Policy makers bemoan the lack of research findings to guide urgent decisions, whereas researchers' professional code puts rigor first. This article argues that provisional assessments, produced early in the research cycle, can bridge the gap. Numerous case studies point to the importance of...

This paper examines the attempt to develop smart, sustainable cities (SSC) in the Arab region. The paper identifies four barriers: 1) infrastructural need for technological advances and availing information and transparency regarding the functioning of the administration; 2) high rates of adult...

Статья посвящена обсуждению проблемы создания информационной технологии для разработки стратегии и программы социально-экономического развития ресурсного...

The paper shows new analysis assumptions and a new managementand planning approach for the emergency and development sector- founded on philosophy, models and logic of territorial marketing- and highlight premises and advantages of this use on the base of aqualitative research on operators.This...

The recent crisis of the Washington Consensus has brought with it the return of the involvement of the state in the development process in a number of countries. However, a lot of water has run under the bridge since the golden years of development planning. In this note we review the main...

Исследуются социологические теории социального планирования, выявляются тенденции развития концепций социального планирования, обосновывается необходимость...

In order to valorise the territorial resources of the Grenoble metropolitan area (industrial tradition, entrepreneurship, synergies between research and industry...), the scientific community has progressively formed a technological cluster over the 20th century. This cluster has been at the...