Social science perspectives on climate change and development

University of Copenhagen

Xaquín S. Pérez-Sindín López

Tag: local development

  • Sistema produtivo local

    A política das subvencións a investimentos non é suficiente para revitalizar económicamente un territorio. As empresas non dependen de si mesmas para ser competitivas, senón do entorno no que se asentan, é dicir, da existencia, en primeiro lugar, de mercado potencial próximo que permita reducir custes de distribución. En segundo lugar, de proveedores e man…

  • “Governing Boom/Bust communities”, interesting research project at University of Alberta

    Overview Rapid growth and decay of rural communities has been a hallmark of Western Canadian development for decades. This is not necessarily problematic, and it may not be desirable to impose a rigid sustainability paradigm, but in many cases it has interfered with communities achieving desired outcomes and has resulted in environmental degradation. The link…

  • Desarrollo y capital social. ¿Por qué algunas regiones no prosperan?. Parte II.

    Pego aquí íntegro el artículo de Jorge Armesto titulado “Así nos roban: técnicas de saqueo municipal”. Sin duda, una forma de explicar cómo la falta de capital social entendida como la ausencia de normas y valores comunes, es hoy el principal problema de desarrollo local en muchos pueblos. Su realismo y su análisis del funcionamiento…

  • Sinking money into a pit

    The Miner Plan showered tens of millions of euros on the struggling mining regions But it failed to foment job-generating alternatives to coal of in León, Teruel and Córdoba RAFAEL MÉNDEZ / PATRICIA PEIRÓ 1 DIC 2013 – 14:36 CET The Marta harks back to better times. This locomotive, built in France in 1884, should…

  • The dark side of Silicon Valley

    California’s booming tech industry has created the most extreme wealth disparity in America. Josie Ensor investigates the tale of two cities By Josie Ensor, San Jose, California 6:00AM GMT 26 Nov 2014 Jimmy hands $2 worth of dimes to the conductor and finds a seat at the back of the bus. He settles himself in…