A5059888929- Urbanization and City Planning
- Regional Development and Policy
- Rural development and sustainability
- Cultural Industries and Urban Development
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Economic Issues in Ukraine
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Polish socio-economic development
- European history and politics
- Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- European Law and Migration
- Labor Market and Education
- E-Government and Public Services
- Sustainability and Innovation in Business
- Social Capital and Networks
- Regional resilience and development
Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut
2022
Babeș-Bolyai University
2015-2019
The current increase of regional inequalities in Europe, and particular Central Eastern Europe (CEE) has led to the reconsideration revival concepts "polarisation" "convergence" academic fields like economics, economic geography spatial planning as well. In contrast classical view on these determined by functionalism topology, new theoretical empirical perspectives are emphasising a multidimensional perspective. addition, there is an important debate about relation between growth. This...
Over the past two and a half decades, transition from centralised to market economy has affected Romania’s spatial configuration by re-widening gap between cores peripheries at regional scale. Through statistical analysis carried out for North-West Region (NUTS 2), my contribution focuses on one of mechanisms interrelated with peripheralisation, namely territorial mobility. The aim is twofold. First, show how increasing core-periphery disparities impact mobility flows offering different...
This paper explores the potentials and limits of using European structural investment (ESI) funds for rural development in one least developed areas Central Eastern Europe: Romania's Sălaj county. The research draws on peripheralization as a key theoretical concept frame analysis heuristic framework understanding effects policy instruments capacities peripheral places. Desk semi-structured interviews reveal how local leaders identify challenges they face articulate perspectives relation to...
Participatory planning holds important lessons for improving local government capabilities and responsiveness, but overall procedural regulations statutory frameworks make its relevance participatory IT development often just a matter of compliance. Developing analytical visualisations to support faces significant challenges because the complexity uncertainty about long-term benefits. We designed process staff understood their participation in an organised process. After each segment...