To better respond to a new set of concerns of the population and promote sustainable development, governments today actively seek a broad partnership with civil society and the private sector. Yet, it is at local and regional levels, closer to the problems and the individuals, that partnerships...

Reconfiguración económica sectorial y geográfica en los albores del siglo XXI : repensando el desarrollo y la planeación regional en Sonora / Liz Ileana Rodríguez Gámez, Blanca Esthela Lara Enríquez -- Escaso y precario : el empleo en Sonora en el siglo XXI / Gabriela Grijalva Monteverde,...

Contents: Chapter 1: Mapping industrial and territorial dimensions for the design of place-based innovation policies: The rationale of the book / Roberta Capello, Alexander Kleibrink and Monika Matusiak -- Part 1: Understanding the economic fabric of territories -- Chapter 2: Establishing the...

The Spanish Experiences of Regional Policies -- Spain as a Case-Study: Regional Problems and Policies -- Regional Economy and Policy in Spain (1960-1975) -- The Evolution of Spanish Regional Policy, 1977-2008 -- Regional Growth, Structural Changes and Convergence -- Macroeconomic Effects of the...