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Opportunities and Risks of Globalization in Rural Areas. Case Study: Botosani County

Cuciureanu, Maria-Simona - In: CES Working Papers 6 (2014) 1, pp. 62-70

exploitation of resources and space in a logical and rational manner. The trend of global economic uniformity allows opportunities … and risks to Botosani County since globalization involves economic development and rising living standards, but loss of … may be addressed by globalization, but at the same time spatial development according to global standards will cause the …

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Spinoffs and M&A as drivers of spatial clustering: The evolution of the Dutch banking sector in the Amsterdam region in the period 1850-1993

Boschma, Ron; Wenting, Rik - 2010

There is little understanding of how clusters evolve, and where. While dynamic analyses of clusters hardly exist, this is especially true for spatial clustering of service industries. We take an evolutionary perspective to describe and explain why the Dutch banking cluster clustered in the...

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Economic and social motives of using geography-related information and communication technologies: a Japanese-Hungarian comparative study

Jakobi, Akos - 2012

country of information technologies, and Hungary, a member state of the EU with different backgrounds and opportunities of ICT …

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Complex regional assessment possibilities of competitiveness of the information economy and society in Hungary: from regional statistics to regional policy

Jakobi, Akos - 2012

Since ICT factors got growing importance in shaping social and economic differences, the determination of competitiveness in the information economy and society became needful in understanding modern regional disparities of Hungary. To evaluate recent inequalities caused by the factors of...

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The new urban paradigm

Lanfranchi, Gabriel; Herrero, Ana Carolina; Palenzuela, … - 2018

This policy brief argues in favor of a new urban model that harnesses the power that cities have to curb global warming. Such a model tackles fundamental management challenges in the energy, building and transport sectors to promote the growth of diverse and compact cities. Such a model is...

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A theory of urban squatting and land-tenure formalization in developing countries

Brueckner, Jan Keith; Selod, Harris - 2008

This paper offers a new theoretical approach to urban squatting, reflecting the view that squatters and formal residents compete for land within a city. The key implication of this view is that squatters squeeze" the formal market, raising the price paid by formal residents. The squatter...

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Non-Economic Quality of Life and Population Density in South Africa

Greyling, Talita; Rossouw, Stephanié - 2016

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between population density and non-economic quality of life. Popular opinion has generally been that population density can be seen as beneficial for economic growth, as it allows for greater productivity, greater incomes and can...

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Does Proximity Matter in the Choice of Partners in Collaborative R&D Projects? – An Empirical Analysis of Granted Projects in Germany

Fuhrmeister, Clemens; Titze, Mirko; Blum, Ulrich; … - 2014

This paper contributes to the discussion on the importance of physical distance in the emergence of cross-region collaborative Research and Development (R&D) interactions. The proximity theory, and its extensions, is used as a theoretical framework. A spatial interaction model for count data was...

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Women empowerment in Portugal: Realities, constraints, policies, strategies and initiatives

Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - 2012

In Portugal we have yet problems with disadvantaged groups, in some cases because the social conditions, in other cases because the economic conditions and in another situations from the familiar and physical circumstances. This context sometimes is worse in the rural areas, because has other...

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Women empowerment in Portuguese rural municipalities: Outcomes from a project

Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - 2012

The work presented here is based in a set of outcomes from a project developed in four rural municipalities of the center of Portugal, with the names Vouzela, Mangualde, Seia and Guarda. This project was supported by the National Support Reference Framework (NSRF) and had the objective of the...

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