Local Development Strategies Research Articles

Підприємницькі активи територіальних громад в умовах війни: нові виклики та проблеми управління

Introduction. The Russian invasion in Ukraine has generated the socio-economic crisis, a significant loss of assets, damage to infrastructure and industrial and municipal enterprises, the rupture of value chains, etc., at the background of substantial economic problems caused by the consequences of the pandemic in Ukraine and globally. Current economic conditions dictate the need to search for new approaches to the development of an efficient assets management system at the local level in the conditions of war. Purpose. The article aims to analyze the problems of business assets management in territorial communities of Ukraine and to substantiate the directions of their solution in the conditions of war. Results. The article addresses current problems of business assets management in territorial communities in the conditions of war. The following are singled out: lack of reliable information on available assets in a community; limited opportunities and tools of the community’s impact and control over the activity of municipal enterprises; failure of local governments to secure efficient management of enterprises providing housing and utility services due to significant deterioration of their financial situation; the difficulty of assessing the damage to enterprises, loss of assets, the write-off of property, commodity values, cash of enterprises or bad debts as a result of hostilities. Conclusions. The article argues that the challenges, risks, and problems that have aggravated in territorial communities due to new circumstances have to be instantly taken into account as it will contribute to economic stabilization and help resume the work of enterprises and secure economic resilience. The following communities are suggested to be distinguished depending on the risk of economic resilience disturbance: with low risk, increased prospective risk, or in the area of hostilities and in occupation. A range of measures to secure the economic resilience of communities is offered across the types, and possible directions for improving the efficiency of business assets management are recommended. They will serve as an analytical basis in the practice of local governments when modernizing the local development strategies.

Georoutes as a Basis for Territorial Development of the Pacific Coast of South America: a Case Study

Thematic travel itineraries (e.g. architectural, archaeological, geological routes) can be instrumental in developing tourism in a given area. Travellers are expected to follow the itineraries to visit natural, cultural, historical, or religious places. This work aims to propose three geological routes (georoutes) in the Santa Elena province as a base for geotourism development. The methodology includes (i) the compilation of a geosite inventory that covers geosites and sites of industrial interest; (ii) the proposal of georoutes (GR-I, GR-II, and GR-III); (iii) the evaluation of the proposed routes through the Geotouristic Route Assessment (GtRAM) method and the study of reception capacity of the territory; (iv) the description of strategies for local geotourism development based on a SWOT analysis. The GtRAM method yields “average” values for all of the proposed routes (2.16/5, 2.68/5, and 2.74/5 for routes GR-I, GR-II, and GR-III, respectively). According to the reception capacity study, 85.2% of the geosites are in intrinsic use and are compatible with the proposed activities; therefore, the environmental impact of the georoutes is expected to be low. The SWOT analysis revealed that geotourism development is possible if based on strategic planning. In conclusion, the proposed georoutes will complement local economic activities, and thus contribute to local development.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12371-022-00711-x.

Innovative Local Development Initiatives in the Eastern Alps: Forest Therapy, Land Consolidation Associations and Mountaineering Villages

Since the 19th century, Italy’s mountain regions have suffered from depopulation and land abandonment. How can we counter this phenomenon? Here, we present three cases of innovative and participatory approaches implemented in the Eastern Alps of Friuli Venezia Giulia. Forest therapy is a new approach to medical therapy based on the beneficial effects on the human health of frequenting forests. It also has the potential to provide space for local economic initiatives, e.g., hospitality services. Land consolidation associations were created in France to collectively restore the productivity of fragmented and abandoned farmland. They can evolve into long-term planning for the conservation of landed wealth and the valorization of territories. Finally, Mountaineering villages have the potential to develop a more sustainable form of tourism by fostering a sense of responsibility for the natural and cultural heritage of the European Alps, in accordance with the Alpine Convention. These initiatives share the involvement of local actors in the definition of local development strategies, the capability of enhancing endogenous resources and increasing the environmental value of places, the importance of offering qualified and organized services, and the ability to support the local socioeconomic system. The adoption of innovative and participatory approaches such as these has the potential to revert depopulation and economic depression trends in mountain areas.

Energy Transition in Marginalized Urban Areas: The Case of Romania

To achieve a succesful energy transition, the collaboration of all stakeholders and policies for decarbonization at all levels are required. In this context, we aim to assess the perspective of energy transition in marginalized urban areas in Romania. The research is based on findings from a consistent analysis of 37 local development strategies in Romania in terms of energy (electricity and heating service provision). Despite the issues identified, we detected that communities across the country showed limited interest in renewable energy, which may be linked to low levels of awareness and education of residents in marginalized communities. In parallel with the analysis of the strategies, we developed Romania’s maps for renewable solar resources. Then, we developed maps of energy potential by linking the map of marginalized communities with the map of renewable energy resource potential in Romania. In addition, we used the PVGIS solar radiation tool to generate results related to median solar radiation estimates. Finally, we concluded by proposing an awareness raising and education program for the local communities on the solar energy solutions and a roadmap for potential energy projects in marginalized urban areas.

