In the domain of desertification and climate change an important amount of new knowledge and research material has been obtained from the many projects carried out in the EU-DG12 Environment and Climate programme. However, so far little effort has gone into making this scientific material...

In the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) region, buildings are responsible for over one third of the total final energy consumption. Much of this energy is used by the residential sector. Demographic, economic and cultural changes are further increasing the pressure of housing...

In the domain of desertification and climate change an important amount of new knowledge and research material has been obtained from the many projects carried out in the EU-DG12 Environment and Climate programme. However, so far little effort has gone into making this scientific material...

The Bihor and Hajdú-Bihar counties, from both sides of the Romanian – Hungarian border, are, in different degrees, monocentric administrative units, as it is shown in this paper. Each one has an administrative centre that is demographically and economically dominant. They were important urban...

The present volume of studies and analyses, the second one in a series dedicated to investigating regional development at the borders of the European Union does not claim to be exhaustive. The chief purpose of its two sections is to improve approaches to regional development through new levels...

The European Union represents today a macro-regional structure with unique characteristics in theworld, which has enough power to globally promote its economic interests, but encounters problems at political level regarding the capacity to exercise leadership.At EU level, cross-border...

Borders can have a positive impact upon the economic activity of a region. The reduction of the barrier effect, as achieved in the European Union, has led to a diminution in non-homogeneities in the areas situated on different sides, as well to a decrease in discontinuity as regards the flows of...

Regions have very different economic performances (among themselves) compared to states,induced by a number of determinants, such as: geography, demography, degree of specialization, economic productivity, physical and human capital, infrastructure, capacity for innovation. In this context, some...

Turkey has been a middle-income country for nearly half a century. Unlike Turkey, South Korea has managed to rapidly grow and become a high-income country. The success of South Korea may be an inspiration for many developing countries that cannot move from the middle-income trap, such as Turkey....

Public policy is a rules-based process that involves many actors, decision-making procedures and tools that ensure the achievement of goals and priorities at the political level. In the context of European construction this process becomes more complex due to the uneven manner in which the...