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The importance of universities in national, regional and local systems is obvious and the universities are aware of this impact. The environment or local society in which they operate requires quantification of impacts and so this problem increases attention of all stakeholders. The paper deals with the fields of action of universities in regional and local context. It also includes comparison of...
Innovation is a critical component for regional development. Broadband Internet is a promising technology for rural areas. Rural Broadband is an action of strategic importance because of its ability to accelerate the contribution of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to growth and innovation. The ICT industry remains one of the most vibrant and dynamic global markets; as more and more...
The work investigates the potential of mobility initiatives and services based on electric vehicles as a sustainability management tool supporting regional development. According to this scheme, different approaches and actions for the development of electromobility at local and regional level as well as their business models have been investigated. Particular attention is given to the concept of...
Aim of this paper is to outline the role of universities in promoting creativity and inventions by students as one of the local effects of universities and present the results of research activities, the aim of which was to find feedback from students in this area. Filling the research objectives allow to detect and evaluate creative expressions universities and recognition environment (creative companies),...
The aim of this paper is to map the innovation actors of Quebec, Canada, through an exploratory study based on Etzkowitz's Triple Helix model. It is sought to identify the role of each actor that favor local development through innovation and cooperation. Qualitative, descriptive and exploratory methods were used to collect data. The content analysis procedure, carried out through the use of the Atlas...
To evaluate the development of 9 provinces (or cities) of China, we analyze the relative advantage of different provinces ities) from four aspects: economy, society, sustainable development and politics and culture. Considering the difference of resource of rent provinces (or cities), we provide a new evaluation model. Specifically, first, the provinces (or cities) are divided into three regions,...
Reasonable evaluation on the development level of tourism economy can provide scientific basis for formulating and implementing tourism development plans and policies. Considering the less statistical data relating to the tourism development and the finite statistic index, this paper adopts a Grey Cluster Method to confirm the evaluation index system of the tourism economy development level in China...
Not like the other European countries, England' planning system lacks of a national development strategy. This study concentrates on the concepts of national development strategy in England and Discuses the contents and frameworks of it. To make it more rational this study also uses European comparators (Dutch and French) and English historical precedents to make initial suggestions for the design...
Since the late 1990s, the rapid urbanisation process in China has been related to an apparent paradigm change in the spatial development model of Chinese city regions. With the development focus shifting to large cities, the roles and development patterns of small towns have changed. The bottom-up, self-organised and dispersed development models that prevailed during the 1980s are less relevant. Instead,...
Regional innovation system (RIS) is a hot subject of research in recent years. In this paper, after reviewing some main literatures of regional innovation system and some characteristic of Wenzhou-Taizhou economic pattern, we analyzed in detail it's innovation status in quo of Wenzhou-Taizhou pattern and finally put forward some useful advices on how to construct regional innovation system in Zhengjiang...
In this paper, we construct the measurement model with the six central provinces 2000–2009 panel data, and derive the provincial effects from the technical options for the upgrading of industrial structure. The conclusion illustrates the technical options play an important role in promoting the upgrading of industrial structure and regional economic growth. We believe only by combining elements of...
Mega-city region development is one of the dominant themes of urban development in the global economy. China's Pearl River Delta (PRD) region is one of the country's most advanced regions and has become a focal point of city-regional development. This article examines the latest regional planning and development to analyze the economic, political, and social transformations in the PRD region. Major...
The risk of seawater intrusion and susceptibility to natural hazard is important for the development of coastal regions of China. Based on the method of TOPSIS and 12 indicators, the development vulnerability of seawater intrusion coastal regions in China is studied taking Weihai City as the case. The results show that the development vulnerability of study area are classified into 5 types: extreme...
With the development of reform in China, many theorists have made a lot of further research in the theory of national synthetically reform testing district. This paper attempts to give a systematic introduction and critical review of domestic theoretical documents, and shows a distinct frame of the existing achievements in this field. Four research fields have been introduced. This paper offers that...
Ecological Footprint model is an important method to evaluate the sustainability of regional development. This paper assesses the area demand of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region by calculates the Ecological Footprint and the Ecological Carrying Capacity in the 20 years from 1986 to 2005.The results show that Ecological Deficits occurred and then continued to increase, which demonstrate that great human-environment...
The basic picture and framework of the transnational interregional Input-Output (I-O) table cross countries is introduced, and conventional impact analyses will be conducted to capture cross-border transactions and inter-linkages, from one region to another region, and vice versa. Also, the relationship between regional linkages and the import/export trades will be investigated. The I-O tables-received...
Coal mines safety condition decides the economic condition of the regional development on one hand, more importantly the safety of employees working for mines on the other. This article has introduced a scientific system to evaluate the safety level of coal mine based on AHP so as to give out significant information for the managers of coal mine to make and implement corresponding polices concerning...
With the reform and opening more than three decades , ports construction in China have developed quickly and have been playing a very important role in the development of domestic economy. However, with China's sustained rapid economic growth, globalization of the world economy, the deepening integration of the regional economy, the development of ports construction in China is still a long way to...
Land use change plays vital roles in regional, social and economic development. Based on three phases of NDVI and climate images acquired in 1982, 1990 and 1998, and fuzzy rule-based classification, this paper took China as a case study to analyze spatial change of land use by combining NDVI, Landscape indices and transformation matrix. The research results indicate that land use has grown more and...
This paper aims at identifying the options for designing an offshore electricity grid and the legal instruments to create such a grid. It will make a first attempt at presenting the technical and legal considerations which coastal states, EU and national legislators and policy makers should take into account in the coming years when planning and weighing their grid design options. By contrast to the...
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