eng
ERSA
REGION
2409-5370
2018-02-01
5
1
1
16
10.18335/region.v5i1.111
84
Econometric Analysis; Exploratory Data Analysis
A Spatial Analysis of Tourism Infrastructure in Romania: Spotlight on Accommodation and Food Service Companies
Daniela Luminita Constantin
daniela.constantin@amp.ase.ro
0
Adriana Reveiu
reveiua@ase.ro
1
The Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Location is a key concept in tourism sector analysis,
given the dependence of this activity on the natural,
built, cultural and social characteristics of a
certain territory. As a result, the tourist zoning
is an important instrument for delimiting tourist
areas in accordance with multiple criteria, so as
to lay the foundations for finding the most suitable
solutions of turning to good account the resources
in this field. The modern approaches proposed in
this paper use a series of analytical tools that combine
GIS and spatial agglomeration analysis based techniques.
They can be also employed in order to examine and explain
the differences between tourist zones (and sub-zones)
in terms of economic and social results and thus to
suggest realistic ways to improve the efficiency
and effectiveness of tourist activities in various
geographical areas. In the described
context this paper proposes an interdisciplinary
perspective (spatial statistics and Geographical
Information Systems) for analysing the tourism
activity in Romania, mainly aiming to identify the
agglomerations of companies acting in this industry
and assess their performance and contribution to
the economic development of the corresponding regions.
It also intends to contribute to a better understanding
of the way in which tourism related business
activities develop, in order to enhance appropriate
support networks. Territorial and spatial statistics,
as well as GIS based analyses are applied, using data
about all companies acting in tourism industry in
Romania provided by the National Authority for Tourism
as well as data from the Environmental
Systems Research Institute (ESRI).
http://openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/111
eng
ERSA
REGION
2409-5370
2018-02-16
5
1
17
32
10.18335/region.v5i1.190
85
Econometric Analysis; Exploratory Data Analysis
An Index to Characterize the Multi-Dimensional Nature of Land Use Regulations in the Greater Houston Metropolitan Area
Luis Estevez
lestevez@stcloudstate.edu
0
St. Cloud State University
Abstract
Although housing prices and the lack of real income
growth are cited as the main factors behind the housing
affordability problem, it has been proven that land
use regulations have some responsibility as well.
Indices have been the most common indicator used
to characterize the stringency of local land use
regulations; however, these studies focus primarily
on those most stringent regulatory environments,
and therefore there is no evidence of the validity
of such indices in areas regarded as less stringent.
In response to this lack of evidence, using a unique
data set this article presents an index characterizing
local regulatory environments in a well-known less
stringent regulatory environment: the Houston-Galveston
Area in Texas. This index proves to be a valid measure
capable of capturing the multi-dimensional nature
of land use regulations. The analysis of the index
and statistical correlations validate the use of
indices to characterize metropolitan land use regulations.
http://openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/190
eng
ERSA
REGION
2409-5370
2018-04-13
5
1
33
51
10.18335/region.v5i1.160
86
Econometric Analysis; Exploratory Data Analysis
Towards an Integrated Evaluation Approach for Cultural Urban Landscape Conservation/Regeneration
Francesca Nocca
francesca.nocca@unina.it
0
Luigi Fusco Girard
girard@unina.it
1
UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II
The contemporary economic crisis (and also ecological
and social crisis) calls for a new model of urban development.
The international debate is today focused on the
necessity of a new paradigm (Hosagrahar et al.,
2016) that will define sustainable development
policies and programmes: this new paradigm moves
the concept of development towards a more humanistic
and ecological point of view.
The international debate around Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) recently is going to highlight the role
of cultural heritage for sustainable development
(United Nations, 2015a).
Cultural heritage can play a critical role in the
achievement of the above mentioned new humanistic
and ecological paradigm of sustainable city.
In this paper some indicators to evaluate cultural
urban landscape conservation/regeneration projects
are identified, starting from case studies.
The purpose of the analysis of good practices is to
support the elaboration of a multidimensional matrix
that can produce empirical evidence about impacts
of cultural urban landscape conservation/regeneration.
After a particular focus on the relationship between
variation of landscape and variation of wellbeing,
it will present a methodological proposal to evaluate
cultural urban landscape conservation/regeneration
projects.
http://openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/160
eng
ERSA
REGION
2409-5370
2018-04-18
5
1
53
71
10.18335/region.v5i1.168
87
Econometric Analysis; Exploratory Data Analysis
European urban freight transport policies and research funding: are priorities and H2020 calls aligned?
Giacomo Lozzi
giacomo.lozzi@uniroma3.it
0
Valerio Gatta
valerio.gatta@uniroma3.it
1
Edoardo Marcucci
edoardo.marcucci@uniroma3.it
0
Roma 3 University
The European Commission (EC) has recently developed
a growing awareness and interest with respect to
the challenges urban freight transport (UFT) poses.
Consequently, the EC has started defining specific
policies and promoted dedicated tools to address
them. Transport is a shared responsibility between
the EU and the Member States, where the subsidiarity
principle applies. Accordingly, the EC provides
European local authorities with support in the different
areas, including research and innovation funding.
This paper aims to assess the linkage and consistency
between EC policy priorities for UFT and the corresponding
calls of the new Horizon 2020 (H2020) Research Programme,
created by the EC in order to foster research and innovation.
