This book discusses the future and present regional challenges of southern Europe, adopting a multidisciplinary perspective concerning planning, regional development, the role of innovation and sustainability of cities. It offers as such an insight into the current status quo of regional...

Introduction -- Chapter 1. Diversity and country performance -- Chapter 2. Regional opportunities in southern Europe -- Chapter 3. Landscape and Heritage in southern Europe -- Chapter 4. Analytical tools from a socioeconomic point of view -- Chapter 5. Mapping Behavioral patterns -- Chapter 6....

This study investigates major features of land-use strategies that German municipalities have adopted to attract innovative firms (IFs). In this context a two-stage competition model is introduced: firstly a municipality should solve economic and interest conflicts related to its preference for...

This paper offers an exploratory analysis of the links between the politics of forest and struggles over environmental data in Sweden. The term politics of data is used to analyse data production orientated to productivity-oriented forestry and the use of digital technologies that allow ordinary...