Interrelationships between Key Actors in Local Economic Development

1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Wong
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Subjective Meanings

The author examines the interrelationship between different organisations in the local economic-development field and the practitioners' response to various policy issues. A sociological perspective is adopted to achieve a sympathetic understanding of the situation as the actors see it, and of the subjective meanings they ascribe to their actions. Empirical findings were yielded both from quantitative and from qualitative data for two case-study areas—the North West and the Eastern regions of England. These two regions were chosen because of their very contrasting socioeconomic experiences, which provide a compelling account of how practitioners perceive different issues and how these perceptions vary between different types of organisations in different localities.

scholarly journals Universities and Economic Development Activities

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 359-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moira Decter ◽  
Frank Cave ◽  
Mary Rose ◽  
Gill Peers ◽  
Helen Fogg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Innovation Fund ◽  
Education Innovation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Fourth Round ◽  
Education Business

A number of UK universities prioritize economic development or regeneration activities and for some of these universities such activities are the main focus of their knowledge transfer work. This study compares two regions of the UK – the North West and the South East of England – which have very different levels of economic performance. Quantitative data from the UK government's Higher Education Business and Community Interaction Survey are used to track economic development funding and activity from universities in these two regions. Strategy documents prepared for the fourth round of the government's Higher Education Innovation Fund are analysed to aid interpretations. Elements of evolutionary theory are used to explore the reasons for the differences and a case study of one university programme, Leading Enterprise and Development, is provided as an illustrative example.

The Facilitation and Formalisation of Small Business Networks: Evidence from the North East of England

2002 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutz Laschewski ◽  
Jeremy Phillipson ◽  
Matthew Gorton
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Policy Intervention ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Local Business ◽  
Local Initiatives

Business cooperation and networking have been posited as crucial elements within successful approaches to local economic development. With the aid of a case study from the North East of England, the authors explore issues surrounding network formation and facilitation. They raise questions concerning the nature of local business communities and the potential of local business networks to represent these communities legitimately and to reflect patterns of social and economic differentiation. They also demonstrate how attempts to promote or utilise local cooperation must include awareness of the implications of policy intervention. This is of particular importance in a political context where there are efforts to promote ‘local’ initiatives below the existing level of local authorities.

scholarly journals Determining Local Economic Development in the Rural Areas of Romania. Exploring the Role of Exogenous Factors

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandru Pavel ◽  
Octavian Moldovan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
The European Union ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Exogenous Factors

Based on data collected for 398 communes from the North-West development region of Romania between 2007 and 2014, this article presents a local economic development (LED) index for rural communities and identifies the main factors which influence LED in these communities. Our results show that exogenous factors, such as location in the influence area of urban communities and the existence of a direct connection to the European Road Network, influence the level of LED. At the same time nor the aforementioned exogenous factors nor other exogenous factors, such as non-refundable investments programs in local core infrastructure (financed by the European Union and the Romanian Government) which were designed to accelerate/spur economic development, as well as direct connections to the National Roads Network, do not have any statistically significant influence on spurring/accelerating LED (at least in this short period of time).

scholarly journals Latent Opportunities for Heritage Tourism in South Africa: Evidence from Mahikeng and Surrounds

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10(5)) ◽  
pp. 1591-1609
Author(s):  
James Drummond ◽  
Fiona Drummond ◽  
Christian Rogerson
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Boer War ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
South African War ◽  
History Of

In many parts of the global South heritage is one of the major drivers for destination development. This case study builds upon the existing international scholarship on heritage as a driver for local economic development. The focus on the study is Mahikeng and the wider Ngaka Modiri Molema District in the North West province where there is a wealth of underutilised local cultural and heritage assets. This valuable asset base stems from the area’s history of multi-cultural interactions and with important historical events that occurred in the area relating to the colonial town of Mafeking; the Siege of Mafeking, the founding of the Boy Scout movement and the Anglo-Boer War (South African War); the life of David Livingstone; the life and experiences of prominent African leaders like Sol Plaatje and Dr (Ngaka) Modiri Molema; and, African cultural heritage. However, many heritage assets in the area are underutilised due to the peripheral location of the town, poor marketing and low visitor numbers, as well as, poor maintenance. Arguably, Mahikeng and its surrounds enjoys a rich heritage asset base which offers latent opportunities for a future expansion of heritage tourism and an expanded contribution of tourism for the local economy.

Kerbside collection: A case study from the north-west of England

2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.D.H. Wilson ◽  
I.D. Williams
Keyword(s):  
North West ◽  
The North

The use of high-resolution stratigraphy and derived lithoclasts to document structural inversion; a case study from the Paleogene, Isle of Wight, U.K.

2021 ◽  
pp. jgs2020-156
Author(s):  
Andy Gale
Keyword(s):  
The West ◽  
North West ◽  
Geologic Time ◽  
Northern Limb ◽  
The North ◽  
Basement Faults ◽  
Structural Inversion ◽  
Geologic Time Scale ◽  
Radiometric Ages

The effects of structural inversion, generated by the Pyrenean Orogeny on the southerly bounding faults of the Hampshire Basin (Needles and Sandown Faults) on Eocene sedimentation in the adjacent regions were studied in outcrops by sedimentary logging, dip records and the identification of lithoclasts reworked from the crests of anticlines generated during inversion. The duration and precise age of hiatuses associated with inversion was identified using bio- and magnetostratigraphy, in comparison with the Geologic Time Scale 2020. The succession on the northern limb of the Sandown Anticline (Whitecliff Bay) includes five hiatuses of varying durations which together formed a progressive unconformity developed during the Lutetian to Priabonian interval (35-47Ma). Syn-inversion deposits thicken southwards towards the southern margin of the Hampshire Basin and are erosionally truncated by unconformities. The effects of each pulse of inversion are recorded by successively shallower dips and the age and nature of clasts reworked from the crest of the Sandown Anticline. Most individual hiatuses are interpreted as minor unconformities developed subsequent to inversion, rather than eustatically-generated sequence boundaries:transgressive surfaces. In contrast, the succession north of the Needles Fault (Alum Bay) does not contain hiatuses of magnitude or internal unconformities. In the north-west of the island, subsidiary anticlinal and synclinal structures developed in response to Eocene inversion events by the reactivation of minor basement faults. The new dates of the Eocene inversion events correspond closely with radiometric ages derived from fracture vein-fill calcites in Dorset, to the west (36-48Ma).

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