scholarly journals A Study on the Characteristics of the Establishment of a Small Town Landscape Guideline - Focused on Local Governments in Jeollanam-do Establishing the Basic Landscape Plan -

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Yun-Hag Kim ◽  
Sung-Jin Park
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Author(s):  
O. Babych

Problem setting. Given the need for the development of small cities, the world practice has developed a number of concepts based not on increasing production capacity, but on the development of creative areas of the economy. Thus, the concept of a glocal city, or stimulation of glocalization processes, is quite effective for the development of such cities.Recent research and publications analysis. The very concept of “glocalization” dates back to its widespread use from the end of the twentieth century, its origins in the sociological research of R. Robertson and M. Epstein. In the meaning of this term, they invested such a combination of globalization and localization in which informal components (mentality, cultural traditions, features) are closely intertwined with communicative practices due to the existing globalization features. R. Robertson, studying the phenomenon of glocalization, argued that global trends and local features can harmoniously complement each other, although sometimes in confrontation.Highlighting previously unsettled parts of the general problem. Given the development trends of the modern world, we note that localization and globalization (which together are glocalization) and open network economy - the key vectors of development of countries, regions and territories. At the same time, the concept of a glocal city is little studied and insufficiently represented in the domestic science and practice of public administration.Paper main body. Globalization involves the use of modern information technology, which allows for much less resource to spread information far beyond the city, and therefore the use of elements of image marketing strategies of territories are also available and possible.It is with the choice of a creative trajectory of development that a small town has a real opportunity not only to become more attractive, but also to consolidate the efforts of the three sectors present in the area around a single concept. Finally, glocalization creates a reliable and adaptive platform for business development: a clear positioning and presence in the information field attracts investors, and the uniqueness of the proposed product determines the demand for it.Since the basis of glocalization is a combination of globalization and localization, the basic here is the reorientation towards the creative economy. The main feature of the creative economy is that the main product in it is innovation, the resource for the production of which is certain information.The concept of “glocal city” is a very unique form of creative economy, which chooses one key vector of development, a common brand / concept / idea / uniqueness, around which the activities of all actors present in the small town: business, public, cultural figures, etc.Conclusions of the research and prospects for further studies. One of the important vectors of small town development at the present stage is its transformation into glocal. Such transformations require a reorientation to a new path, namely the creation and functioning of a creative economy based on globality, freedom of access, openness and peer-to-peer. Such a reorientation, first of all, requires proper management support from local governments.


1986 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Mikesell ◽  
C. Kurt Zorn

Local governments and businesses fear that increased local sales tax rates will induce losses to the local economy, even inducing losses so severe that no additional revenue will result from a higher tax rate. Earlier works by Fisher, Hamovitch, and Mikesell have examined sales loss in metropolitan areas, typically finding significant but not overwhelming effects. Those results do not address the question for small cities and typically are complicated by the expenditure effects resulting from the increased tax revenues. The present analysis uses unique data for a small town to examine the impact of a temporary sales tax rate increase with a retail sales share model. The evidence shows a significant but small sales impact that did not endure (a differential of 1% would lower city sales by 3.07%) and no impact on vendor location. The unfavorable rate differential produced a short-run effect, but not economic disaster.


2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-111
Author(s):  
N.V. Medvedeva ◽  
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A.M. Slemzina ◽  

the quality of life of the population of the municipality depends on the level of development of social infrastructure facilities. The purpose of the article is to develop recommendations for the development of the social infrastructure of a small town based on an analysis of the activities of local governments in the urban settlement of Balabanovo, Kaluga region. In the course of the study, both general theoretical methods (analysis and synthesis, comparison, generalization) and empirical methods (document analysis, content analysis, questionnaire survey) were used. As a result of the study, the key problems of the development of the social infrastructure of a typical small town were identified: lack of the necessary specialists; training in two shifts, insufficient number of specialized classes in educational institutions; insufficient number of sports and cultural infrastructure facilities and their poor material equipment. In order to resolve the identified problems, recommendations were developed to local authorities on the modernization of the city’s social infrastructure.


2015 ◽  
Vol 232 ◽  
pp. R18-R29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Barlow ◽  
David Forrest

Many small town professional clubs operate on the border of viability and threats to their survival are often real. But their activities may generate benefits that they are unable to capture in ticket sales; for example they provide a focus of interest even for some residents who do not attend the stadium. The paper presents results from applying contingent valuation methodology in two towns with clubs in the bottom-tier of English professional football. Collective willingness-to-pay for the survival of the clubs through taxation proved to be significant relative to the revenues the clubs were able to generate through ticket sales. There appears therefore to be a case for local governments to consider intervention in some circumstances where a club's survival is in question.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
George W. WHITE ◽  
Robert H. WLATRE

Rural areas in South Dakota have been experiencing population decline over the last forty years. This has reduced tax revenues of small town and cities, in turn reducing the abilities of local governments to provide services. The concurrent rise in federal monies and federal policies has caused many local communities to reterritorialize into planning districts that are quasi-government in nature. These planning districts bring together the resources and talents of local communities to obtain much needed federal monies through grants. This is an examination of this process and its effects within South Dakota.


Significance Until recently, worsening indicators were confined to small-town and rural areas, but now, as the report highlights, the problem has spread to major metropolitan local government areas (‘metros’), which house 40% of the population and concentrate 60% of GDP. Impacts The proposed diversification of electricity supply may further complicate municipal revenue streams. The current crisis will strain constitutionally mandated relations between central, provincial and local governments. The opposition DA is unlikely to capitalise on the ruling ANC’s governance failures, particularly in rural areas.


2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 160-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Medolińska ◽  
Izabela Gołębiowska ◽  
Izabela Karsznia

AbstractOf the numerous applications of GIS, administration and public services count among the main fields of application. They are both the users and the owners of the largest amount of spatial data. Portals for higher authorities have been the subject of extensive discussions, but the development and possible use of GIS systems in the form of geoportals at local levels still seems to have been insufficiently discussed. This article presents the process of designing and developing a portal for the lowest authorities - local authorities and the local community. A small town in Poland, Sokółka, was assumed as the study area. The concept development was preceded by, among others: recognition of the needs of an administrative unit in conducting spatial policy; establishment of the objectives, functionalities and assumptions of the designed GIS; a SWOT analysis of the designed geoportal; and an analysis of data resources. Pilot implementation was completed with an evaluation of the geoportal encompassing various groups of potential users.


2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lois W. Morton ◽  
Yu–Che Chen ◽  
Ricardo S. Morse

Local governments are responsible for financing and providing an array of public services ranging from police, fire, and emergency medical services to streets, parks, and water. Two mechanisms, civic structure and interlocal collaboration, have the potential to solve the problem of providing high–quality public services in the face of declining resources and increasing needs. We find that civic structure—citizen engagement in solving public problems—is positively and strongly associated with perceived quality of small town public services. Although many rural towns have entered into service agreements with other local governments, this approach is not significantly associated with citizen ratings of overall service quality. Citizens seem to prefer their local government directly providing police services rather than entering into interlocal agreements. This suggests that leaders and heads of departments providing public services need to carefully assess which services are most appropriately shared across governments to achieve cost savings and which support sense of community and would be better provided directly.


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