Spatial Justice and Cohesion The Role of Place-Based Action in Community Development

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Taylor & Francis 2023
• Series: Regions and Cities
• Subjects: Business and Management; Case Study Researchers; CCLD; Central Government; Civil Society; cohesion; Development studies; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; Economics; Economics of industrial organization; Economics of specific sectors; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; EU Cohesion Policy; EU Member State; EU Policy; EU Structural Fund; European Cohesion Policy; Geography; Higher Governance Levels; Human geography; Interdisciplinary studies; Lag; LEADER; Local Development; Local Development Actions; Local Knowledge; Organizational theory and behaviour; Place; place-based development; Political economy; Politics and government; Procedural Justice; Public Administration; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Regional / urban economics; regional and local autonomy; RELOCAL Case; RELOCAL Project; Society and Social Sciences; Spatial Inequalities; Spatial Injustice; Spatial justice; Territorial Cohesion; territorial development
• ISBN: 9781032135236; 1000968510; 9781003229681; 1003229689; 1032135239; 9781000968514; 9781000968569; 1000968561; 1032135247; 9781032135243
• DOI: 10.4324/9781003229681

Place-based strategies are widely discussed as powerful instruments of economic and community development. In terms of the European debate, the local level – cities, towns and neighbourhoods – has recently come under increased scrutiny as a potentially decisive actor in Cohesion Policy. As understandings of socio-spatial and economic cohesion evolve, the idea that spatial justice requires a concerted policy response has gained currency. Given the political, social and economic salience of locale, this book explores the potential contribution of place-based initiative to more balanced and equitable socio-economic development, as well as growth in a more general sense. The overall architecture of the book and the individual chapters address place-based perspectives from a number of vantage points, including the potential of achieving greater effectiveness in EU and national level development policies, through a greater local level and citizens' role and concrete actions for achieving this; enhancing decision-making autonomy by pooling local capacities for action; linking relative local autonomy to development outcomes and viewing spatial justice as a concept and policy goal. The book highlights, through the use of case studies, how practicable and actionable knowledge can be gained from local development experiences. This book targets researchers, practitioners and students who seek to learn more about place-based based development and its potentials. Its cross-cutting focus on spatial justice and place will ensure that the book is of wider international interest. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. Funded by The University of Eastern Finland.