REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS ANALYSIS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SPATIAL PLANNING OF LATGALE REGION

Endogenous Factors ◽

This paper offers a contribution to contemporary studies of spatial planning. In particular, it focuses on the relationship between competitiveness and spatial planning. In the topical academic debates, there has been a growing interest in raising new paradigms to introduce innovative ways of undertaking long-lasting regional development problems. Territorial assets and spatial qualities have increasingly been regarded as factors for attracting on economic activities and increasing the competitiveness of regions. Spatial and non-spatial policies, planning documents, may have a significant role in enhancing the competitiveness of regions and territories by changing endogenous factors and producing shifts related to positioning and increasing the competitiveness of regions. This paper contains an analysis of competitiveness dimensions in the spatial planning documents of Latgale planning region (Latvia) by focusing on a quantitative analysis of the specific dimensions of competitiveness.

Kemiskinan dan Perkembangan Wilayah di Kabupaten Boyolali

Forum Geografi ◽

10.23917/forgeo.v23i1.5000 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 71 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Wahyuni Apri Astuti ◽

Muhammad Musiyam

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Analysis ◽

Natural Resources ◽

Regional Development ◽

Primary Data ◽

Poverty Level ◽

Development Level ◽

Analysis Technique ◽

Poor Families ◽

The Relationship ◽

Land Region

This research is based on the facts: first that, Boyolali is one of the regions which implement intensively many kinds of program in solving the poverty which gets the finance from APBD, central government and international institutions, eventhough the proportion of the poor society increases significantly.The proportion of poor society increases 20,8% in 2002 becomes 38,26% in 2006. Second, seen from the regional development indicator, it is shown that between one region and the others has various levels of the varieties of development.The objectives of this research are: first, the understanding of the distribution and of the poverty level in this region. Second, the understanding of the relationship between distribution of poverty level and the regional development level. Third, the understanding of the factors which influence the regional development. The method used in this research is secondary data analysis. The analysis unit of this research is village. The data resources are taken from the report of the identification result of poor families and the primary data is taken from BAPPEDA Boyolali. The primary data is a number of poor families, the regional scope and the use of farmland, the long street to account the regional accessibilities and the number and the distribution of social and economical facility in each village. The result is presented on the map with the analysis unit of the village. The represented map are the distribution level of poverty per village. To determine the relationship between the level of poverty and regional development uses the technique of qualitative and quantitative analysis. The qualitative analysis technique used is the analysis of the map of poverty distribution, analysis map of regional development and harmonious relationship between the level of regional development and poverty. The quantitative analysis technique used is the analysis of correlation statistic product moment.The results of this research are: first, there is distribution variation of poverty level, there is relationship between distribution of poverty level and natural resources endowment.The region with lower resources endowment (up land region) have higher poverty level than the region with higher natural resources endowment (law land region) and conversel. Second, there is negative relationship between regional development level and poverty level.Third, the factors which influence the level of regional development are the economical and social facility of the region and accessibilities.

Scientific Bulletin of Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas (Series: Economics and Management in the Oil and Gas Industry) ◽

SMART-SPECIALIZATION OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS AN IMPORTANT DIRECTION OF IMPROVEMENT ITS COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY

10.31471/2409-0948-2018-2(18)-54-60 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 54-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

O. S. Yatsiuk

Keyword(s):

Regional Development ◽

Innovation Activity ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Science And Education ◽

Important Direction ◽

Smart Specialization ◽

Globalized World ◽

The research is devoted to the economic essence disclosure of smart specialization in the regional development and the identification of impact directions of such specialization on regional competitiveness and innovation activity.It is determined that smart specialization concept involves the relationship between science, education and economy, and in the context of regional development we are talking about the triad "business – science – public sphere". In accordance with these relations, the smart specialization goal is the optimal use of individual regions and countries potential through the maximum adaptation of possible development directions of science and education in theseregions or countries to their specific socio-economic conditions.It has been established that the main advantage of smart specialization at the regional levelis to increase its competitiveness and innovation activity, because availability of innovations inmodern globalized world is a major economic growth factor. It has been determined thenecessity of smart specialization concept implementation in Ukraine in regional policy field,primarily in the direction of attracting universities, other educational institutions and researchcenters to the determination of regions comparative advantages and to the formulation ofstrategies for their development based on specialization on such advantages realization.

