Modelling Regional Scenarios for the Enlarged Europe European Competiveness and Global Strategies /

The aim of this book is to tackle the question of what the European territory will look like over the next fifteen years by providing quali-quantitative territorial scenarios for the enlarged Europe, under different assumptions on future globalisation strategies of BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and Ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Capello, Roberta (Author), Camagni, Roberto (Author), Chizzolini, Barbara (Author), Fratesi, Ugo (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
Series:Advances in Spatial Science,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • From Forecasts to Quantitative Foresights: Territorial Scenarios for an Enlarged Europe
  • From Forecasts to Quantitative Foresights: Territorial Scenarios for an Enlarged Europe
  • Theoretical and Empirical Underpinnings
  • Space and Theoretical Approaches to Regional Growth
  • Regional Competitiveness: Towards a Concept of Territorial Capital
  • Space and Empirical Approaches to Regional Growth
  • National and Regional Econometric Models
  • Conceptual and Methodological Specifications
  • The MASST Model: A Generative Forecasting Model of Regional Growth
  • The Estimation Procedure: Data and Results
  • The Simulation Procedure: The Algorithm, the Target Variables and the Stability of the Model
  • Scenarios for the Enlarged Europe: Regional Quantitative Foresights
  • Driving Forces of Change: The Baseline Scenario
  • Global Challenges and European Strategies: Alternative Scenarios
  • Territorial Images of the Future: The Quantitative Foresights Results
  • Towards a Conclusion: Regional and Territorial Policy Recommendations.