representations. The alternative conceptualisations reveal that those promoted by the major powers were influenced by aspects of geopolitical reasoning. The analysis highlights the strategic nature of spatial representation.
The role of spatial information in strategicspatial planning
Aménagement du territoire ; Analyse spatiale ; Disparités régionales ; Décentralisation ; Développement social ; Développement territorial ; Estonie ; Europe ; Inflation ; Information géographique ; Italie ; Pays-Bas ; Planification ; Positivisme
Decentralization ; Estonia ; Europe ; Geographic information ; Grant ; Inflation ; Italy ; Netherlands (The) ; Planning ; Positivism ; Regional disparities ; Social development ; Spatial analysis ; Territorial development ; Territorial planning
Les AA. analysent le rôle de l’information spatiale dans la planification stratégique spatialisée. Ils étudient successivement l’héritage du positivisme et l’émergence de la tradition interprétative de la planification spatiale au Royaume-Uni ; le
renouvellement de la théorie et de la pratique en matière de recherche sur les zones montagneuses, les îles et les zones faiblement peuplées en Europe ; la planification spatiale en Pologne ; la courte existence de l’Institut de recherche spatiale aux Pays-Bas
; le renforcement du rôle de l’information spatiale dans les systèmes de planification en Estonie ; la persistance de l’inflation régionale et Italie et pour terminer l’évaluation des effets spatiaux des subventions en capital en Italie du Sud.
The strategic choice of location and transport mode in a successive monopoly model
L'accent est mis sur les effets de la prise en compte de l'intégration verticale dans un modèle spatial. Un monopole d'aval contribue à accroître stratégiquement les coûts de transport et à se localiser par rapport à la clientèle sans grande
Creating profitable livelihoods : mobility as a practical and strategic gender need in Porto Novo, Benin
. L'accès à cette mobilité autorise la création d'espaces qui permettent aux femmes d'affirmer autonomie et indépendance. L'accent est mis sur les aspects spatiaux des processus socio-économiques.
The spatial configuration of the firm and the management of sunk costs
that a spatially differentiated configuration of production may have advantages for the firm in terms of the risk-adjusted flow of revenue, strategic options in relation to competitors, and the management of sunk costs.
Directions in functional-spatial transformations of rural regions in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship in the years 1988-2000
This paper is the result of a study carried out at the Department of Spatial Management and Strategic Planning, Institute of Geography, Nicholas Copernicus University of Toruń, related to processes and structures of transformations over rural
China ; Health ; Health system ; Investment ; Model ; Public expenditure ; Public health ; Spatial differentiation ; Spatial interaction
Etude des déterminants des dépenses de santé publique en Chine à l'aide d'un panel de 31 provinces, période 1997-2008. Un modèle spatial de panel est proposé, qui comprend des effets spatiaux fixés selon les périodes de temps. Il s'agit de tester si
Activisme ; Argentine ; Buenos Aires ; Choix spatial ; Corée du Sud ; Espace public ; Espace urbain ; Lieu ; Mouvement social urbain ; Politique ; Seoul
Activism ; Argentina ; Buenos Aires ; Place ; Policy ; Public space ; Seoul ; South Korea ; Spatial choice ; Urban area ; Urban social movement
Differences between Buenos Aires and Seoul show that historically developed conventions and symbolic readings of city space matter in the strategic choice of places to protest. Along with local traditions, an internationnaly shared demonstration
Australie ; Coût du logement ; Distribution spatiale ; Formation des prix ; Logement ; Marché du logement ; Melbourne ; Promotion immobilière ; Segmentation du marché ; Victoria
Australia ; Housing ; Housing cost ; Housing market ; Market segmentation ; Melbourne ; Price fixing ; Real estate development ; Spatial distribution ; Victoria
The paper explores the links between a strategic policy and house prices by examining the changes in the mix of housing and in house price. Urban consolidation could be seen as a source of additional supply but also as a stimulus to demand
to aplications in lower-order planning activities and it is very rarely applied to higher planning activities in the framework of strategicspatial policy. The author attempts to explain why this function is only partially fulfilled. - (AGD)
