Ecological modernisation and local economic development: the growth of eco-industrial development initiatives

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 250 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Gibbs
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Ecological Modernisation ◽  
Development Initiatives

scholarly journals Local Economic Development Initiatives in Ghana: The Challenges and the Way Forward

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 142 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Kwame Mensah ◽  
Justice Nyigmah Bawole ◽  
Albert Ahenkan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Development Initiatives ◽  
The Way

This case study presents and analyses Local Economic Development (LED) initiatives and challenges from two districts in Ghana. The study is a qualitative case study that uses individual interviews through purposive selection from officials who are directly involved in the formulation and implementation of district development initiatives. The study found that the district does not have a LED policy in place but have initiated and implemented a number of programmes that are pro-LED. These programmes are in the area of agriculture, human resource development, financing and infrastructure development. However, the implementation of these initiatives has encountered many challenges such as inadequate human resource, finance, absence of LED policy and improper collaboration among local level actors. The paper provides the way forward for the initiation and implementation of LED at the local level.

A Comparison Study of Industrial Structure Transformation Capacity of Resource-Based Cities in China West

2012 ◽  
Vol 616-618 ◽  
pp. 1331-1334
Author(s):  
Yan Shuang She ◽  
Meng Gang Li ◽  
Jing Hua Sha
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Structure Transformation ◽  
Comparison Theory ◽  
Structure Comparison ◽  
Transformation Capacity ◽  
Regional Industrial Structure

The sustainable development of resource-based cities is a hot issue in China. This paper will focus on the industrial structure of sustainable development. There is close relationship between regional economic development and industrial structure transformation Capacity. Comparison research of cities’ regional industrial structure capacity will help to understand variation status and potential of regional industrial structures. With principal components analysis, this paper based on the regional industrial structure comparison theory, analyzed industrial structure transformation Capacity of 20 resource-based cities in China west. It will provide references for promoting optimization and upgrading of regional industrial structure, making regional industrial development strategy, improving environmental conditions, and enhancing local economic development.

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