scholarly journals Planning for economic development in a secondary city? Trends, pitfalls and alternatives for Mangaung, South Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (26) ◽  
pp. 203-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lochner Marais ◽  
Deidre Van Rooyen ◽  
Molefi Lenka ◽  
Jan Cloete
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Regional Role ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Increasing Knowledge ◽  
Local Buzz ◽  
Future Economic Development ◽  
The City ◽  
Secondary City

AbstractThis paper examines Mangaung’s economic development initiatives against the background of the latest literature on secondary cities, with a specific emphasis on the 20-year period that has elapsed since the dawn of the postapartheid era. Although some of the plans aim to reverse apartheid planning it is argued that these plans are being hampered by the fact that they tend to focus on a local “buzz” option, and run counter to historical pathways for the city. Moreover, they do not take the value of an increasing knowledge economy into account, and they fail to contextualise the city’s development and future prospects in terms of its regional role. The paper identifies a number of pathways that build on history and include options for ensuring active participation in an increasing knowledge economy. Our contention is that the regional role of the city remains one of the key assets with a view to building future economic development pathways. Finally, a number of research themes are identified.

The Role of Entrepreneurial Performance in Supporting Economic Development of Countries: An Empirical Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Diana Rusu ◽  
Angela Roman
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Entrepreneurial Performance ◽  
Panel Data Estimation ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
National Competitiveness ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Future Economic Development

Abstract Entrepreneurship is recognized as one of the factors stimulating economic growth and increasing economic competitiveness. In addition, the Europe 2020 Strategy has focused its attention on entrepreneurship as a key factor of economic growth, social progress, and employment. In this context, our study examines the role of entrepreneurial performance for sustaining the development of countries, focusing on a sample of European countries. We attempt to reveal if increasing entrepreneurial performance would have significant influence on improving the economic position of countries and their future economic development. Starting from the OECD-Eurostat Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme we use a set of entrepreneurial performance indicators as independent variables and examine to what extent they can influence competitiveness and economic growth, seen as dependent variables of the models. We focus on a period of 10 years (2008–2017) and we apply panel-data estimation techniques. Because the period considered includes the period of the last international financial crisis, we also include in our analysis a dummy variable. Our results emphasize that the changes in entrepreneurial performance play a significant role in enhancing national competitiveness and economic growth. Our findings contribute to the expansion of literature in the field by providing evidence on the correlation of indicators that measure entrepreneurial performance with national competitiveness and economic growth. Moreover, our findings point out the need of the policy makers to adopt measures and policies that help and stimulate entrepreneurs to become more performant because they can generate positive effects to the economy as a whole.

scholarly journals ARQUITETURA, IDEOLOGIA E PRODUÇÃO: o uso do edifício público como veículo de comunicação no período do “Regime Militar” brasileiro

Revista Labor ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (18) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Eneas de Araújo Arrais Neto
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Military Government ◽  
Specific Group ◽  
The Public ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Architectural Language ◽  
The Military ◽  
The City

Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar os edifícios sedes dos órgãos públicos federais construídos na cidade de Fortaleza durante os anos de vigência do “Regime Militar”. Parte da compreensão de que a arquitetura, enquanto objeto de fruição coletiva, assume o papel de meio de comunicação de massa no espaço urbano e, como tal, foi um dos instrumentos de divulgação ideológica dos governos militares dirigidos aos setores sociais urbanos; veiculando principalmente idéias de modernização, desenvolvimento, racionalidade, onipotência do poder estatal e autoritarismo. Analisa igualmente as influências, neste processo, da cultura de classe do setor burocrático-estatal, e propõe que estas edificações, ao estabelecerem novos padrões estéticos e de utilização de materiais e equipamentos de procedência tecnológica estrangeira, se constituíram em elementos importantes do processo de abertura da economia nacional ao capital multinacional, em particular no que diz respeito ao mercado da construção civil.Abstract This paper presents the arquitectural critique of a specific group of edifications built in the city of Fortaleza during the period of the military governments in Brazil. The character of the architecture developed by the military government in public buildings in this period is common all over the country: the facilities were built to with the intention to occupy the cities as out-doors of the military governments, diffusing images of modernization, rationality, economic development and the power of the state.   Through the use of architectural language, by the means of design, project, materials, forms and other ways, the architecture of the public sector played the role of ideology, besides introducing imported materials and equipment previously unused in the building sector of the country.

