Regional Development Reconsidered

ISBN-13: 9783540436102 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 220 str.

Gunduz Atalk; Manfred M. Fischer

Opis

The book reconsiders the issue of regional development from a European perspective in light of transition of society towards a knowledge-driven economy. It integrates research findings from a broad area including: economics, transportation, geography and regional science. In particular, it offers insights about innovation systems, learning regions and human resources; competitiveness and cooperation; mobility and transport infrastructure and regional development and policy. The contributions provide an excellent coverage of current conceptual and theoretical developments, and valuable insights from both empirical and conceptual work. Broad research coverage makes it invaluable reading for researchers and professionals in the subject area, as well as for graduate students of economic and social sciences.

Spis treści

1 Regional Development Reconsidered: A Prologue.- A: Innovation Systems, Learning Regions and Human Resources.- 2 A Systemic Approach to Innovation.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 The Innovation Process.- 2.3 Knowledge Creation and Spillovers.- 2.4 The Systems of Innovation Approach.- 2.5 Regional Systems of Innovation.- 2.6 Some Policy Implications.- References.- 3 Regional Industrial Policy and the New Economy.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Models of Industrial Organisation.- 3.3 Innovation and Knowledge Production.- 3.4 The Impact of the New Economy on the Organisation of Industry.- 3.5 Processes of Learning and Labour Training.- 3.6 The Territorial Network Approach.- 3.7 Policies for Territorial Networks.- 3.8 Policy Tools for the Interregional Production Cooperation.- 3.9 Conclusions.- 4 Human Resources and Regional Development.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Human Resource Development: Some International Comparisons Comparisons.- 4.3 The Learning Economy, the Learning Society and Learning Regions.- 4.4 The Role of Universities in Regional Development.- 4.5 Setting Learning Targets: A Regional Perspective.- 4.6 Human Resource Development and Regional Strategies.- 4.7 Conclusions.- References.- B: Competitiveness and Cooperation.- 5 The Role of Public Institutions in Regional Competition.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Regional Competition by Public Institutions.- 5.3 Political Models of Regional Competition: Basic Approaches.- 5.4 Political Regional Competition within an Administrative Sector.- 5.5 Political Regional Competition within a Federation.- 5.6 Political Fiscal Regional Competition and Political Competition of Municipalities and Public Firms.- 5.7 Summary and Outlook.- References.- 6 Regional Cooperation of the Baltic States: Implications for Membership in the European Union.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Background of the Baltic States.- 6.3 Organisational Structures for Regional Cooperation.- 6.4 Contemporary Situation in Baltic States.- 6.5 Baltic States and Security.- References.- C: Mobility in Transport Systems in Europe.- 7 The Role of Infrastructure for Expansion and Integration.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Treaty and Statutory Basis of EU Action.- 7.3 The Role of the EU in Transport and Transport Infrastructure.- 7.7 TENs, TINA and Infrastructure Pricing.- 7.5 Assessment of Policy Objectives and Achievements.- References.- 8 Restructuring of Transportation Networks.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Review of Basic Theoretical Approaches.- 8.3 Aggregate Productivity Models: The Aschauer Debate.- 8.4 Input-Output Models.- 8.5 New Economic Geography Models.- 8.6 Measurement Issues.- 8.7 Evaluation and Appraisal.- 8.8 Conclusions.- References.- 9 Socio-economic Dynamics and Spatial Mobility: A Scenario Application to Environmental Strategies in Transport.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Decision Making and Scenarios.- 9.3 Assessment of the Base Scenarios.- 9.4 Energy Consumption of Present and Future Transport Modes.- 9.5 Electricity and Motor Fuels.- 9.6 Developments in Passenger Mobility.- 9.7 Analysis of Results.- 9.8 Conclusions.- References.- D: Regional Development and Policy Issues.- 10 Some Effects of Regional Differentiation on Integration in the European Community.- 10.1 Regional Differentiation and Integration.- 10.2 Turkish Regional Disparities.- 10.3 Results: Analysing Regional Disparities.- 10.4 Conclusions.- References.- 11 An Institutional and Cultural Perspective on Romanian Regional Development Policy.- 11.1 Introduction.- 11.2 Regional Development Policy in Romenia: Institutional Reforms.- 11.3 Cultural and Behavioural Challenges in the Implementation of Regional Policies.- 11.4 Conclusions.- References.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Author Index.- List of Contributors.

O autorze

Manfred M. Fischer (born in 1947, Nuremberg, Germany) graduated in geography and mathematics from the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen (Germany). He holds a Ph.D. (summa cum laude) on urban modelling from the same university (1975), and a habilitation degree in human geography from the University of Vienna (1982). Since 1988 he is professor in economic geography and GIScience at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
For more than thirty years he has consistently made significant contributions to regional science and GIScience in general, and spatial analysis, GeoComputation and spatial econometrics in particular. He has published widely, both books and articles in more than 30 distinct academic journals.