Integrating regional development and planning into “spatial planning” in Finland: The untapped potential of the Kainuu experiment

Administrative Culture ◽

10.32994/ac.v18i2.166 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 149-174 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Eva Purkarthofer ◽

Hanna Merikki Mattila

Keyword(s):

Regional Development ◽

Land Use Planning ◽

Development Policy ◽

Spatial Planning ◽

Regional Scale ◽

Regional Governance ◽

The European Union ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

Spatial Impacts

With Finland’s accession to the European Union in 1995, a regional level of administration responsible for regulation-based land-use planning and incentive-driven regional development policy was introduced. The administration of both policies on the same spatial scale and within the same organisation suggests increased coordination of spatial impacts and a move towards an integrated conception of spatial planning. In practice, however, the relationship of these two fields remains ambiguous. In the Finnish case, one potential explanation for this detachment lies in the de facto weakness of the regional scale. In the Kainuu region in Northeastern Finland, ambitions to strengthen the regional scale resulted in a self-government experiment between 2005 and 2012. This article addresses the implementation of this experiment, its implications for integrated regional governance and the lessons to be learned for the upcoming regional reform in Finland.

Agency, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation

A Behavioural Theory of Economic Development ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198832348.003.0008 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 191-217

Author(s):

Robert Huggins ◽

Piers Thompson

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Regional Development ◽

Human Agency ◽

Community Culture ◽

Individual Level ◽

The Individual ◽

Entrepreneurial Activities ◽

The Relationship ◽

High Road

This chapter explores whether community culture and personality traits are associated with entrepreneurial activities. It seeks to consider the importance of personality held at the individual level and culture held at the group level. This allows the connections between the foundations of the behavioural model of regional development—community culture and personality—and activities associated with the regional development to be explored. It further explores the extent to which human agency plays a role in determining the nature of entrepreneurial endeavours. Following an examination of behavioural micro-relationships at the individual level, the analysis then moves on to examine evidence of the relationship between human agency and differing forms of regional development. It focuses on traditional economic measures of development including GDP and unemployment, but also considers inputs and outputs from innovation and the entrepreneurial environment required to generate high-road regional competitiveness.

Peranan Whistleblowing Dalam Meningkatkan Integriti Anggota Polis Diraja Malaysia (Pdrm): Kajian Ke Atas Kontinjen Perak

Sains Insani ◽

10.33102/sainsinsani.vol2no1.15 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 17-27

Author(s):

