The Spatial Dispersion of Informal Investment at a Regional Level: Evidence from the UK

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 659-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dylan Jones-Evans ◽  
Piers Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Dispersion ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Informal Investment ◽  
The Uk

Understanding the spatial unevenness of regional renewable energy deployment: insights for policy design

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla De Laurentis ◽  
Peter JG Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Capacity Planning ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Political Autonomy ◽  
The Uk

Abstract Background This paper suggests that renewable energy (RE) deployment processes and their spatial unevenness can be explained by analysing the socio-material dimensions of RE. It explains how particular regional RE paths come to be favoured or hampered, and identifies factors that have contributed to these different outcomes. The paper shows the merit of investigating regional agency in energy research. Methods Using a novel analytical framework, the research performs a comparative case study analysis of selected regions in Italy and the UK, drawing on data obtained via documentary analysis and extensive in-depth interviews. Results The factors that explain regional variation in RE deployment are highlighted, providing evidence of how the distinctive features of RE deployment in five different regions arose and could be identified. The paper shows that understanding the socio-material dimensions of RE offers opportunities to understand the spatial unevenness of RE deployment at the regional levels and how to address it. While some regions have managed to successfully align their strategies and governance in order to maximise their RE potential, others have been less effective. The key features that influence the pace and direction of RE deployment at the regional level are i) the ways in which targets and resource availability are seen as drivers for RE deployment, ii) the degree of political autonomy in planning and the capacity to facilitate consenting processes at sub-regional levels, iii) the political will for RE expansion, elite consensus and the presence of relevant industry actors, and iv) the participation and involvement of regional government, even in the absence of formal regulatory powers, in shaping essential energy infrastructure investment. Conclusion While institutional capacity, planning and governance, the variety of actors and interests, compelling visions and credible expectations are all necessary prerequisites for coherent policy outcomes, the effects and degree of success can vary. This variance is influenced by the peculiarities and specificities of the regional contexts in which RE projects emerge. By identifying which aspects tend to constrain or enable RE deployment at the regional level, the paper helps to reveal the policy challenges that emerge and how they might be addressed.

scholarly journals Regional planning and sustainability: Towards integration in the Uk and EU

Spatium ◽  
2004 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Glasson
Keyword(s):  
Regional Planning ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Eu Structural Funds ◽  
The Uk ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Sustainability Appraisal

A key premise of the paper is that the regional level of planning is a particularly appropriate level for the integration of biophysical and socio-economic development issues. The UK, and the European Union (EU) more generally, have witnessed some important developments in regional planning practice over the last decade which have sought to encourage such integration. The paper reviews examples of innovative applications of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Sustainability Appraisal (SA), in relation to EU Structural Funds, the new generation of UK Regional Plans, and UK Multi-Model Transport Corridor studies. It concludes with an appraisal of progress to date towards the goal of a more integrated approach.

scholarly journals The United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justyna Szczudlik
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Confucius Institutes ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Asymmetrical Model ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Central Level

The aim of this chapter is to analyse how the UK actors cooperate with their Chinese counterparts at the regional and local level. Due to the United Kingdom’s constitutional and administrative structure, consisting of the four nations (countries), i.e. England, Wales, Scotland (collectively known as the Great Britain) and Northern Ireland, and a highly developed (yet asymmetrical) model of decentralisation of executive and legislative powers (known as devolution) within those four nations, in the UK’s case Sino-British local cooperation refers either to the nations themselves (e.g. Scotland), to various metropolitan projects in England (e.g. the Northern Powerhouse) or to individual cities. This chapter undertakes to answer the following questions: Do local authorities in the UK follow the central government’s policy on China? What are the British local governments’ main goals and areas of cooperation with their Chinese partners? What is the model of the UK’s paradiplomacy? The chapter consists of two main parts. The first one is devoted to the central level: the description of the UK government’s policy towards China, the state of play of UK-China relations, and the UK’s perception of China, including China’s “soft” presence in Britain (tourists, students, Confucius Institutes, etc.). The second part is focused on the local and regional level. It starts with an explanation of the legal framework of British local and regional level cooperation, then it sets forth the survey results, concluding with the presentation of two case studies: Liverpool – a city in England; and Scotland – one of the UK’s nations and EU regions

Technology Diffusion

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-92
Author(s):  
Margaret R. Sheen
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Technology Diffusion ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Technological Performance ◽  
Successful Model ◽  
The Uk

The need for a policy on technology diffusion is a high priority in the UK if the manufacturing base is to be sustained. Although HE institutions are the largest and most extensive publicly-funded resource of technical expertise in the UK, their first responsibility is teaching and research; they do not have the resources to assist companies on routine matters or help them to adopt new technology. This article suggests that technology diffusion centres are needed at a regional level to provide technical expertise to small companies. Mechanisms for enhancing the technological performance of smaller companies and non-core technologies of larger companies are discussed and the Faraday proposals are examined. Particular attention is paid to the unique Institute of Product Development in Denmark which seems to offer a successful model of an intermediate institution which can be established relatively cheaply.

scholarly journals 393 Opportunities to Improve the Pan-Surgical Intercollegiate Elogbook: A National, Cross-Specialty Scoping Survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_6) ◽  
Author(s):  
T James ◽  
J Glasbey
Keyword(s):  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Clinical Activity ◽  
Operative Data ◽  
Patterns Of Use ◽  
Surgical Trainees ◽  
Operative Case ◽  
Level Data ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Way

