Territorial Innovation in Less Developed Regions: Governance, Technologies, and Sustainability

ISBN-13: 9783031205767 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Filipe Teles; Carlos Rodrigues; Fernando Ramos

Opis

This book examines the roles of communities in the general framework of territorial innovation, particularly in the context of less developed regions. With a specific focus on Portugal, it offers conceptual improvements that will be of use to other European regions. The book will appeal to scholars and students of regional governance and politics, from public administration to economics, sociology, geography and political science, as well as to practitioners.

Spis treści

1. Community-led innovation: facts, rhetoric and policy challenges (F. Teles, F. Ramos, C. Rodrigues, A. Botelho) 

Section I: Territorial Innovation and Governance 

2. New Models of Innovation in Old Industrial Regions: The Role of Municipalities (Kevin Morgan) 

3. Towards an integrated conceptual framework of Territorial Innovation (S. Pires; P. Silva; C. Rodrigues; F. Teles) 

4. European Urban Agenda: The Predicaments of Decentralised Coordinative Action (F. Nogueira) 

5. The role of state and non-state actors in ensuring the effectiveness of innovation policy (Pedro Marques, Kevin Morgan) 

Section II: Regional Innovation Ecosystems 

6. Performance of Regional Innovation Systems (V. Ribeiro, C. Varum, A. Daniel) 

7. Local Development through entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems: low density territories (J. Almeida, A. Daniel, A. Botelho) 

8. Tourism and development in lagging regions (R. Costa, JC Silva, D Morais) 

9. Wellbeing, quality of life and territorial innovation (Cláudia Figueiredo, Ana Dias Daniel, Carlos F. Silva & Sandra C. Soares) 

Section III: Emerging Digital Technologies 

10. Digitalisation in a multilevel governance context: the case of Cohesion Policy (Julie Pellegrin, Louis Colnot) 

11. Digital technologies and mediation in the context of territorial innovation (Oksana Tymoshchuk, Maria João Antunes, Margarida Almeida, Luís Pedro) 

12. Prototyping a digital platform to promote mediation practices in the territory (Eliza Oliveira, Daniel Carvalho, Fernando Ramos, Luís Pedro) 

Section IV: Sustainable Territories 

13. The role of environmental assessment in promoting sustainable regions (A. Polido) 

14. Disruptive policies for sustainability and smart regional innovation (S. Pires, P. Silva) 

Section V: Main Conclusions 

15. Territorial Cohesion and Innovation: a necessary dialogue (Chamusca, P.; Marques, J.) 

16. Territorial Innovation in less developed regions: main challenges (F. Teles, F. Ramos, C. Rodrigues, A. Botelho) Main conclusions of the volume.

O autorze

Filipe Teles is Pro-Rector for Regional Development and Urban Policies at the University of Aveiro, Portugal.

Fernando Ramos is Professor of Communication Sciences and Technologies at the University of Aveiro, Portugal.

Carlos Rodrigues is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences at the University of Aveiro, Portugal.

Anabela Botelho is Professor of Economics at the University of Aveiro, Portugal.

Blurb

This book examines the roles of communities in the general framework of territorial innovation, particularly in the context of less developed regions. With a specific focus on Portugal, it offers conceptual improvements that will be of use to other European regions. The book will appeal to scholars and students of regional governance and politics, from public administration to economics, sociology, geography and political science, as well as to practitioners.

Filipe Teles is Pro-Rector for Regional Development and Urban Policies at the University of Aveiro. 

Fernando Ramos is Professor of Communication Sciences and Technologies at the University of Aveiro. 

Carlos Rodrigues is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences at the University of Aveiro. 

Anabela Botelho is Professor of Economics at the University of Aveiro.