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Quality of Life and Tourism-Related Perceptions among Residents: Evidence from Lake Engure Area, Latvia
Sechi, Guido; Krisjane, Zaiga; Berzins, Maris; … - European Regional Science Association - 2014
Tourism management literature in the last decades has paid much attention to the study of resident perceptions and attitudes towards tourism development. Results of empirical research have variously linked such perceptions and attitudes to issues of socio-economic growth and socio-environmental...
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Smart and sustainable cities in the European Union. A tentative set of indicators
pedrini, giulio; Manitiu, Dorel Nicolae - European Regional Science Association - 2013
capable to achieve economic, environmental and social sustainability. However, the evaluation of programmes and policies in … terms of sustainability in the domain of urban regions needs the selection of proper indicators among the ones proposed by … the theoretical literature and by international organisations. In fact, the intrinsic complexity of sustainability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740303
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Sustainability of the development in the mountain ? disadvantaged areas: the case of Vlasti in Greece
Pitoska, Electra - European Regional Science Association - 2013
mapping and managing sustainability of the mountain ? disadvantaged areas, whether tourism development in mountain areas and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740421
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On spatial econometric models, spillover effects, and W
Elhorst, Paul; Vega, Solmaria Halleck - European Regional Science Association - 2013
Spatial econometrics has recently been appraised in a theme issue of the Journal of Regional Science. Partridge et al. (2012) provide an overview of the three contributing papers, the most critical being Gibbons and Overman (2012). Although some of the critiques raised are valid, they are issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740346
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Institutions, Civil Society, Trust and Quality of Life: A Social Capital- And Social Identity-Based Approach. Evidence from the Russian Federation
Sechi, Guido; Tatarko, Alexander; Skilters, Jurgis - European Regional Science Association - 2014
Many scholars, since the early 2000s, advocate for the integration of institutionalist and communitarian views of social capital generation in order to explain civil society dynamics, in particular in countries ? such as former communist states - characterized by transitional processes, with a...
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TOURISM AS POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS IN ITALY
Manitiu, Dorel Nicolae - European Regional Science Association - 2013
Since the 80s we have been facing a rising phase of the globalization process , based on the evolution of the American model of capitalism and on the emerging power of China and other developing countries. At global level technological innovation is crucial for triggering information revolution...
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THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE EUROPEAN SOUTH AS DESCRIBED BY A CUSP AND A BUTTERFLY CATASTROPHE MODEL
ANGELIS, VASILIS; ANGELIS-DIMAKIS, ATHANASIOS; DIMAKI, … - European Regional Science Association - 2013
Over the past years a large number of regional growth theories have been developed and a number of models have been built in an effort to describe, explain and eventually predict regional development trends. However, until a few years ago, the large majority of those models assumed the existence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740516
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Implementing the agroecological transition: weak or strong modernization of agriculture? Focus on the mycorrhiza supply chain in France
Angeon, Valérie; Bilon, Rebecca; Chave, Marie - European Regional Science Association - 2014
Industrial agriculture and its technological package (intensive farming, mechanization, use of chemicals) are no longer in position to ensure food security (Altieri et al., 2012). To overcome the strongly negative externalities produced by this model, agroecological transition may be considered...
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Identifying Clusters of Regions in the European South, based on their Economic, Social and Environmental Characteristics
Angelis, Vasileios; Angelis-Dimakis, Athanasios; … - European Regional Science Association - 2014
make sustainability decision-making more objective, systematic and rigorous. The growth or decline of a country or region …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075995
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The ecological city between future and memory: a great opportunity to rethink the world
Aragona, Stefano - European Regional Science Association - 2014
The current historical moment is a great opportunity for a new development model for rethinking forms and space on the one hand and, on the other hand, the factors of production - labor and materials - and social (Appold, Kasarda, 1990), which starts from the context, then it identifies the...
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