scholarly journals Valuation of Road Infrastructure in Urban and Traffic Study of the City of Split

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hrvoje Baričević ◽  
Matija Glad
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Traffic Flow ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Mutual Interference ◽  
The Road ◽  
Passenger Traffic ◽  
The North ◽  
Traffic Intersection ◽  
The City

Functional reciprocity of all transport sectors with their infrastructure support is most evident in ports. The port of Split, integrated in Split’s traffic intersection, is a striking example of uniqueness of Split-Dalmatia County as a traffic and economic centre of Central Dalmatia. The development of City’s harbour for passenger traffic and the North Port for cargo traffic has determined already set constellation of relations of maritime, road and rail traffic, and their mutual interference. The road transport and activities with regard to hinterland services generate economic development in which Split is no exception. This estimate is based on changes that can be expected in terms of redistribution of traffic flow in the central and southern Adriatic and the greater role of road transport, with Split having an increasingly important role.

scholarly journals Some Questions About Evaluating the Role Transport Factor in Economic History the North-West of Russia in the Late XIX – early XX century

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-111
Author(s):  
Sergey V. Kuznetsov ◽  
Nikolay M. Mezhevich ◽  
Vladimir M. Razumovsky
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
North West ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
The North ◽  
The City

Introduction. At present, the understanding that the solution of economic problems facing Russia cannot be based on standard economic approaches and models. It is gradually becoming obvious that attention to the spatial and historical features of the development of the Russian economy has not only academic interest, but also quite obvious practical significance. This can be proved on historical, or more precisely, historical and economic material. In fact, the theory of logic, taken broadly, is based on this. The development of transport and versatile tool to reduce the adverse impacts of space on the eco-economy, physical space turns into economic. The lack of transport connectivity of territories devalues the space of the economy (economic space) to a physical or geographical space. The purpose of the article is to show the role of the city of Saint Petersburg in the economic space of the North-West (understood as Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Novgorod, Pskov provinces) and Russia as a whole, through the development of railway transport in a concrete historical way. Materials and Methods. The historical method is used as the main method. In Russia, the spatial analysis method is almost mandatory, and it is also applied in this article. This method has been widely used in economic history, particularly in the study of transport. At the same time, we recognize the existence of research methods and techniques that are not suitable for this work, for example, the practice of economic and demographic analysis, especially in the neo-Malthusian version. The authors involve in the analysis the works of Russian and foreign scientists on the topic of the article. Results. The article shows the role of the city of Saint Petersburg as an economic and transport center taken in historical dynamics. The role of an important but single transport center in the economic development of Russia is revealed. The thesis is proved that the optimal choice of reference points for economic development has a positive impact on the development of the economic space of the entire country. Discussion and Conclusion. The article proves that the spatial scale of Russia contributes to the fact that the financial results of economic activity can be localized at a significant distance from the place of economic activity.

scholarly journals FAKTOR INFRASTRUKTUR DALAM PEMBANGUNAN EKONOMI KOTA MATARAM

GANEC SWARA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 357
Author(s):  
SANTIAN SANTIAN ◽  
PUTU KARISMAWAN ◽  
BAIQ SARIPTA W.M
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Economic Indicator ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
Road Infrastructure ◽  
The City ◽  
Electricity Infrastructure

   This study is entitled "Infrastructure Factors in the Economic Development of the City of Mataram". The purpose of this study is to look at the role of road infrastructure, electricity infrastructure and education infrastructure, both partially and simultaneously in the economic development of the City of Mataram. Infrastructure indicators in this study include roads, electricity and education. Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) on the basis of being used as an economic indicator. Infrastructure data and GRDP analyzed cover the period 2001-2016.   The results of the analysis show that simultaneous road, electricity and education infrastructure play a significant role in the economic development of the city of Mataram. partially road infrastructure and electricity infrastructure play a significant role in the economic development of the City of Mataram. 

