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The Addis Ababa Action Agenda raises the urgency to address growing financing and capacity needs at all levels of government in developing countries (para. 34) while the 2030 Agenda calls to “localise” the SDGs. In its High Level Communiqué of 31 October 2017, the DAC stressed that...
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The intrinsic complexity of the sustainability concept challenges research towards more sophisticated ways to model and assess the dimensions underlying it. However, currently adopted modeling techniques and indicators frameworks are not able to give an integrated assessment through the...
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As knowledge becomes an increasingly important part of regional innovation and development processes, the role of higher education institutions has come to the fore. The 'triple helix' model of economic development, which seeks to promote increased interaction across the government, business and...
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Universities and other higher education institutions (HEIs) have come to be regarded as key sources of knowledge utilisable in the pursuit of economic growth. Although there have been numerous studies assessing the economic and innovation impact of HEIs, there has been little systematic analysis...
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, from a survey among city representatives and representatives of migrant organizations in 40 European cities. It argues that …
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HSR service disrupts the existing network of cities along the proposed corridor. The HSR network changes the accessibility … in cities and regions served by HSR. Last, an HSR corridor is beneficial both to the settlements along the corridor and … to the railway operator. An HSR corridor is also beneficial to the cities along the railways, and the station areas …
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This working paper assesses opportunities and policies for green growth in the Chicago Tri-State Metropolitan Area. It first examines the Chicago metro-region's economic and environmental performance and potential constraints to regional growth, and identifies emerging regional specialisations...
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areas" and urban as "crowded cities", has led to their separate treatment, missing important sustainability footprints and …
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of 'local system', if correctly interpreted, has finally led to rediscover of cities as the fundamental elements of the … territorial organisation of the economic process in Italy.If the economic importance of cities is not acknowledged, it is … cities, may prove functional to theoretical and policies advances in the field of local economic development …
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In recent decades industrial clusters and agglomerations were recognized as drivers of regional and often national economic growth and competitiveness. Based on this cluster policy has been widely used to spur economic change, especially on the sub-national level. The public support to cluster...
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