Regional Development in Northern Europe: Peripherality, Marginality and Border Issues

by Danson; Mike

• ISBN13: 9780415601535
• ISBN10: 0415601533
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-02-14
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Much research and attention has been paid to the regions in the core of Europe - and especially to cities, city-regions and old industrial areas and to some of their underlying characteristics - such as clusters, agglomeration phenomena generally and regional innovation systems. In this environment, the specific features of peripheral and marginal regions have been relatively neglected while many actors located in non-core areas of Europe face obstacles and challenges in applying locally the theories and strategies appropriate to the centre. To address this, there is a clear need for a theoretical and methodological foundation complemented by a systematisation of best-case and worse-case practices.This book draws on work from across northern Europe and is parallel and complementary to the network itself. By establishing an intellectual and practically orientated framework and platform, and by bringing together contributions defining the state-of-the-art and potential development paths in the field, it is the first volume to offer a systematic and scientific view from the periphery.