The paper identifies and extrapolates in a comparable
format 10 UFT priority solutions, and consequently
estimates their degree of correspondence with the
H2020 Work Programmes (WPs) on the basis of the weight
in monetary terms resulting from the research funds
allocated to each of them. Findings show that, generally,
the EC addresses UFT through a systematic and coherent
approach. Moreover, all the identified solutions
are covered by at least one H2020 call, although the
extent of the coverage is heterogeneous.
http://openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/168
eng
ERSA
REGION
2409-5370
2018-05-11
5
1
73
89
10.18335/region.v5i1.203
88
Econometric Analysis; Exploratory Data Analysis
Barriers of Culture, Networks, and Language in International Migration: A Review
Zhiling Wang
z.wang.vu@gmail.com
0
Thomas de Graaff
t.de.graaff@vu.nl
0
Peter Nijkamp
pnijkamp1@gmail.com
0
Along with the increasing pace of globalization,
recent decades faced a dramatically increase in
international migrant flows as well. Compared to
the flows of trade, capital and knowledge, we observe
that contemporaneous complex institutional differences,
historical backgrounds, and individuals' diverse
socio-demographic characteristics make the migrant
workers' choice of destination arguably much more
uncontrollable. This study shows that migration
is in a complex way intertwined with culture, networks
and language, (i) by reviewing related studies on
the barriers of culture, networks and language in
international labor mobility, and (ii) by exploring
missing gaps and prospective avenues for research.
Nowadays, the migration pressure on Europe and the
United states has created substantial challenges,
leading to an urgent need to address the economic
assimilation and social integration of migrants.
Against this background, we emphasize that these
non-economic factors have played an increasingly
critical role in shaping international migration
and its future socio-economic consequences for
destination countries.
http://openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/203
eng
ERSA
REGION
2409-5370
2018-05-11
5
1
91
100
10.18335/region.v5i1.245
89
Econometric Analysis; Exploratory Data Analysis
Urbanisation in Developing Economies: building cities that work
Anthony J Venables
tony.venables@economics.ox.ac.uk
0
University of Oxford
This paper reviews recent work on the economics of
fast growing developing country cities, with a focus
on Africa. It sets out some of the broad facts about
African urbanisation and summarises two recent
pieces of research work. The first argues
that coordination failure can create multiple equilibria
and divergent paths of development, some in which
cities are internationally competitive and able
to create jobs, others in which cities are stuck in
a ‘nono-tradables trap’. The second is a dynamic
model of city growth, calibrated to changing patterns
of land-use in Nairobi; the calibration suggests
a very high cost of inefficient land use in the context
of urban slums.
http://openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/245
eng
ERSA
REGION
2409-5370
2018-06-22
5
1
101
112
10.18335/region.v5i1.219
90
Econometric Analysis; Exploratory Data Analysis
The Mediterranean Diet and the Increasing Demand of the Olive Oil Sector: Shifts and Environmental Consequences
Bruno Neves
brunomaneves@fcsh.unl.pt
0
Iva Miranda Pires
im.pires@fcsh.unl.pt
1
CICS.NOVA – Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas – Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Mediterranean countries play a crucial role as olive
oil producers and consumers compared to other world
regions. This work focusses on the development of
the world production, trade and consumption where
the Mediterranean region stands out from the rest
of the world, in particular, the Northern Mediterranean
countries. Aspects such as how communication emphasizes
the benefits of the Mediterranean diet - which is
a distinctive characteristic of the Mediterranean
culture and identity - the Slow Food Movement, the
International Olive Council campaigns, and the
successive Common Agricultural Policies, that
have triggered production, trade and consumption
around the world, are here discussed. Such increases
and stimuli brought and is still bringing changes
to the olive oil sector such as a shifting tendency
in production modes as well as modernization of the
sector, responding to the increasing demand. These
shifts and demand are changing landscapes and are
being referred as environmentally harmful to the
ecosystems as the production of olive oil is shifting
to more intensive production systems and monoculture
plantations. These issues are here debated and illustrated
with case study examples, referring to the Mediterranean
countries, particularly, referring to the Iberian
Peninsula.
http://openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/219
eng
ERSA
REGION
2409-5370
2018-06-25
5
1
113
137
10.18335/region.v5i1.218
91
Econometric Analysis; Exploratory Data Analysis
Rehabilitation and Renewal of Mediterranean Structures. The Utopic Landscape of Algarve
Carlos Bragança dos Santos
cbraganca@ualg.pt
0
Universidade do Algarve
One of the remarkable features of Mediterranean
landscapes is the terraced land frame, usually supported
by dry stone walling. The terraces, property division
walls, pathways and traditional paths design a network
compartmentalization that defines landscape identity.
The informational content, aesthetic quality,
ecological and cultural values allowed by this articulated
construction are particularly important at coastal
zones with intense human impact. On the Algarve,
the hills displayed by such structures form the background
scenario of an urban-touristic system. This paper
aims to interrelate ecological, aesthetic, symbolic,
socio-economic and political aspects that influence
the spatial distribution and image of the terraces.
The values that local people may assign to their landscapes
will determine the acknowledgement of the structural
elements under analysis, but the role of tourists
must be seriously take into account. Beyond nostalgic
solutions, one must prospect the future of the dry
stone walling structure into the diversity of possible
solutions for a sustainable landscape development,
which enhances the living part of an inseparable
unit that includes the densest urbanized areas with
less ecological functions. We call such unit the
urban-touristic region of Algarve and, therefore,
we try to use landscape as an instrument of knowledge
and acknowledgement of regional spaces.
http://openjournals.wu.ac.at/ojs/index.php/region/article/view/218