OECD Territorial Reviews: The Valencian Central Districts, Spain 2001
OECD's Territorial Review of the Valencian Central Districts of Spain. It finds that the future of the region in an era of globalisation is uncertain. At a time when producer services are becoming critical to the success of goods producing industries, will the small settlements that characteris...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing
2001.
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| Colección: | OECD Territorial Reviews,
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705591006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Table of contents""; ""Assessment and summary of policy recommendations""; ""1. The Valencian Central Districts: an example of a dynamic but unstable intermediate region""; ""1.1. Reasons for dynamism""; ""1.2. Reasons for instability""; ""2. Proposed strategies and development policies for the CCV""; ""2.1. General territorial strategies and implementation""; ""2.2. Specific territorial strategies for the CCV and their implementation""; ""2.3. Improving territorial governance in the CCV""; ""Part 1. Intermediate regions: trends and outlook""
- ""Introduction""""Chapter 1. Profile and identification of intermediate regions""; ""1. Population and location""; ""Figure 1. Population distribution by type of region � OECD average""; ""Figure 2. Types of regions in the United States""; ""Figure 3. Types of regions in Europe""; ""2. Structure of economic activity""; ""Table 1. Employment specialisation in intermediate regions, 1995""; ""Figure 4. Industrial employment changes in intermediate regions between 1980 and 1995""; ""Figure 5. Industrial employment in intermediate regions, 1995""
- ""Chapter 2. A mixed record for intermediate regions""""1. The status of intermediate regions as a whole""; ""Table 2. Population changes by type of region in OECD countries""; ""Table 3. Employment changes by type of region in OECD countries""; ""2. The status of specific categories of intermediate regions""; ""2.1. Predominantly agricultural regions""; ""2.2. Highly specialised industrial regions""; ""2.3. Regions with a developed tourist industry""; ""Chapter 3. Factors of growth and reasons for decline""; ""1. Strengths in common""; ""2. Weaknesses in common""
- ""Chapter 4. Shifting trends in intermediate regions""""1. Unstable growth""; ""2. Economic diversification""; ""3. Job insecurity""; ""4. The problem of adapting to constant technological change""; ""5. Loss of competitive advantages""; ""Chapter 5. Development strategies and examples of best practice in intermediate regions""; ""Box 1. What university facilities are best for intermediate regions?""; ""1. Global policies""; ""1.1. Strengthening local production systems and industrial districts""; ""1.2. Fostering the creation of dynamic firms""; ""1.3. Marketing and image""
- ""1.4. Inter-city networks policies and horizontal co-operation""""2. Specific policies""; ""2.1. In agricultural regions: encourage the agro-food industry and invest in R&D""; ""2.2. In tourist regions: Reinvent resources and offer quality local services""; ""2.3. In industrial regions: promote entrepreneurship through enlarged co-operation systems and improved education systems""; ""Chapter 6. Questions for the future""; ""1. How can the economy of intermediate regions be made more competitive internationally?""; ""2. How can intermediate regions participate in the new economy?""
- ""3. How can inter-city co-operation be promoted in intermediate regions?""
