Local And Regional Development

by Andy Pike, John Tomaney, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Local and regional development is an increasingly global issue. For localities and regions, the challenge of enhancing prosperity, improving wellbeing and increasing living standards has become acute for localities and regions formerly considered discrete parts of the €˜developed€™ and €˜developing€™ worlds. Amid concern over the definitions and sustainability of €˜development€™, a spectre has emerged of deepened unevenness and sharpened inequalities in the development prospects for particular social groups and territories. Local and Regional Development engages and addresses the key what are the principles and values that shape definitions and strategies of local and regional development? What are the conceptual and theoretical frameworks capable of understanding and interpreting local and regional development? What are the main policy interventions and instruments? How do localities and regions attempt to effect development in pra

328 pages, Hardcover

First published January 6, 2006

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[Kajsa Hansson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Crap crap crappy book. Not for normal people.