Megat Ayop Megat Arifin ◽

Abd. Halim Ahmad

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Analysis ◽

Demographic Factors ◽

Positive Perception ◽

External Threats ◽

Positive Practices ◽

The Impact ◽

Whitsleblowing is one of the positive practices in organizations that are able to raise the level of integrity among the members of an organization. However, the roles of whistleblowing also inevitably invites a response, especially among members of the organization itself. This is because such practices are viewed as one factor that may be detrimental to the organization in addition to revealing the reporter (whistleblower) to some external threats and intimidation of discrimination within the organization. This paper is an attempt to examine the relationship between perceptions of members of the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) Contingent of Perak through the role of whistleblowing practices to increase the perception of the integrity of the members. Next, identify the purpose of the whistleblowing and its effect on the integrity of the members of the organization. This study used a descriptive quantitative analysis to identify patterns of relationship that exists between the perception of whistleblowing practices with perceptions of increased integrity based on three basic variables of demographic factors, response to whistleblowing and the impact of making the report. The results showed that members of the Perak’s police have a positive perception of whistleblowing practices which are seen to be done in improving the integrity of the members.Keywords: whistleblowing, perception, RMP members, culture, integrity, organization, influence. ABSTRAK: Whitsleblowing merupakan salah satu amalan positif dalam organisasi yang mampu untuk meningkatkan tahap integriti ahli-ahli dalam sesebuah organisasi. Namun begitu, amalan whistleblowing juga turut tidak dapat mengelak daripada mengundang pelbagai respon khususnya dalam kalangan ahli organisasi itu sendiri. Amalan sebegini turut dilihat sebagai salah satu faktor yang boleh memudaratkan organisasi di samping mendedahkan pelapor (whistleblower) kepada beberapa bentuk ancaman ugutan dari luar dan diskriminasi dalam organisasi. Kertas ini merupakan satu upaya untuk melihat perkaitan antara persepsi anggota Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) Kontinjen Perak melalui peranan amalan whistleblowing terhadap persepsi peningkatan integriti anggota. Seterusnya, mengenalpasti maksud whistleblowing dan pengaruhnya terhadap tahap integriti anggota dalam organisasi. Kajian ini menggunakan analisis kuantitatif berbentuk deskriptif bagi mengenalpasti corak hubungan yang wujud antara persepsi terhadap amalan whistleblowing dengan persepsi terhadap peningkatan integriti berdasarkan tiga pembolehubah asas iaitu faktor demografi, tanggapan terhadap whistleblowing dan kesan daripada tindakan membuat laporan. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa anggota PDRM Perak mempunyai persepsi yang positif terhadap whistleblowing yang mana ianya dilihat perlu dilaksanakan dalam meningkatkan integriti anggota.Kata kunci: whistleblowing, persepsi, amalan, anggota PDRM, budaya, integriti, organisasi, pengaruh.

The impact of cultural factors on attachment dynamics: a view from Irish society

Attachment New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis ◽

10.33212/att.v13n2.2019.207 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 207-223

Author(s):

Michael O’Toole

Keyword(s):

Significant Role ◽

Emotional Development ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

Seamus Heaney ◽

Irish Society ◽

Irish Context ◽

Key Points ◽

The Many ◽

The Impact ◽

In this article I examine aspects of the relationship between mothers and sons from an attachment perspective in an Irish context. Through the works of Irish writers such as Seamus Heaney, John McGahern, and Colm Tóibín, I focus on particular aspects of this relationship, which fails to support the developmental processes of separation and individuation in the many men who come to me for psychotherapy. I illustrate key points concerning this attachment dynamic through the use of clinical examples of my work with two men from my practice. While acknowledging that many other cultural factors play a significant role in the emotional development of children, integrating the work of our poets, novelists, and scholars with an attachment perspective

POLICY CHANGE – THE ROLE OF IDEAS AND POLICY ENTREPRENEURS

Jurnal Politik Pemerintahan Dharma Praja ◽

10.33701/jppdp.v11i2.398 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 63-72

Author(s):

Arwanto Arwanto ◽

Wike Anggraini

Keyword(s):

Policy Change ◽

Significant Role ◽

Policy Process ◽

Policy Entrepreneurs ◽

Multiple Streams ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Problem Framing ◽

Exogenous Factors ◽

ABSTRACT Understanding policy process involves many distinctive approaches. The most common are institutional, groups or networks, exogenous factors, rational actors, and idea-based approach. This paper discussed the idea-based approach to explain policy process, in this case policy change. It aims to analyse how ideas could assist people to understand policy change. What role do they play and why are they considered as fundamental element? It considers that ideas are belong to every policy actor, whether it is individual or institution. In order to answer these questions, this paper adopts Kingdon’s multi streams approach to analyse academic literatures. Through this approach, the relationship between ideas and policy change can be seen clearer. Ideas only can affect in policy change if it is agreed and accepted by policy makers. Therefore the receptivity of ideas plays significant role and it emerges policy entrepreneurs. They promote ideas (through problem framing, timing, and narrative construction) and manipulate in order to ensure the receptivity of ideas. Although policy entrepreneurs play significant role, political aspects remains the most important element in the policy process. Keywords: policy change, ideas, idea-based approach, Kingdon’s multiple streams, policy entrepreneurs.

