Tag Archives: Regional Development

Notes from a research trip to Crete (3 of 3)

By Jonas Rehmet (you can read part 1 here and part 2 here) As I return on my travel to the North-side of the island and continue to the West of the island, I visit many more agritourism entities that … Continue reading

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Notes from a research trip to Crete (2 of 3)

By Jonas Rehmet (You can read Part 1 of this post here) On the way to my next stop in the  Lassithi region, I pass by many unfinished building along the road and the former coastal fisher village Chersonisos which today … Continue reading

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Notes from a research trip to Crete (1 of 3)

by Jonas Rehmet I am sitting in a half-empty airplane to my childhood’s holiday destination, Crete,  going through papers, notes and documents on Crete and agritourism. While the stewardess collects the remains of my breakfast with the typical omnipresent smile … Continue reading

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Pick of the day: Balancing act: the government’s regional growth plan doesn’t go far enough | New Economics Foundation

We have often written about issues of regional development. Here is a short entry that presents some interesting facts about it at a European level: “Most places in Europe have a bit of a spread. Some countries are richer than … Continue reading

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Economic opportunities in peripheral regions: some considerations

by Paul Köper Many economically weak, peripheral regions seem stuck in a vicious circle: private investment withdraws and is followed by disinvestment in public infrastructure and services (or the other way round), causing demographic decline, which then starts the downwards … Continue reading

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COBRA: Looking for Opportunities in Weak Rural Areas

by Ares Kalandides Last year our team completed a Regional Development Plan for a part of Niederlausitz in Brandenburg, an area physically marked by open lignite mines and poor lands, by structurally low economic performance, high unemployment and an aging … Continue reading

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Regional Development Concepts and their inherent contradictions

by Ares Kalandides Every planning process has its own logic, which depends both on the culture it is embedded in and the particularities of the project. Today, I would like to reflect upon a process I have been involved in … Continue reading

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Regionalization and Place Identity (Or: what is really the Niederlausitz?)

by Markus Kather Döbern. Döbern? Optionally this is a small town in (Southern) Brandenburg // near Cottbus // in the Lausitz region // between Dresden and Berlin // near Forst // south of the Spreewald // nearly in Poland // … Continue reading

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Local and regional products, carbon footprint and regional development

by Hanna Lutz When I moved to Berlin two years ago, there was only one organic food market in my neighbourhood. Today, there are countless markets, restaurants and cafés and even discounters that sell organic products. I can drink fair … Continue reading

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From Coal-Mining to Water-Skiing: The Niederlausitz in Brandenburg

by Valentin Schipfer There is a special aesthetic quality to old coal mines that can perhaps be best described as a “moon landscape”. Yet coal-mining areas are rarely considered the most attractive places in the world. Though many live and … Continue reading

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