The joint task Improvement of the Regional Economic Structure has been fundamentally transformed since the beginning of the 1980's against the background of its integration into the regional policy of the European Community. In addition
to a successive narrowing of the range of political options, the emrgence of a regional policy structure parallel to the joint task with the participation of the European level is notable. The reform of European Community regional policy is the context
of the eastward enlargement of the European Union will still reinforce the repercussion on regional policy in the Federal Republic of Germany. - (IFL)
Ruimtelijk beleid in de verzorgingsstaat| onderzoek naar en beschouwing over de (on) mogelijkheid van een national ruimtelijk beleid in Nederland.. (Spatial policy in the welfare-state| research to and considerations about the (im) possibility
of a spatial policy in the Netherlands)
The authors analyse the impact of the governmental policy with regard to the problem of suburbanisation in the sixties. They give also an overview of the historical development of the governmental policy with regard to problems of physical planning
Against all odds : poor people jumping scales and the genesis of an urban policy in Flanders, Belgium
Belgium ; Competitiveness ; Flanders ; Governance ; Housing policy ; State control ; Urban policy ; Urban renewal
The AA. use a critical approach to explain the emergence of an urban policy in Flanders. In the case of urban policy in Flanders, the processes of scalar reconfiguration come down to scale-jumping by actors concerned with the fate of disadvantaged