Village Tourism-Based Local Economic Development: An Approach to the Raled Model

Selorejo Village, Malang Regency has tourism potential which is known as the Bumi Perkemahan Bedengan Tourism. However, Bumi Perkemahan Bedengan Tourism still needs to be developed optimally because this tourism has the potential to become sustainable tourism. The novelty of this research is to complement quantitative research methodologies related to the theme of developing village tourism potential, where there are research limitations from several previous studies, which are dominated by descriptive qualitative methods. The concept of Local Economic Development (LED) is deemed capable of optimizing available local resources by involving several stakeholders such as the Government, Local Communities, Business Actors, and Local Community Organizations. This research discusses tourism-based Local Economic Development (LED) that aims to examine the condition of Local Economic Development (LED) and provide insight in making plans or strategies for sustainable Local Economic Development (LED) in Bumi Perkemahan Bedengan Tourism. This article applies a quantitative approach with data analysis of RALED (Rapid Assessment Technique for Local Economic Development). Assessment of local economic development in Bumi Perkemahan Bedengan Tourism using the hexagonal concept of LED which consists of six aspects, namely target group, location factors, policy focus and synergy, sustainable development, governance, and management process. The results showed that the five aspects had met the good category. However, there is one aspect, namely the Target Group has a low index value of 45.92 which means that the condition of Local Economic Development in the aspect of the Target Group at the Bumi Perkemahan Bedengan is in a bad condition. Therefore, the target group aspect and the other two lowest aspects namely management process and location factors need attention for more improved in the efforts of Local Economic Development (LED) in the Bumi Perkemahan Bedengan Tourism.

Analysis of Strategic Management for Local Layer Agribusiness Development in North Sulawesi

The strategy for developing local layer agribusiness in North Sulawesi addresses the gap between growing consumption needs and limited product availability. The purpose of this research is to conduct a business feasibility study and formulate a strategy for local layer business development in North Sulawesi. The result of the research states that the development strategy priorities include partnership patterns, fostering human resources (HR) breeders in an integrated manner, encouraging investment growth, increasing the productivity of local layer businesses in rural areas, improving genetic quality, developing culinary businesses, creating production facilities, encouraging the rise of local layer SMEs in the countryside, encouraging the development of science technology and digitization of local layer cultivation in rural areas, vaccination programs, and utilizing unused land for the development of intensification of chicken farming in rural areas.

Analysis of Strategy for Local Beef Cattle Competitiveness Development in North Sulawesi

Local beef cattle (Ongole Crossbreed) in North Sulawesi are still traditionally raised, making its product competitiveness is low. The purpose of this research is to describe the utilization of production factors increasing the competitiveness of livestock and meat commodities, conduct a feasibility study for its development, and formulate a strategy for developing its competitiveness. This qualitative-descriptive research is a case study model involving 160 respondents purposively selected as the sample. The analytical method was the feasibility test of investment criteria. The strategy formulation was divided into the input stage (to analyze internal and external factors), the matching stage (SWOT matrix and IE matrix), and the decision stage (with a Quantitative Strategy Planning Matrix). The findings indicate that the production factor resources were available with investment criteria requirement and strategic priority.

Local food development strategy in hilly areas of Gunungkidul Indonesia

Agriculture is one of the sectors affected by climate change. Gunungkidul is one of the areas in Indonesia vulnerable to climate change because most of its population depends on the agricultural sector. Some of the agricultural land in this region is dryland with low food crop productivity. Therefore, research aiming to analyze local food development strategies in hilly areas is necessary. The sample in this study consisted of several households and key figures in three districts of Gunungkidul Regency: Semin, Wonosari, dan Saptosari. Descriptive analysis was applied to identify the potential of local food, consumption, and processed products. The results discovered 11 food commodities in Gunungkidul, encompassing rice, brown rice, cassava, sweet potato, corn, soybean, peanuts, green beans, vegetables, fruits, and animal foods. The strategies are (1) increasing the productivity of local food ingredients, (2) farming assistance in improving the quality of harvested raw materials for local food products, (3) increasing farming technology for local raw material, (4) increasing technology in IKM local food products, (5) massive promotion of local food products, (6) creating a brand identity for superior local food products, (7) developing local food industry groups, (8) massive socialization of food diversification, (9) developing microfinance institutions, and (10) formulating regulations for the use of local food as consumption in agencies or institutions in Gunungkidul. Meanwhile, the priority strategy that should be carried out is to create a brand identity for superior local food products.