scholarly journals From the accidental to articulated smart city: The creation and work of ‘Smart Dublin’

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Coletta ◽  
Liam Heaphy ◽  
Rob Kitchin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
The Other ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Common Framework ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

While there is a relatively extensive literature concerning the nature of smart cities in general, the roles of corporate actors in their production, and the development and deployment of specific smart city technologies, to date there have been relatively few studies that have examined the situated practices as to how the smart city as a whole unfolds in specific places. In this paper, we chart the smart city ecosystem in Dublin, Ireland, and examine how the four city authorities have actively collaborated to progressively frame and mobilise an articulated vision of Dublin as a smart city. In particular, we focus on the work of ‘Smart Dublin’, a shared unit established to coordinate, manage and promote Dublin’s smart city initiatives. We argue that Smart Dublin has on the one hand sought to corral smart city initiatives within a common framework, and on the other has acted to boost the city-region’s smart city activities, especially with respect to economic development. Our analysis highlights the value of undertaking a holistic mapping of a smart city in formation, and the role of political and administrative geographies and specialist smart city units in shaping that formation.

scholarly journals Samara merchants and commercial education in the early XX century

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-200
Author(s):  
Elena Ivanovna Sumburova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Institutional Conditions ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The City

The paper examines a process of commercial education development in Samara on the basis of archival materials and published sources of educational institutions and public institutions. The study revealed the motives that determined the main directions and results of Samara commercial and industrial circles activities aimed at providing staff to urban enterprises at the beginning of XX century. The author highlights a special role of Samara entrepreneur organizations, and first of all, the society of clerks and the Exchange society in the creation of a commercial school and a trading school. The author emphasizes that the established lower and secondary commercial educational institutions met the needs of the local business community. It is noted that the commercial school was focused mainly on the training of students for admission to universities (mostly technical), while trade schools and commercial courses provided the city with the necessary specialists majoring in Economics. As a result, the author comes to the conclusion that the local institutional conditions for higher economic school establishment in Samara in the early XX century was not developed, the rate of commercial education development depended on the economic development of the region.

scholarly journals Model of creative economic development for micro, small and medium-sized culinary industries in Kupang City Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-152
Author(s):  
Maria C. B. Manteiro ◽  
Enos Kabu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Creative Economy ◽  
Travel Agencies ◽  
The City

An effort which can be conducted by the local government of Kupang city, Indonesia, to maintain its economic growth is by optimizing the role of creative industries of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). One of the well-developed MSMEs in Kupang city is a culinary business. Interestingly, almost 70% of the culinary industry in the city is dominated by menus from outside rather than maintaining a typical menu of East Nusa Tenggara province which is processed creatively. The business development model of this industry tends to be partial, not integrated yet with policymakers, and other businesses, such as travel agencies and mass media. The purpose of this study was to identify and map the existence of the culinary business and to find out the model of developing a creative economy based culinary business in Kupang city, Indonesia. The object of this research was MSMEs actors who run business in the culinary industry in the city.

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF BASIC ECONOMIC BRANCHES OF ST. PETERSBURG

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (65) ◽  
pp. 26-34
Author(s):  
Vladimir V. Okrepilov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Industrial Policy ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Carbon Neutrality ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The City ◽  
Scientific And Technological Development

This article shows an experience of development of strategic documents of St. Petersburg’s development, specifying the main directions of the Strategy of socio-economic development of the city for the period up to 2035. The Concept of Scientific and Technological Development of St. Petersburg until 2030 and the Concept of Industrial Policy of St. Petersburg until 2025, adopted in 2021, are considered as the basic ones. The role of quality economics tools in solving the problems of digital transformation, carbon neutrality and technological independence of the economy is presented.

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