of political borders and with two spatial-political units: large peripheral and small core areas. They are weak and vulnerable and present a high latent crisis potential. On the other hand, the transport, transit and strategic role of this area is increasing
In a world of change, regional planning in Germany has permanently to deal with new demands and challenges. Against this background, the article analyses the tasks of spatial planning, regarding their future significance for planning practice
. The article deals with regional planning, future, types of regions and strategic planning. - (IfL)
This study examines the heterogeneous subethnic identities of the Chinese diasporas and their spatial manifestation, using Hong Kong as a case. Within its colonial connections and strategic location, Hong Kong has functioned as a center of origin
Spatial analysis of a historical phenomenon : using GIS to demonstrate the strategic placement of Umayyad desert palaces
Analyse spatiale ; Commerce ; Communication ; Désert ; Géographie historique ; Islam ; Jordanie ; Localisation ; Palais ; Ressource en eau ; Siècle 8 ; Système d'information géographique
Communication ; Desert ; Eighth Century ; Geographical information system ; Historical geography ; Islam ; Jordan ; Location ; Spatial analysis ; Trade ; Water resources
Are labour markets necessarily local ? Spatiality, segmentation and scale
Analyse spatiale ; Australie ; Division du travail ; Echelle ; Emploi ; Marché du travail ; Marché local du travail ; Segmentation du marché ; Stratégie d'entreprise ; Travail
Australia ; Division of labour ; Employment ; Firm strategy ; Labour ; Labour market ; Local labour market ; Market segmentation ; Scale ; Spatial analysis
Approche géographique du marché du travail selon une perspective dynamique sensible à l’aspect spatial et à l’échelle de la restructuration du marché du travail. Exemple de la fermeture d’une grande entreprise de transport aérien en Australie
[b1] Centre for strategic economic studies, Victoria Univ., Melbourne, Australie
Spatial and temporal representativeness of water monitoring efforts in the Baltic Sea coast of SW Finland
. Strategic planning of sampling is required to achieve more concerted data generation activities and to facilitate long-term spatially representative analyses.
This study evaluates the temporal and spatial coherence of data resources on phyto plankton in the coastal waters of Southwest Finland (Northern Baltic Sea), archived in the Hertta-PIVET register of the Finnish Environmental Administration. The AA
. used phytoplancton chlorophyll-a and primary productivity data collected during 1971-2006 as sample resources for environmental studies on the highly fragmented SW coast of Finland. Considerable spatial and temporal inconsistencies were observed
Invisible trade, invisible travellers : the Maputo Corridor Spatial Development Initiative and informal cross-border trading
South Africa's Spatial Development Initiative's Programme. Special issue
Tourism in South Africa is a strategic sector and potentially one of the driving forces of the economy in the 21st century. In this paper the focus is upon the consequences and development issues surrounding tourism and Spatial Development
Aux prises avec les transports dans les banlieues. Modèles spatiaux et portée de l'aménagement
Allemagne ; Banlieue ; Politique des transports ; Structure spatiale ; Transport ; Utilisation du sol
Germany ; Land use ; Spatial structure ; Suburbs ; Transport ; Transport policy
, the article provides a starting point for a renewal of overall models of spatial development. In doing so, the needs to meet the growing heterogeneity of suburbia and a more strategic and practical orientation of these models are taken into account. - (IfL)
Les actuels scénarios de développement spatial allemand comparés à ceux des voisins
Allemagne ; Développement régional ; Développement spatial ; Etude comparée ; Europe ; Scénario ; Système de peuplement
The article compares long-term scenarios of spatial and settlement structural development from a study of the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) with current spatial development scenarios from neighbouring countries. It shows
a great similarity in the types of scenarios : they can be categorized as descriptive scenarios or as trend scenarios, as model- or strategic scenarios and otherwise as alternative scenarios. In terms of content, too, there are considerable similarities