Regional Reflections

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9240069747
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Intention to action series: regional reflections. Analysis from informal regional consultations with people living with noncommunicable diseases and mental health conditions written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2023-04-26 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bjorn Asheim
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134273592
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clusters and Regional Development written by Bjorn Asheim and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using international examples, leading scholars present the first critical analysis of cluster theory, assessing the cluster notion and drawing out, not only its undoubted strengths and attractions, but also its weaknesses and limitations. Over the past decade the ‘cluster model’ has been seized on as a tool for promoting competitiveness, innovation and growth on local, regional and national scales. However, despite its popularity there is much about it that is problematic, and in some respects the rush to employ ‘cluster ideas’ has run ahead of many fundamental conceptual, theoretical and empirical questions. Addressing key questions on the nature, use and effectiveness of cluster models, Clusters and Regional Development provides the missing thorough theoretical and empirical evaluation.

Author : James Alan McPherson
Publisher : Free Press
ISBN 13 : 9780684870205
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Region Not Home written by James Alan McPherson and published by Free Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this deft collection of essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James McPherson offers poignant and lively interpretations of life that illuminate the ebb and flow of its sorrows and delights, and reveals his search for connections between everyday drudgery and a greater sense of purpose. He writes of the longing of the human soul by unifying thoughts of his deep affection for his daughter and the meaning of Disneyland; transcendental meanings in life and the tedium of long waits in airports, coming to self-knowledge and the cruel rituals of fraternity pledge week. A beautiful meditation on what it means to be human -- an enlightening and soulful work reaching to the core of suffering and joy.

Author : Peel (Ont. : Regional municipality)
Publisher : [Bramption, Ont.] : Region of Peel
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regional Reflections : Heritage Issue written by Peel (Ont. : Regional municipality) and published by [Bramption, Ont.] : Region of Peel. This book was released on 1986 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bruce Katz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780815723561
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reflections on Regionalism written by Bruce Katz and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001-09-19 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academics, community activists, and politicians have rediscovered regionalism, insisting that regions are critical functional units in a world-wide economy and, just as important, critical functional units in individual American lives. More and more of us travel across city, county, even state borders every morning on our way to work. Our television, radio, and print media rely on a regional marketplace. Our businesses, large and small, depend on suppliers, workers, and customers who rarely reside in a single jurisdiction. The parks, riverfronts, stadiums, and museums we visit draw from, and provide an identity to, an area much larger than a single city. The fumes, gases, chemicals, and run-off that pollute our air and water have no regard for municipal boundaries. This book lays out a variety of opinions on regionalism, its history and its future. While the essays do not comprise a debate, pro and con, about regionalism, they do provide a wide array of perspectives, based on the authors' diverse backgrounds and experience. Some contributors have made close academic studies of how regional action occurs, in various states like Minnesota, California, and Oregon; others give an historical account of a particular region like that surrounding New York City; and yet others point out aspects of regionalism--race, especially-- that should not be ignored. Why did past efforts at regional collaboration fall apart? What did regionalist efforts of decades ago leave undone, and what new goals should regionalists set? Without an understanding of these questions, policymakers and advocates may find themselves "reinventing the region." This book provides an important understanding of how regionalism has played out in the past, how policies shape places, and the possibilities and limits of regional action. Bruce J. Katz, director of the Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, was formerly chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Author : Markaz al-Dawlī lil-Dirāsāt al-Mustaqbalīyah wa-al-Istirātījīyah
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Iraqi Constitution-- Futuristic Vision of the Internal Implications & Regional Reflections Symposium written by Markaz al-Dawlī lil-Dirāsāt al-Mustaqbalīyah wa-al-Istirātījīyah and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gillian Bristow
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135225206
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Reflections on Regional Competitiveness written by Gillian Bristow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-04-05 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 1990s, governments and development agencies have become increasingly preoccupied with the pursuit of regional competitiveness. However, there is considerable confusion around what exactly regional competitiveness means, how it might be achieved, whether and how it can be measured, and whether it is a meaningful and appropriate goal for regional economies. The central aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive and critical account of these debates with reference to theory, policy and practice, and thus to explore the meaning and value of the concept of regional competitiveness. The book is structured into three parts. Part one introduces the concept of regional competitiveness by tracing its origins and exploring its different meanings in regional economic development. This will critically engage with political economy approaches to understanding the nature and dominance of the competitiveness discourse. Part two interrogates the pursuit of regional competitiveness in policy and practice. This critically evaluates the degree to which the pursuit of competitiveness is encouraging convergence in policy agendas in regions through an examination of key determinants of policy sameness and difference, notably benchmarking and devolved governance. Part three explores the limitations to regional competitiveness and explores whether and how its predominance in the policy discourse might be challenged by alternative agendas such as sustainable development and wellbeing. This focuses on the developing qualitative character of regional development. This volume critically engages with the theory and policy of regional competitiveness, thus providing the first integrated critique of the concept for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as academics interested in regional development and policy. It will unpack the concept of regional competitiveness and explain its usefulness, limitations and policy appeal, as well as examining its sustainability in the light of evolving governance structures and the imperatives of broadening regional development agendas.

Author : Rob Jenkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regional Reflections written by Rob Jenkins and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles; papers were first presented at a workshop held in May 2000.

Author : Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816542120
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reflections of a Transborder Anthropologist written by Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking us on a journey of remembering and rediscovery, anthropologist Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez explores his development as a scholar and in so doing the development of the interdisciplinary fields of transborder and applied anthropology. He shows us his path through anthropology as both a theoretical and an applied anthropologist whose work has strongly influenced borderlands and applied research. Importantly, he explains the underlying, often hidden process that led to his long insistence on making a difference in lives of people of Mexican origin on both sides of the border and to contribute to a “People with Histories.” In each chapter, Vélez-Ibáñez revisits a critical piece of his written work, providing a new introduction and discussion of ideas, sources, and influences for the piece. These are followed by the work, chosen because it accentuates key aspects of his development and formation as an anthropologist. By returning to these previously published works, Vélez-Ibáñez offers insight not only into the evolution of his own thinking and conceptualization but also into changes in the fields in which he has been so influential. Throughout his career, Vélez-Ibáñez has addressed why he does the work that he does, and in this volume he continues to address the personal and intellectual drives that have brought him from Netzahualcóyotl to Aztlán. Reflections of a Transborder Anthropologist shows how both Vélez-Ibáñez and anthropology have changed and formed over a fifty-year period. Throughout, he has worked to understand how people survive and thrive against all odds. Vélez-Ibáñez has been guided by the burning desire to understand inequality, exploitation, and legitimacy, and, most importantly, to provide platforms for the voiceless to narrate their own histories.

Author : Uzō Nishiyama
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781138890367
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reflections on Urban, Regional and National Space written by Uzō Nishiyama and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The structure of the base of life -- An essay on the national structure -- Mountain cities