scholarly journals SYSTEM OF INDICATORS FOR ASSESSING VULNERABILITY OF REGIONS ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES: THE CASE OF DEVELOPMENT REGIONS IN SLOVENIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 103-121
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Demographic Change ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Eu Regions ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Change Climate

The European Commission in 2008 in its working document Regions 2020: An Assessment of Future Challenges for EU regions identified challenges that EU regions might face in the coming years. First and foremost, these are the challenges of globalization, demographic change, climate change and the challenges associated with energy supply. On the basis of the report, we designed a system of factors and indicators which could be used to evaluate the vulnerability of regions to future development challenges. We tested this approach in the case of development regions in Slovenia. Results of the analysis show that the proposed approach is an appropriate professional basis for preparation of regional development programs.

scholarly journals What to Expect from the 2020 Gas Package

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Olczak ◽  
Andris Piebalgs
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Renewable Electricity ◽  
And Storage ◽  
The Eu

Gas is considered an important part of the European Union’s (EU) energy mix. Making up a quarter of the energy consumed in the EU, it is widely used by both households and industry. Gas supports the penetration of intermittent renewable electricity and is considered the cleanest of the fossil fuels but its combustion emits a considerable amount of greenhouse gases. In the fight against climate change, the EU has committed itself to the near-complete decarbonisation of the energy sector well before 2050. This will have a significant impact on the gas sector, especially in the EU, which has significant gas transportation and storage assets. This commentary examines two potential pathways that could enable the gas sector to contribute to the EU’s decarbonisation efforts while continuing to play a substantial role in the EU’s energy supply. The pathways include gas and electricity sector coupling and the substantial increase of renewable gas production. Those options, which are not mutually exclusive, provide an opportunity for the gas sector to thrive in a decarbonised energy future. In some cases, it could require changes in the EU’s gas legislation announced by the European Commission to be proposed in 2020.

scholarly journals Cities of Slovenia tomorrow according to regional development plans

Dela ◽  
2004 ◽  
pp. 145-155
Author(s):  
Simon Kušar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
Functional Role ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The Future ◽  
Development Plans

Regional planning is one of factors that influence the future development of cities. In Slo-venia, regional development plans, which consist of regional development programs and subprograms, are in preparation for the time period that runs up to 2006. These programs shall have an important influence to the future functions of cities, their morphological struc-ture, functional role and social processes within them. Additionally, regional and subregio-nal centres may gain on their importance. Cities of Slovenia shall develop in accor-dance with the paradigm of sustainable development.

Problematics Juridis Facilitation In Regional Development Planning Process (Study of Kendal Regency Research and Development Planning Agency)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Izzuddin Latif ◽  
Widayati Widayati
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
National Development ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Process Study ◽  
Planning Agency ◽  
District Government

Facilitation of Development Planning is very urgent and vital as an instrument to increase effectiveness in building synergy in terms of regional development in accordance with the mandate of the law on national development planning, namely in accordance with Permendagri Number 86 of 2017. Kendal Regency Facilitation Process by the Central Java provincial government those that have been implemented well will produce legal products that are able to explain the central government's development programs and there will not be problems in the future. The problems of Regional Development Planning, which have been carried out by the Central Java provincial government, are still much sought to be in accordance with the conditions and needs and well implemented in accordance with the laws and regulations, the need for a better solution to avoid future problems ; Time problems that are less effective, and so that scheduling is done in great detail and in a short amount of time, to improve the performance and effectiveness of facilitation. Regarding the issuance of the Minutes is not quite right than the issuance of the Governor's Decree, the Javanese provincial government should be publishing the provisions of the results of facilitation that have been carried out.The Kendal Regency Government also seeks to ask the provincial government to establish a governor's decree so that it can form the basis of the legal umbrella of regional development planning, which is in accordance with the substance of the Minister of Home Affairs Regulation No. 86 of 2017, relating to the Regional Development planning process in Kendal District, which was previously in 2016 has been amended by the new regulation by referring to Permendagri regulation No. 86 of 2017, Kendal District Government seeks to ask the Governor of Central Java as the provincial government to provide facilitation that is in accordance with Kendal Regency characteristics, with reference to the effectiveness of the time given so that the bureaucracy that is built can be effective and efficient.Keywords: Facilitation, Juridical, Regional Development Planning

Wie sinnvoll ist die Regionalpolitik der Europäischen Union?

2002 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Südekum
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Real Income ◽  
Free Markets ◽  
Regional Income ◽  
Regional Policies ◽  
Income Divergence ◽  
Eu Regions ◽  
European Regional

AbstractEuropean Regional Policies aim to close real income gaps between EU-regions by subsidising the economic periphery. These policies are motivated by new divergence theories in economics that imply regional income divergence as a possible result of free markets. However, the same theories identify various advantages from a spatially uneven resource allocation and do not point to an essential need for political interventions. Moreover, the European Commission in its endeavour to countervail agglomeration even pursues policies that sometimes achieve quite the opposite. Thus, this paper argues that European regional policies lack a convincing conceptual framework and should undergo substantial reforms.

Demographic Change: Impacts on Rural Landscapes

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-274
Author(s):  
Stefan Heiland ◽  
Silke Spielmans ◽  
Bernd Demuth
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Demographic Change ◽  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Institutional Changes ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Literature Analysis ◽  
Rural Landscapes ◽  
Shrinking Regions ◽  
Societal Attitude

The article examines the relevance of demographic change for the development of rural landscapes, especially in Germany's shrinking regions. To date, no empirical investigations have undertaken the matter. Thus, the article is mainly based on literature analysis and the findings of expert workshops. The research indicates that demographic change does not have as strong impact on landscapes as other factors such as agricultural policy, climate change, and the promotion of renewable energies. Nonetheless, from the perspective of nature conservation, there might be some indirect effects caused by structural and institutional changes of administrations, which could lead to a decline in importance of landscape-related concerns. In addition, changes in environmental consciousness due to rising cultural diversity could lead to a different societal attitude toward landscapes and their values.

scholarly journals Adopting an adaptation-mitigation-resilience framework to ageing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Gietel-Basten
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
First Century ◽  
Policy Learning ◽  
Grand Challenges ◽  
Learning Framework ◽  
Climate Change Science ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Resilience Framework ◽  
Plan Action

Population ageing is presented as one of the ‘grand challenges’ of the twenty-first century. Yet, policies designed to offset these challenges seem to be a jumbled, disjointed mix with no clear, overarching narrative. One of the successes of climate change science is the development of a clear, distinguishable framework to plan action: adaptation, mitigation, and resilience. This framework can be applied to designing better policy for ageing: adapting to support people in need today; mitigating future challenges by ensuring that people and institutions ‘age better’; and building resilience by developing both a longer-term perspective and policy learning framework.

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