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1 online resource (281 pages) |
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Regions and Cities Ser |
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Regions and Cities Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; List of graphs; Notes on contributors; Foreword by Arne Isaksen; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction: unveiling the potential of less-favoured regions in regional policy; Introduction; Looking beyond endogenous development; What do we mean by 'less-favoured regions'?; Broadening the scope of smart specialisation thinking; Less-favoured regions and the making of EU Cohesion Policy; What's next?; An overview of the book; References |
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PART I: Shifting perspectives: reframing regional innovation processes in less-favoured regionsChapter 2: Fostering growth in less favoured regions: adapting the concept of smart specialization to rural economic development; Introduction; Sources of regional economic growth; Growth processes and smart specialization in LDEs; Discussion; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 3: Smart specialisation in economically and institutionally less favoured regions; Introduction; Conceptual background; Data; Empirical findings: the relevance of the S3 agenda in less favoured regions; Discussion |
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ConclusionsAcknowledgements; References; Chapter 4: Development of mountainous regions: smart specialization approaches as a means to overcoming peripheralization; Introduction: why do we need an invigorated impetus for mountain regions?; Challenges arising from mountain contexts; Achievements and lack of mountain development policies; Potential for smart strategies to overcome 'lock-in' situations; Note; References; PART II: Smart specialisation in practice: territorial challenges and opportunities |
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Chapter 5: Smart specialisation at the edge of Europe: case study of sparsely populated regions in the ArcticIntroduction; Methodology; Smart specialisation and sparsely populated areas; Our empirical test bed; Cross-case analysis; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: The wisdom of the fathers? Regional/rural development policy and structures for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland 1965-2015, through the lens of smart specialisation; Introduction; The Highlands and Islands of Scotland; The governance context; The importance of historical legacies; The HIDB and HIE as institutional structures |
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Policy evolution and the role of experimentsWhat does the HIDB/HIE story tell us about smart specialisation in practice?; Notes; References; Chapter 7: The role of biorefineries in the revitalisation of (old) industrial rural regions; Introduction; Territorial development; The place of the bioeconomy in smart specialisation; Territorial biorefineries: enacting the regional bio-based economy; Method; Case study 1: Processum; Case study 2: Bazancourt-Pomacle; Cross-case analysis; Concluding remarks; Notes; References |
| Summary |
The existence and persistence of regional disparities between European regions require context-tailored policies to promote structural change. This book explores the congruence between place-based development and regional competitiveness in the EU context. Drawing on a range of social science disciplines, this book unpicks the complexity of regional transformation processes, aiming to enhance the applicability and transferability of theoretical approaches to innovation and place-based regional development in diverse European territorial settings. The contributors have a particular focus on less-favoured regions and on the application of Smart Specialisation - a strategic approach to innovation-based regional development - to the issues at hand. The book comes at a critical moment, meeting the growing demand of academics, practitioners and policymakers with an interest in promoting regional economic growth and well-being |
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Chapter 8: Models of institutional governance for smart specialisation: a comparative study of Asturias and the Basque Country |
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Print version record |
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Rural development -- Europe
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
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Rural development
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Europe
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Dubois, Alexandre
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Teräs, Jukka
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| ISBN |
9781351620253 |
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1351620258 |
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9781351620246 |
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135162024X |
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