Abstract Aim The Pan-surgical Intercollegiate eLogbook represents the world’s largest repository of training and operative data. ASiT have recently published concerns from a nationwide survey demonstrating widespread inaccuracies in eLogbook operative case reporting. This study aimed to add to this work by identifying opportunities to improve the way eLogbook data is used and interpreted. Method An online, self-administered, voluntary questionnaire was created on Google Forms (Google Inc, Menlo Park, CA) to explore patterns of use of the eLogbook, and highlight areas for improvement. The survey was disseminated to surgical trainees across the UK and Ireland using specialty networks and deanery training forums. Results Fifty trainees across the country from all ten surgical specialties completed the questionnaire. 54% of respondents reported using the Mobile eLogbook Application to record procedural data and 62% reported doing this on the same day of the procedure. 52% reviewed their eLogbook data less frequently than monthly. Just 16% thought the current presentation of eLogbook data were ‘very useful’ or ‘useful’. 72% were happy to record more detailed procedural data. 88% were interested in anonymously comparing procedural data with peers, and four-fifths reported that hospital or regional level data would influence their application choices. 96% reported that access to trainer’s supervision data would influence planning of their daily clinical activity. Conclusions This survey has identified several solutions for improving engagement and utility of the Intercollegiate eLogbook. Trainees report a desire to access enhanced analysis of individual, local, regional and national operative data.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Territorial Patterns in COVID-19 Mortality in France, Spain, Italy and the UK

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Zavatta
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
National Level ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
European Countries ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Territorial Disparities ◽  
The Uk

This paper provides an overview of territorial patterns of COVID-19 deaths in four European countries severely affected by the pandemic, Spain, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom. The analysis focuses on cumulated COVID-19 mortality at the sub-regional level, following the territorial subdivision of countries adopted by the European Union. The paper builds upon a dataset with highly granular information on COVID-19 deaths assembled from various sources. The analysis shows remarkable differences in territorial patterns of COVID-19 mortality, both within and across the four countries reviewed. Results somewhat differ depending on the aspect considered (concentration of deaths or mortality rates) but, in general, Italy, France and Spain display significant territorial disparities, with selected sub-regions being disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Instead, the picture is more uniform in the UK, with comparatively lower differences across the various sub-regions. These findings suggest that analyses of COVID-19 mortality at the national level (and, sometimes, even at the regional level) may conceal major differences and therefore be of limited use, both analytically and from an operational viewpoint.

Why the Two Won't Tango! Explaining the Lack of Integrated Policies for Sport and Tourism in the UK

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 258-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Weed
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
National Level ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Sport Tourism ◽  
Policy Network ◽  
Tourism Policy ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Depth Interviews

The findings of a 4-year research project that examined the potential for greater integration of sport and tourism policy in the UK are reported. The study is based on in-depth interviews and consultations with various agencies and identifies a number of tensions that exist within the sport-tourism policy process. An analysis of such tensions is used to review the five influences on sport-tourism policy proposed by Weed and Bull (1998). Six influences are now suggested: ideology, definitions, regional contexts, government policy, organizational culture and structure, and individuals. Using these revised influences, an assessment is made of the potential for a sustainable sport-tourism policy network in the UK. It is argued that such a network is not sustainable at the national level but may be possible at the regional level. The author suggests a need to empirically validate the international relevance of the concepts discussed utilizing Weed's (2001) model.

scholarly journals Article 260 TFEU Sanctions in Multi-Tiered Member States

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-162
Author(s):  
Werner Vandenbruwaene ◽  
Patricia Popelier ◽  
Christine Janssens
Keyword(s):  
Constitutional Law ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
Member States ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Regional Governments

Abstract The question at hand is located at the intersection of EU law and national constitutional law, and aims to answer the following problem: namely, how to mitigate federal concerns in the context of infringement procedures and financial sanctions under art. 260 TFEU. This article approaches this question both from the perspective of the Commission and the Court of Justice, as well as from the vantage point of the central and regional governments involved. After analysing the composition of the financial sanctions, we cover the involvement of subnational entities in the infringements proceedings in six tiered Member States (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK) and the relevant national provisions for the partition of financial sanctions. The conclusions pertain to both the central and regional level and the EU institutions concerned, adhering to the multi-level relationship subjacent to this article.

scholarly journals Identifying and managing concerns about GPs in England: an interview study and case-series analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (684) ◽  
pp. e499-e506
Author(s):  
Abigail Tazzyman ◽  
Marie Bryce ◽  
Kieran Walshe ◽  
Alan Boyd
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Case File ◽  
Patient Complaints ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Depth Interviews

BackgroundUnderperforming doctors have been the focus of sustained interest from the media, policymakers, and researchers. GPs are more likely to be the subject of a complaint than any other type of doctor in the UK, and the management of concerns in primary care needs improvement, yet more is known about how concerns are managed in secondary care.AimAlthough formal policies for NHS England’s management of concerns are clear, little is known about how these are put into practice. This study explores how concerns are identified, investigated, and managed at a regional level.Design and settingA qualitative study of the management of concerns in primary care across eight area teams.MethodThe study comprised two main strands: in-depth interviews with NHS England staff; and the analysis of case file data.ResultsThe process for raising concerns was identified as inconsistent and disparate, with potential weaknesses to address. The concerns process was flexible. A trade-off between adaptability and consistency was evident, but the correct balance of the two is difficult to establish. Performance concerns were most common, followed by behaviour. Conduct was the next most frequently raised concern, and a small number of health cases were identified. Outcomes of cases appeared to be dependent on the doctor’s engagement and response rather than necessarily the nature of a concern or the consequences of a doctor’s actions.ConclusionThe way practices handle complaints and concerns remains unexamined, even though they are a key route for patient complaints.

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