The article focuses on how the use of evidence in spatial planning could bridge the gap between vision and reality through the continuous evaluation of the spatial impacts of the proposed ...interventions. The introduction sets the theoretical, institutional, and practical context on how evidence is used to assess these impacts in relation to both the expected outcomes and the pursued policy priorities. The research section addresses these issues based on the empirical and methodological background derived from a series of successive studies carried out between 1999 and 2014. These studies are related to the establishment and operation of the spatial impact observatory of the Egnatia motorway, a major European transport infrastructure project in northern Greece. The results section introduces a methodological approach, succinctly referred to as the IRIS model in which spatial planning is conceived as an adaptive process, and the use of evidence aims to enhance its flexibility and preparedness in dealing with the uncertainties that arise from dynamic conditions, rather than relying solely on predetermined solutions. It comprises three key components: a theoretical model that simulates the relationship between transport infrastructure and spatial development, an intermediate data model in which raw data were constructed as evidence indicators, and a combination of inductive and deductive paths in which evidence is used to assess the anticipated impact of spatial plans and to evaluate the actual spatial outcomes after their implementation. Finally, the conclusions underline the value added of the IRIS approach as a comprehensive and integrative methodology that aims to improve the efficacy of spatial planning by establishing a link between theoretical models, policy objectives, and evidence-based decision-making.
The article focuses on how the use of evidence in spatial planning could bridge the gap between vision and reality through the continuous evaluation of the spatial impacts of the proposed ...interventions. The introduction sets the theoretical, institutional, and practical context on how evidence is used to assess these impacts in relation to both the expected outcomes and the pursued policy priorities. The research section addresses these issues based on the empirical and methodological background derived from a series of successive studies carried out between 1999 and 2014. These studies are related to the establishment and operation of the spatial impact observatory of the Egnatia motorway, a major European transport infrastructure project in northern Greece. The results section introduces a methodological approach, succinctly referred to as the IRIS model in which spatial planning is conceived as an adaptive process, and the use of evidence aims to enhance its flexibility and preparedness in dealing with the uncertainties that arise from dynamic conditions, rather than relying solely on predetermined solutions. It comprises three key components: a theoretical model that simulates the relationship between transport infrastructure and spatial development, an intermediate data model in which raw data were constructed as evidence indicators, and a combination of inductive and deductive paths in which evidence is used to assess the anticipated impact of spatial plans and to evaluate the actual spatial outcomes after their implementation. Finally, the conclusions underline the value added of the IRIS approach as a comprehensive and integrative methodology that aims to improve the efficacy of spatial planning by establishing a link between theoretical models, policy objectives, and evidence-based decision-making.
A set of theoretical concepts is introduced for the analysis of mechanisms involved in the location of production, focusing on the nonfuel mineral sector in order to identify empirically concrete ...expressions of these mechanisms. It is argued that sectors & branches with specific locational requirements are the most pertinent considerations in the study of location. Key concepts concern the forms of integration of space as different aspects of the expansion of institutional control over the social, technical, & spatial DofL. Functional forms of integration, corresponding to corporate or branch control, are distinguished from territorial forms of integration, referring to the expansion of institutional control within particular geographical boundaries. In late capitalism, integration increasingly acquires a nonterritorial character that leads toward the disarticulation of regional productive systems while, on the other hand, regional & national interests demand greater political & economic control over production facilities located within their own territories. On the basis of statistical data & empirical examples, it is concluded that the conflicts & contradictions between functional & territorial forms of integration, as conflicts over the spatial aspects of ownership & control over the means of production, occupy a central role in the transformations of the international DofL & the prospects for decentralized self-reliant growth. 52 References. Modified AA
Europeanisation is understood as an iterative process that proceeds on a highly controversial and contested terrain (Benz and Eberlein 1998; Spanou 2001).
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An important source of confusion is the ...fact that during the various stages of European integration political means have been used to achieve economic ends and vice versa. The inherent ambiguity on the process of Europeanisation is reflected in the conceptual controversies that underpin the theoretical debate on European integration. For example, there is little agreement on whether the transformation of domestic territorial orders has weakened or strengthened the role and the functions of the nation-state (Olsen 2002; Börzel and Risse 2000; Knill and Lehmkuhl 1999). Thus, theories that support the first view coexist with those that support the exact opposite. Indeed, whereas some argue that integration leads to some kind of European federal union, others highlight signs of increasing national state power. In addition, it has been acknowledged that while the nation state plays an important role in the system, its sovereignty has been eroded. Nation states are being transformed into parts of a multilevel polity as a result of the actions of numerous subnational and supranational actors (Marks et al. 1996). In this context, the nation state seems to have moved from the role of authoritative regulator to that of a partner, mediator and central relay in a system of networks that contribute to the complex, multilevel governance system of the EU (Schmidt 1997).
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ILO-GEET, Economic Restructuring and Social Dialogue in the Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, International Labour Organization - Central and Eastern European Team, Report No. 14. Available from: ILO-CEET, ...Moszaru. 14, Budapest H-1066, Hungary. 62 pp, hb, ISBN 92 2 110302 1 (no price included).
Europe at the Margins: New Mosaics of Inequality. Costis Hadjimichalis and David Sadler (Eds). Chichester, John Wiley, 1995, xii+ 246pp, £45.00 hb, ISBN 0 471 95635 X.
Post-Fordism: a Reader. A. Amin (Ed). Oxford, Blackwell, 1994, ix + 435 pp, £45.00 hb, ISBN 0 631 18856 8, £14.99, pb, ISBN 0 631 18857 6.
An Enlarged Europe: Regions in Competition?. Sally Hardy, Mark Hart, Louis Albrechts and Anastasios Katos (Eds). London: Jessica Kingsley & Regional Studies Association, 1995, 342 pp., £22.50 pb, ISBN 1 85302 188 1.
