China and East Asia : an appraisal of regional economic integration
Asia ; China ; Eastern Asia ; Economic indicators ; Economic integration ; Gravity model ; Hong Kong ; International trade ; Japan ; Regionalintegration ; South Korea ; Taiwan
Virtual medical geographies : conceptualizing telemedicine and regionalization
Ethics ; Health ; Medical geography ; Network ; Regionalization ; Technology ; Telemedicine ; Territoriality
of virtual regions and the problem of their internal integration and integration with material regions of care. Then the A. argues for the use of regional economic geography and territoriality as contexts for understanding the continued growth and development
The paper introduces a range of issues bound up with telemedicine and medical care regionalization and offers a geographical conceptualization of those issues through a synthesis of ideas from several literatures. It examines the formation
Trajectories of regions and spatial integration in the world-system
Belgium ; Core-periphery ; Kempenland ; Regional economy ; Regional geography ; Regionalintegration ; Spatial structure ; World system
partie des Pays Bas méridionaux. Hypothèse que l'intégration/fragmentation spatiales implique une valorisation/dévalorisation du statut d'une région dans l'économie-monde.
An integrated approach to measuring potential spatial access to health care services
The A. presents an integrated approach to measure potential spatial access to health care services. The final index starts with an initial gravity formulation and progresses through successive stages. It is applied to the ambulatory medical care
An integrated landscape research concerns not only an interdisciplinary cooperation in study of man-land interaction, but first of all, the connection of regional management with information systems for landscape. Geography provides, using
Transportation as a factor of trans-border connection and integration of South Eastern Europe and the rest of Europe
Eastern Europe ; Europe ; European integration ; International trade ; Trans-border area ; Transport
The process of integration into the European Community through the formation of cross-border regions and transport corridors makes the state border gradually defunct, decreasing their barrier role. Still the benefits of opening the borders
with the stress on its integration function cannot be achieved without synchronized transport development. For SEE countries, the top priority project would be the formation of the pan-European transport corridors. Six of ten corridors pass through the territory
of South Eastern Europe. The formation of this network has a sits ultimate goal functional interregional integration with simplified and accelerated transport lines. - (IfL)
Learning and learning capability in the Fordist and post-Fordist age : an integrative framework
In this paper, the concept of learning capability is used to integrate different perspectives and to provide an integrative framework for capturing the changing nature of industrial orgnaization and international competition. The AA. focus
on analyzing Fordist and post-Fordist forms of learning at various levels and their differing impact on the learning capability of firms in a regional context. The role of interfirm networks is emphasized in facilitating learning and learning capability.
The integral nature of territories implies a complex tasks of multipurpose local and regional self-governments. The relation between centralizing and decentralizing tendencies can be assessed differently. Increasing centralization can be associated
Die EU-Regionalpolitik im Spannungsfeld von Integration, regionaler Konvergenz und wirtschaftlichem Wachstum
Common policy ; Economic growth ; Europe ; European Union ; European integration ; Region ; Regional development ; Regional policy
Croissance économique ; Développement régional ; Europe ; Intégration européenne ; Politique communautaire ; Politique régionale ; Région ; Union Européenne
North American economic integration and industrial pollution in the Great Lakes region
Canada ; Economic equilibrium ; Economic integration ; Great Lakes ; Impact ; Industrial pollution ; Liberalisation ; North America ; Pollution ; Regional economy ; Simulation ; United States of America
Les AA. évaluent l'impact de l'intégration économique accrue de l'Amérique du Nord sur l'intensité de la pollution industrielle dans la région des Grands Lacs. Modèle d'équilibre de l'économie nord-américaine.
Europäische Integration und Raumentwicklung in Deutschland
Common policy ; Germany ; Megalopolis ; Regional development ; Regional disparities ; Regional economy
La politique européenne n'entraîne pas le même développement pour toutes les régions. L'A. analyse les disparités régionales en Allemagne ainsi que le potentiel de développement des nouveaux Länder.―(D. Rouvière).
Explains the reasons and motivations behind the Association of Caribbean States formed in 1994 and offers an assessment of the problems in achieving its goal of regional cooperation and economic integration. - (DWG)
Research into peripheral areas in the Czech Republic - changes in the landscape and land use in the model regions
Czech Republic ; European integration ; Land use ; Local development ; Peripheral region ; Region ; Regional development
Développement local ; Développement régional ; Intégration européenne ; Région ; Région périphérique ; Tchèque république ; Utilisation du sol
the settlement system in the context of European integration. This paper presents several model regions and it focuses on their natural conditions, land-use and prospects for local/regional development. In the analysis, it combines objective data with the results
of the author's own empirical inquiry conducted among the regions' inhabitants. - (BJ)
ASEAN economic integration and a place for New Zealand
Asia ; Development strategy ; Division of labour ; Economic cooperation ; Economic integration ; Investment ; New Zealand ; South-Eastern Asia ; Transnational corporation
Several forms of emerging regional economic cooperation are discussed, including AFTA, subregional economic zones and the promotion of wider regional economic forums. The role of large companies from within ASEAN is then examined and the distinctive
attibutes of these transnational corporations outlined. New Zealand's participation in ASEAN's economic growth is considered and the use of joint ventures and networking as ways of expanding participation within the region.
Regulation theory, strategies of enterprise integration and the political economy of regional economic restructuring in central and eastern Europe: the case of Slovakia
An integrated approach to scaling issues in environmental change study
The paper reviews the status of scaling issues and tries to find how to extrapolate the observations and findings at site scale up to regional scale and to provide ecological information and interpretations at the regional scale. An integrated
approach to scaling up from site to region is proposed combining hierarchical theory, landscape ecology, remote sensing and GIS.