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Decentralisation and Regional Development

Experiences and Lessons from Four Continents over Three Decades

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Editors:
  1. Eva Dick

    1. TU Dortmund University Faculty of Spatial Planning, Dortmund, Germany

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  2. Karin Gaesing

    1. Faculty of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany

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  3. Daniel Inkoom

    1. Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Department of Planning, Kumasi, Ghana

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  4. Teodoro Kausel

    1. Department of Economics, Administration, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

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  • Analyzes decentralisation and regional development in four different world regions making a novel contribution to comparative studies in the field
  • Blends theoretical and empirical perspectives that illustrate to researchers and students why and how similar concepts may materialize unequally in different contexts
  • Combines matters of analysis with policy-related considerations to benefit both practitioners and policy makers in the respective countries
  • Builds the link between decentralisation and regional , "soft spaces" development is innovative in spatial sciences, which have hitherto more focused on local institutional and resource settings
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. Theoretical Reflections on Ghana’s Decentralisation: Increasing Discretional Funding Through the District Development Facility

    • Imoro Braimah, Daniel Inkoom
    Pages 1-14

  3. Decentralisation and Local Economic Development Promotion at the District Level in Ghana

    • Eric Oduro-Ofori
    Pages 15-36

  4. Levelling the Gradients—Planning for Equivalent Standards of Living, The German Experience

    • Volker Kreibich
    Pages 37-55

  5. Decentralisation in the German Context: An Assessment of Governance Actors and Approaches ‘from Below’

    • Katrin Bäumer, Günter Kroës
    Pages 57-70

  6. Decentralisation and Urban Governance: Trends and Lessons from Cities in Tanzania

    • Wilbard Kombe, Ally Namangaya
    Pages 71-88

  7. Decentralisation of Municipal Servicing in Tanzania: Opportunities and Challenges

    • Alphonce G. Kyessi, John Lupala
    Pages 89-106

  8. Analysis and Lessons from Decentralisation and Its Implications to Local Environmental Planning and Management in the Philippines

    • Mario R. Delos Reyes, Nicasio B. Espina Jr.
    Pages 107-129

  9. Assessing the Effectiveness of the Decentralisation Policy on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management: The Case of Hagonoy, Bulacan, Philippines

    • Kristine Follosco-Aspiras, Arlene D. R. Santiago
    Pages 131-153

  10. Smarter Money for Smarter Cities: How Regional Currencies Can Help to Promote a Decentralised and Sustainable Regional Development

    • Felix Fuders
    Pages 155-185

  11. Erratum to: Decentralisation and Regional Development

    • Eva Dick, Karin Gaesing, Daniel Inkoom, Teodoro Kausel
    Pages E1-E1
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About this book

This book analyzes decentralisation, regional development paths and success factors in different governance sectors in Ghana, the Philippines, Tanzania and Chile, and discuss overarching aspects of relevance. Decentralisation, which refers to the delegation of administrative responsibilities, political decision-making and fiscal powers to lower levels of government, is now considered one of the most efficient engines of development. In Sub-Saharan Africa decentralised states have made more progress in reducing poverty than those states with lower decentralisation scores. But in many countries, decentralisation is still considered a ‘work in progress’ with unsatisfactory results. From a spatial point of view, the link between decentralisation and regional and district development is particularly interesting. Both in the North and in the South, regional or district development is seen as holding the potential for advancing social and economic development, and even more so in decentralised political settings. Space-based networks at the regional or district level are considered instrumental for responding to locally specific challenges, e.g. in areas lagging behind economically.

Editors and Affiliations

  • TU Dortmund University Faculty of Spatial Planning, Dortmund, Germany

    Eva Dick

  • Faculty of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany

    Karin Gaesing

  • Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Department of Planning, Kumasi, Ghana

    Daniel Inkoom

  • Department of Economics, Administration, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

    Teodoro Kausel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Decentralisation and Regional Development

  • Book Subtitle: Experiences and Lessons from Four Continents over Three Decades

  • Editors: Eva Dick, Karin Gaesing, Daniel Inkoom, Teodoro Kausel

  • Series Title: Springer Geography

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29367-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29365-3Published: 23 June 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80553-5Published: 31 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29367-7Published: 15 June 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2194-315X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2194-3168

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 185

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Regional/Spatial Science, Human Geography

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