| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Cover -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Assessment and Recommendations -- Chapter 1. Siena as Representative Rural Region or Archetype? -- Introduction -- Evolution of the territory -- Problems of reproduction -- The challenge of development -- New requirements of governance -- Chapter 2. Territorial Patterns and Trajectories -- Introduction -- Comparison with other regions -- Figure 1. Per capita income change by provincial "convergence clubs" -- Figure 2. Change in Italian rank by per capita income of selected Tuscany provinces -- Figure 3. Change in per capita income for predominantly rural Italian provinces -- Table 1. Non-agricultural employment rate per year -- Table 2. Ranking in employment rate per year -- Functional borders of the territory and interaction -- Box 1. Comparison with matched territories -- Box 2. An example of excellence -- Table 5. Propensity to internationalisation of provinces of Italy -- Figure 4. Siena road network -- Geographic distribution of resources -- Settlement patterns -- Population: migration and natural balance -- Education and human resources -- Service provision and infrastructure -- Agriculture -- Cultural resources -- Strengths affecting the productivity of factors -- Box 3. The MIT Industrial Liaison Programme -- Table 20. Manufacturing employment by municipality, Province of Siena -- Table 21. Employment size classes of manufacturing establishment -- Table 22. Relative specialisation of Siena, Tuscany and Italy by manufacturing ... -- Territorial potentials and threats -- Notes -- Chapter 3. Governance for Sustainable Rural Development in Siena -- Sustainable rural development as a strategic goal in the Province of Siena -- The context -- The Bassanini reforms as a new starting point -- Some relevant actors: voluntary organisations and proactive leaders -- Participatory planning tools for coherent economic territorial governance -- Territorial pacts: a network of public-private partnerships in Siena -- Territorial Plans of Provincial Co-ordination as an integrated planning tool -- The "Sienese Land" PRUSST as a complex infrastructure planning instrument -- The strategic planning process in the Province of Siena -- Strategic plans as a new instrument in territorial governance -- The motives for drawing up a strategic development plan in the Province of Siena -- Next steps: designing the consultation process with multiple stakeholders -- Assessment -- Recommendations -- Chapter 4. Access to Public Services and Infrastructures -- The challenge of infrastructure and service provision in Siena -- Service provision changes brought about by the Bassanini reforms -- Public infrastructures and service provision in Siena -- Table 24. The effects of low population density on public and private services ... -- Table 25. Indicators of the provision of infrastructure -- Major trends in service provision in rural areas in OECD Member countries -- Merging small local authorities -- Contracting-out to the private sector -- Joint provision of local services with other municipalities -- Co-producing social services with user groups and voluntary organisations -- E-government -- Multifunctional service shops -- Some feasible options for improving service delivery in Siena -- Joining up local government in the Pr |
| Notes |
Published in French under the title: Examens territoriaux de l'OCDE : Sienne, Italie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-225) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Economic history.
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Economic policy.
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Siena (Italy) -- Economic conditions
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Siena (Italy) -- Economic policy
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Italy -- Siena.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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| ISBN |
9264197745 |
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9789264197749 |
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