Globalization and China -- Regional policy in contemporary China : a historical overview -- South China's bay area : from factory floor to global challenger -- Chongqing : globalization moves inland -- The belt and road initiative and China's regions -- Conclusion : China and its regions in an...

Territorial cohesion (TC) is a multi dimensional concept, but lacking precision and not easy to be operationalized. Analysed are different scopes (or segments) of the concept and the indicators of its implementation in policy planning and decisionmaking. Amongst the already used in practice or...

In European and national policies it is by now evident that the approach to spatial issues favours "economic reasons" over "territorial reasons". The recent emphasis on "cities as drivers of development", although an improvement over previous programming periods, remains fully situated within...

The regional development policy in Brazil materializes mainly in the regional development funds for the north-east (FNE), the north (FNO), and the centre-west (FCO), in which more than EUR36 billion was invested between 2004 and 2010. This paper examines the economic effect of these regional...

Chapter 1.Regional Innovation and Evolution -- Chapter 2.Typifying Facts of Regional Innovation in China -- Chapter 3.Theoretical Explanation of the Innovation Spatial Distribution -- Chapter 4.Design of Regional Innovation Process Matrix -- Chapter 5.Application: Regional Innovation Model --...

European Cohesion Policy has traditionally been considered as a useful tool to advance in the economic integration of the European Union by helping less developed regions in their convergence process with more developed ones. Nowadays European Cohesion Policy and Structural Funds are one of the...