Paradigm change in regional policy : towards smart specialisation ? Lessons from Flanders (Belgium)

Due to the changing role of “the region” in economic development, it appears that policies targeted towards regions underwent significant changes in objectives, geographical scope, governance and policy instruments. This paper challenges three main questions related to recent changes in regional pol...

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Main Authors: Ties Vanthillo, Ann Verhetsel
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Language:English
Published: Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography 2012-12-01
Series:Belgeo
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/7083
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description Due to the changing role of “the region” in economic development, it appears that policies targeted towards regions underwent significant changes in objectives, geographical scope, governance and policy instruments. This paper challenges three main questions related to recent changes in regional policy. Firstly, what are the fundamental characteristics of the “old” regional policies ? Secondly, did the “old” paradigm evolve into a new paradigm of regional policy ? And if yes, how did these changes materialized and what characteristics where affected ? Lastly, we consider how these changes were integrated in Flemish regional policies.
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spelling doaj-art-957a74699bea4c5db79427422b3fdfb72025-08-20T02:27:28ZengSociété Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of GeographyBelgeo1377-23682294-91352012-12-01110.4000/belgeo.7083Paradigm change in regional policy : towards smart specialisation ? Lessons from Flanders (Belgium)Ties VanthilloAnn VerhetselDue to the changing role of “the region” in economic development, it appears that policies targeted towards regions underwent significant changes in objectives, geographical scope, governance and policy instruments. This paper challenges three main questions related to recent changes in regional policy. Firstly, what are the fundamental characteristics of the “old” regional policies ? Secondly, did the “old” paradigm evolve into a new paradigm of regional policy ? And if yes, how did these changes materialized and what characteristics where affected ? Lastly, we consider how these changes were integrated in Flemish regional policies.https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/7083Flandersparadigm changeplace-based approachregional policy
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title Paradigm change in regional policy : towards smart specialisation ? Lessons from Flanders (Belgium)
title_full Paradigm change in regional policy : towards smart specialisation ? Lessons from Flanders (Belgium)
title_fullStr Paradigm change in regional policy : towards smart specialisation ? Lessons from Flanders (Belgium)
title_full_unstemmed Paradigm change in regional policy : towards smart specialisation ? Lessons from Flanders (Belgium)
title_short Paradigm change in regional policy : towards smart specialisation ? Lessons from Flanders (Belgium)
title_sort paradigm change in regional policy towards smart specialisation lessons from flanders belgium
topic Flanders
paradigm change
place-based approach
regional policy
url https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/7083
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