Organizational-economic mechanism of regional development of high-tech engineering

Voprosy regionalnoj ekonomiki ◽

10.21499/2078-4023-2018-35-2-3-9 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 3-9

Author(s):

M. S. Abrashkin

Keyword(s):

Regional Development ◽

Regional Economy ◽

Machine Building ◽

High Tech ◽

Theoretical Justification ◽

Economic Mechanism ◽

The Impact

The article presents a study on the assessment of the impact of science-intensive machine building on the development of the regional economy and increasing its competitiveness. Based on the analysis of foreign sources, a theoretical justification was given for increasing the regional competitiveness of the economy. The tools of regional support of enterprises of science-intensive machine building and the model of the organizational and economic mechanism for regional development of science-intensive machine building were proposed. It has been proven that the development of science-intensive machine building influences the competitiveness of the region.

Geocomputing, New Technologies and Historical Analysis: Tools for a Changing Planet

Proceedings ◽

10.3390/proceedings2019030009 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 9

Author(s):

Sebastiano Trevisani

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Analysis ◽

Philosophy Of Science ◽

New Technologies ◽

Historical Analysis ◽

Holistic Approach ◽

Research Topic ◽

The Other ◽

Historical Records ◽

The Earth ◽

Modern Earth Scientists need also to interact with other disciplines, apparently far from the Earth Sciences and Engineering. Disciplines related to history and philosophy of science are emblematic from this perspective. From one side, the quantitative analysis of information extracted from historical records (documents, maps, paintings, etc.) represents an exciting research topic, requiring a truly holistic approach. On the other side, epistemological and philosophy of science considerations on the relationship between geoscience and society in history are of fundamental importance for understanding past, present and future geosphere-anthroposphere interlinked dynamics.

31.B. Workshop: Public health and urban design: an interdisciplinary approach to promote autism friendly environments

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.1391 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽

Author(s):

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Environmental Factors ◽

Built Environment ◽

Urban Design ◽

Significant Role ◽

Prevalence Rates ◽

Environmental Characteristics ◽

Abstract Autism is a set of heterogeneous neurodevelopmental conditions, characterised by early-onset difficulties in social communication and restricted, repetitive behaviour and interests. The worldwide population prevalence is about 1% with an increasing incidence and prevalence rates. Autism affects more male than female individuals, and comorbidity is common (>70% have concurrent conditions). Determinants of these changes in incidence and prevalence rates may also be related to exposure to environmental factors and to modifications in diagnostic concepts and criteria. In spite of the uncertainty in determinants of incidence of autisms, there is evidence that environmental characteristics play a significant role both as autism risk factors and as potential obstacles that influence the capabilities of autonomously and fully “using” everyday spaces. The workshop aims to provide a framework on risk factors of autism and explore the relationship with the built environment, focusing on the quality of the everyday spaces and projecting the effects that it could have in the long term on achieving a desirable level of quality of life. The 11th Sustainable Development Goals of United Nations “Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” underlines the necessity of designing policies and projects acting to enhance and promote healthy cities and communities by addressing the needs of the most vulnerable groups of inhabitants. Herewith we bring together the discipline of Public Health and Urban Design to promote an interdisciplinary debate on a little explored topic investigating how the approaches adopted during childhood to promote the wellbeing of people with ASD can be related or strengthen by focusing also on built environment design intervention to pursue and reach the same objectives even during adulthood. The workshop will consist of four presentations. The first focuses on giving an overview on current knowledge of intervention for people with autism, presenting also criteria for evidence-based interventions. The second explores the relationship between autism and built environment by providing an exhaustive framework of the available research literature in order to identify a first set of spatial requirements for autism friendly cities. The third examines the impact of built environment on ASD users with the aim of developing a specific evaluation tool for healthcare spaces and best practices formulation according to the specific sensorial hypo- or hyper-activation of people with autism. Finally, the fourth reports the results of a two years Research & Development project called “GAP REDUCE” finalized at developing an Assistive Technology tool to support people with ASD, adult and high-functioning, to plan urban itineraries towards daily destinations. Key messages World's incidence of autism is about 1% with an increasing incidence whose determining rates may also be related to environmental factors and to modifications in diagnostic concepts and criteria. Environmental characteristics play a significant role also as potential obstacles that influence the capabilities of people with autism of autonomously and fully “using” everyday spaces.