Concepts, Strategies and Guiding Principles for Europe´s Territorial Development
Cohésion sociale ; Concept ; Développement territorial ; Economie ; Europe ; Gouvernance ; Territoire ; Union Européenne
Concept ; Economy ; Europe ; European Union ; Governance ; Social cohesion ; Territorial Development ; Territory
“Territorial cohesion”, in addition to economic and social cohesion, is the new goal of the European Union. The paper deals with a short review of the genesis of a European spatial development policy, the knowledge-based identification
of territorial challenges, the new concepts of territorial governance and the dialogue with corporations as a part of the stake holder process. - (IfL)
Beyond heuristics : applying scenarios to European territorial development
Europe ; Prospective study ; Regional development ; Scenario ; Territorial planning ; Territorial structure
Un scénario tiré du programme EPSON sur le développement territorial de l’Europe a non seulement fait la lumière sur l’évolution probable de la structure spatiale, et il a aussi identifié un certain nombre de défis que devra affronter toute
politique dans l’avenir. Ces aperçus sont mentionnés dans des documents d’importance, dont l’Agenda Territorial.
Dentro la rete. Osservazioni sulla virtualizzazione di spazi, luoghi e territori
Communication ; Cyberspace ; Internet ; Italy ; Network ; Space ; Territory ; Web site
ICT and the World Wide Web have contributed to the articulation and de-articulation of the material space. The post modern geographic spaces become a strict mix of territories and networks in which the identity of places and population arises. Those
places can compare themselves with other territories within the cyberspace. A methodology is proposed, which is based on the analysis of the main Public Administration and local systems web sites.
Rescaling territorial development: the pays in France and Blgium
Belgique ; Champagne-Ardenne ; Développement territorial ; France ; Gouvernance ; Mésoéchelle ; Pays ; Planification ; Secteur privé ; Société civile ; Territoire ; Wallonie
Belgium ; Champagne-Ardenne ; Civil society ; France ; Governance ; Planning ; Private sector ; Territorial Development ; Territory ; Wallonie
This paper gives consideration to the formation and initial operation of new alliances for territorial development at the meso spatial scale of the ‘Pays’ in France and Belgium (case study experiences from the Champagne-Ardenne region and Wallonia
. The paper concludes with a critical assessment of the ‘Pays’ approach as a meaningful contribution to rescaling territorial development at the meso scale with particular reference to concerns around the interaction between strategic planning and multiple
Il modello Sustainable Territorial Management Approach (SteMA): una nuova proposta geografica per l’analisi territoriale
Decision aid ; Economic geography ; Model ; Sustainable development ; Territory
In recent years, we have witnessed an increasing interest for the role of territorial characters in the process of development. The E.U. is soliciting the production of new instruments for territorial analysis and new models useful to support
decision makers. In particular, we discuss the most important problems of economic geography in this field; and we briefly show the most interesting new geographical model: the Sustainable Territorial Management Approach. - (NF)
Analysis of flood occurence seasonality on the Czech republic territory with directional characteristics method
basin and furthermore the time dispersion index of flood events.Based on these directional characteristics applied on sets of selected river basins, the Czech Republic territory can be divided into regions according to flood occurrence frequency
British Columbia ; Canada ; Distribution spatiale ; Géophysique ; Instrumentation ; Manteau nival ; Montagne ; Neige ; Pergélisol ; Périglaciaire ; Réseau d'observation ; Température ; Yukon Territory
British Columbia ; Canada ; Geophysics ; Instrumentation ; Mountain ; Observation network ; Periglacial features ; Permafrost ; Snow ; Snow cover ; Spatial distribution ; Temperature ; Yukon Territory
A technique to monitor snowpack development using miniature temperature-loggers mounted in a vertical array is evaluated from nearly 100 site-years of measurements in the Yukon Territory and northern British Columbia. The method shows good agreement