Strategic planning for regional development : an introductory textbook

Abstract

The introductory textbook ’Strategic planning for regional development’ will give its readers an advantageous start in the exciting field of regional development science. This textbook gradually presents the concept of a ‘region’, the main theories, models and strategies for regional development and changes of regional development policy paradigm to more bottomup, regionally designed and owned growth strategies for all regional economies. The introductory textbook equips students and other readers with a background for constructing strategies based on regional advantages – with integrated regional development strategic planning and regional strategic foresight methodologies, analysis of regional business clusters and regional innovation systems and strategy development.