Recent changes in administrative-territorial division of post-soviet area
Administration ; Administrative unit ; Former USSR ; IEC ; Political geography ; Territorial unit
This paper presents the main tendencies of the changes in administrative-territorial division at the post-soviet area (15 countries) and show where the changes are most significant and where was the increase or decrease of administrative units
Marketing territorial et la création de régions : un cas tchèque
Czech Republic ; Region ; Territorial identity ; Territorial strategy ; Territory ; Tourism ; Town
The concept of territorial (city, town or regional) marketing is based on institutionalized support for interactive communication between the demand side (inhabitants and tourists) and the supply side (local authorities, public services
, and in the Czech Republic in particular. A project concerning the fictional Kingdom of Wallachia situated in the folk region of eastern Moravia (close to the Czech-slovak border) is presented as a case study. Territorial marketing has strengthened regional identity
Strategies and priorities for cores and peripheries in the Baltic Sea region : territorial cohesion and polycentricity
Accessibility ; Baltic Sea ; Core-periphery ; International cooperation ; Polycentrism ; Territorial strategy ; Transport ; Urban development ; Urban policy
In this study, we explore these core-periphery patterns in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) and discuss the potentials and challenges of the BSR for achieving the goal of territorial cohesion and by means of the policy instruments of polycentric urban
The text illustrates how European Spatial Planning, through the application (but not only due to it) of the European Spatial Development Perspective, has affected Italian urban and territorial policies. The research method has been based
context appears to be rather scarce. Nevertheless, important changes occured in Italian planning practices in the last decade are stricly connected to the role of the European Union as an emerging actor for what concern territorial and urban matters. - (BJ)
Community ; Large town ; Social system ; Territorial structure ; Town ; Typology
The aim of the paper is to discuss the issue of territorial communities in a large city and to propose a categorisation of those structures and a notional systematisation thereof. To achieve this aim, the discussion adopts a systems approach
to the city whose starting point is the concept of the territorial social system. The issues presented subsequently include : (a) basic territorial social structures in the city : sub-neighbourhood, neighbourhood and local community ; (b) basic internal
Etude comparative des schémas de développement territorial régionaux belges et limitrophes
Belgium ; Benelux ; Europe ; France ; Germany ; Luxembourg ; Netherlands (The) ; Territorial planning ; Territory ; Trans-border area
Dans le cadre d'une étude portant sur la planification territoriale, les plans en matière de développement territorial des entités limitrophes aux trois régions belges ont été étudiés : en plus des plans des trois régions belges, il s'agit de trois
Towards a bio-territorial conception of power : territory, population, and environmental narratives in Palestine and Israel
Asia ; Discourse ; Environment ; Environmental perception ; Governmentality ; Israel ; Palestine ; Political geography ; Power ; State ; Territory ; Theory
Argentina ; Chronology ; Cultural identity ; Globalization ; Historical account ; Identity ; Latin America ; National identity ; Patrimony ; Space ; Territorial identity ; Territoriality ; Territory
On the German Federal spatial planning level, the Federation and the Länder are to jointly develop concepts for the regional development of the national territory. Following a large discussion process, the German Standing Conference of Ministers
responsible for Spatial Planning decided on 30 june 2006 to launch new concepts and action strategies for spatial development in Germany. They cover current topics of spatial planning policy, i.e. growth and innovation, services for the public, protection
The short list of structural indicators in the light of European territorial cohesion
Competitiveness ; Economic indicators ; Employment ; Europe ; European Union ; Innovation ; Living standard ; Regional development ; Territory ; Unemployment
Australie ; Bassin-versant ; Distribution spatiale ; Hydrologie ; Modèle numérique de terrain ; Northern Territory ; Pente de versant ; Réseau de drainage
Australia ; Digital elevation model ; Drainage network ; Hydrology ; Northern Territory ; Slope gradient ; Spatial distribution ; Watershed
This study examines channel head position and characteristics in a catchment in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. The aims of this study are to measure the area-slope attributes of channel heads in this catchment and to investigate to what
The process of globalization offfers to the Northwestern area of Italy the opportunity to reshape the territory in a logistic regional organization. The article tries to verify the soundness of this perspective, with the aim of explaining
the relatively new topic of the logistic region and at the same time to present its representation as an exercise, or rather an example, of active geography able to summarize the recurrent descriptions of territorial changes. - (NF)
Territorial public policies evaluation models (TPPEM)
Decision aid ; Fuzzy logic ; Geographical information system ; Inter-disciplinary approach ; Methodology ; Model ; Multi-criteria analysis ; Multivariate analysis ; Portugal ; Public policy ; Regional development ; Spatial analysis ; Territorial
From a new regionalism to an unusual regionalism ? The emergence of non-standard regional spaces and lessons for the territorial reorganisation of the state
Competitiveness ; Discourse ; Europe ; European Union ; Governance ; Policy ; Region ; Regionalism ; Territorial structure ; Territory
territorial (CPDT) wallon a analysé quelques mesures à prendre dans cette optique dans le cadre de l'aménagement du territoire, de l'urbanisme et de la mobilité. - (EM)