Perspectivas Teóricas en Desarrollo Local.


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Pocas disciplinas pueden mostrar un grado tan intenso de dinamismo como el que ha caracterizado a lo largo de las últimas décadas al Desarrollo Local. En las postrimerías del siglo XX ha dejado de ser una cuestión marginal e incipiente para convertirse en una actividad consolidada institucionalmente y con una amplia inserción profesional. Se ha evidenciado que una de las más eficientes políticas de creación de empleo y mejora del nivel de bienestar de la población consiste en actuar a nivel local. Ante eso, se ha priorizado la parte práctica, diseñando catálogos de estrategias y de recursos asequibles para los profesionales sobre los que recaen las responsabilidades de este tipo de implementación de políticas. Sin embargo, buena parte de los profesionales desconocen los marcos teóricos que sirven de guía para la acción y, en cambio, nada hay más práctico que una buena teoría. En este libro, un grupo de profesores de diferentes universidades españolas ofrece un elenco de esos marcos. Proceden además de diferentes titulaciones y áreas de conocimiento, precisamente, con objeto de abrir, lo máximo posible, ese abanico que permita tanto a profesionales, como a estudiosos, entender e interpretar las prácticas del Desarrollo Local. Ofrecemos esa diversidad a modo de guía para que el elector pueda proceder a recomponer el cuerpo teórico que considere más adecuado. Quizá no exista una teoría verdadera, pero sí puede encontrar algunas más útiles que otras, dependiendo de su particular concepción del Desarrollo Local.




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Entrepreneurship and Structural Change in Dynamic Territories


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Entrepreneurial ecosystems involve a complex synergy of factors, including social and structural changes that are frequently cumulative within territories, promoting the improvement of citizens’ quality of life and higher development levels. Further, dynamic territories are characterized by constant change, activity and progress. Each chapter in this volume examines a specific entrepreneurial ecosystem in an effort to describe why and how certain companies and organizations manage to overcome adversities and achieve strong performance, while others fail. Unlike the conventional focus, the volume examines microenterprises and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), while also discussing selected experiences and case studies from developed and developing countries alike.




Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture XVI


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Originating from the 16th edition of the Conference on Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture, this volume brings together latest contributions from scientists, architects, engineers and restoration experts dealing with different aspects of heritage buildings, including the preservation of architectural heritage.




Globalizing Regional Development in East Asia


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Significant historical and geographical differences account for the many processes and trajectories of regional development in East Asia. These historical and geographical specificities in East Asia have prompted serious re-examination of existing theories in regional development, and in particular the "new regionalism" approach associated with such ideas as the learning region, institutional thickness, relational assets, and regional innovation system. This book brings together a group of leading researchers specializing in local and regional development in East Asian economies. Through in-depth empirical studies of specific regions and localities, these authors offer fresh and innovative perspectives on how regions evolve and develop over time in the world’s most dynamic macro-regional economy. In particular, their work points to the critical importance of local and trans-local processes in shaping regional development trajectories. The book is timely given that the debate on the nature and dynamics of regional development in both academic and policy circles has now moved on. From the earlier focus on endogenous regional assets (such as localized networks of association and trust), scholars and policymakers are now analyzing the complex relationship between economic globalization and regional change. This high calibre collection makes a significant contribution to the literature on local and regional development in Asia and provides an important resource for researchers, students, and policy makers interested in East Asia. This book was published as a special issue of Regional Studies.




Beyond the Megacity


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Beyond the Megacity connects and reconnects the global debate on the contemporary urban condition to the Latin American tradition of seeing, considering, and theorizing urbanization from the margins. It develops the approach of "peripheral urbanization" as a way to integrate the theoretical agendas belonging to global suburbanisms, neo-Marxist accounts of planetary urbanization, and postcolonial urban studies, and to move urban theory closer to the complexity and diversity of urbanization in the Global South. From an interdisciplinary perspective, Beyond the Megacity investigates the natures, causes, implications, and politics of current urbanization processes in Latin America. The book draws on case studies from various countries across the region, covering theoretical and disciplinary approaches from the fields of geography, anthropology, sociology, urban studies, agrarian studies, and urban and regional planning, and is written by academics, journalists, practitioners, and scholar-activists. Beyond the Megacity unites these unique perspectives by shifting attention to the places, processes, practices, and bodies of knowledge that have often been neglected in the past.







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