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Bibliography on urban development
In urban areas, following the emergence of pockets of high unemployment and poverty, urban decay and riots, the local approach was focussed on the analysis of distressed neighbourhoods and on policy responses based on regeneration and revitalisation. These areas have been the subject of surveys, databases of deprivation statistics (e.g. the UK’s Index of multiple […]
Local Development, LDnet and the Ebook: An Overview
The Local Development Ebook has many innovative aspects, ranging from its all-encompassing look at local development to its method of development and production: What we understand by “local development” and the “local development approach”? – The “European Model” – Working definition and scope of LD – LDnet and the aims of the e-book – The […]
LD in Ireland: From innovation to stagnation … but what next in times of crisis?
This paper reviews the experience of local development in Ireland. It describes the origins and evolution of local development and its “institutionalisation” and mainstreaming in public policy and describes and reviews recent changes. It identifies conclusions and lessons from experiences of local development, current issues and future challenges: State Support for Local Development in Ireland […]
LD in Spain: A myriad of initiatives and innovations confronted by new challenges
An overview of local development, presenting a very rich texture of programmes, initiatives institutional arrangements, reflecting the processes of decentralisation in Spain and the extensive support the country has enjoyed from EU funds in the last 20 years: Introduction – The emergence and evolution of local development – A myriad of diverse initiatives and innovations […]
LD in France: Local development policies in France; Origins and evolution over the last four decades
Local development policies and practices are now at the centre of concerns and initiatives of local development actors; both public and private, and with for-profit or not-for-profit aims. This present state of affairs is the result of several waves of local development policies, and major changes in the social, economic and institutional environment occurring over […]