Design for Territories and Green Economy In Search of a Strategy for Local Development

Design for Territories and Green Economy In Search of a Strategy for Local Development

Power Distribution and Distributive Politics in Local Developmental States: Evidence from China's Subnational Land Fiscalization

AbstractLand fiscalization in China is a local development strategy intended to tilt the distribution of interests disproportionately toward local officials. We propose that the degree of power concentration among provincial Chinese leaders affects their need for support from lower-level bureaucrats. The more that power is dispersed among provincial leaders, the more they are incentivized to dispense benefits to local officials. To test this hypothesis, we used provincial-year panel data spanning 2003–2012 to examine how power concentration among provincial leaders affected land fiscalization within their jurisdictions. The empirical results robustly supported the hypothesis.

Responding to transboundary water challenges in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: In search of institutional fit

AbstractThe operations of large hydropower dams in the Mekong basin, while posing detrimental transboundary effects downstream, are not fully recognised in Vietnamese government policies, especially at the regional scale. This study adopts the concept of institutional fit to investigate policy gaps in addressing the transboundary water challenges characterised by falling floodwater flows and accelerating saltwater intrusion in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Based on interviews with key stakeholders (including central and provincial government officials, environmental experts, and academics) as well as desk reviews of policy documents, we argue that, while the transboundary water repercussions are increasingly evident on the ground, they are not adequately factored in water policies and strategic development planning for the delta. This study suggests that failure to incorporate co‐evolving effects of climate change and Mekong‐wide hydropower dynamics into local water governance will cause institutional constraints to tackle water stressors (too much or too little water) over the long term. Achieving institutional fit will therefore help align the national water policy framework with local development strategies and reduce policy‐practice gaps at the delta scale. To this end, two key aspects need to be considered: first, how, and in which forms, innovative management decisions and water governance policies can be effectively undertaken towards securing the living delta and its resilience to present and future environmental risks; and second, how reframed water policy and development agendas can holistically capture and resolve the transboundary hydrological problems, while leveraging the Vietnamese government's policy engagement at higher levels to address related impacts.

Local Economic Development Strategy through Scenario Planning Approach (Study on the Development of Rural Agro-tourism Areas in Banyuwangi)

Local Economic Development (LED) is an appropriate development concept due to the related local or territorial circumstances like considering locality capacity, internal and external factors, and local economic growth so that it has been implemented in many countries. Then the existence of village autonomy and rural area development in Indonesia is such a form of LED implementation. Generally, LED implementation through rural area development has not been successful enough, but in some districts, it has not provided a big impact to improve the people's prosperity. To succeed the LED implementation in developing rural areas, it requires strategies to tackle some problems and challenges and provides a vivid goal in the long term so that the development conducted can synergize each other. Scenario planning is one of the relevant approaches in this case since it accommodates the high complexity and uncertainty. Also, it is used in long-term planning formulation. Moreover, this scenario planning used the TAID method that is tracking, analyzing, imaging, and deciding. Data in this research are compiled by interview, secondary data, and observation to meet the tracking step. Then the output of this will be analyzed using cross-impact to create a scenario in the analyzing step, and the output will be an input for formulating visions and strategies in the imaging and deciding step. This article provides four alternative strategies for developing rural areas which are Dissemination, Optimization, Affirmation, and Reformation.

Diagnosis of the tourism potential of the municipality of Báguanos

<p class="15">Tourism can become a strategy for local and regional development considering that tourism modes are increasingly expanding and adjusting to the needs of tourism consumers. The purpose of the research was oriented to diagnose the tourist potentialities of Báguanos municipality in Holguín province of Cuba, for the future implementation of a tourist development plan. The municipality and its potentialities for tourism development were characterized, the first two stages of the methodology used (Preparation and Diagnosis) were developed, it is concluded that Báguanos has a great amount of resources that are not being exploited and presents deficiencies in the management of the tourist infrastructure.</p>

Lokalno poslovno okruženje iz perspektive poslovne zajednice / Business Community Perspective on Local Business Environment

At the beginning of this century, local governments, local self-government units, were reaffirmed as an important participant in development policy. The growing importance of the local business environment for local economic development, but also development at all other levels, has been recognized. The local business environment can be explored from different perspectives. In this paper, the topic is the local business environment from the perspective of the business community, because there is a lack of research and works of the local business environment from this perspective in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this context, the focus is on three dimensions of the business environment. The first dimension includes procedures, activities and services provided by local governments that have or may have an impact on the business community. The second dimension refers to land use, spatial planning, spatial, urban, regulatory and implementation plans and other relevant documents, as well as the process of issuing a building permit. Finally, the third dimension includes the prices and quality of utilities and local infrastructure. All three dimensions have their basis in the rights and responsibilities of local self-government units determined by the statutes of the local self-government unit, constitutions of higher levels of government, relevant European documents, laws, regulations, provisions, practices at relevant levels and theories. In this context, three research questions were asked. The answers to the questions asked are generated by elements to solve the observed problem. The paper uses the survey method as the basic method. 400 companies from Bosnia and Herzegovina were surveyed. In addition, other relevant methods were used. Theoretical foundations of the research are provided by location theories and growth and development theories.The results can be used as inputs in evaluating existing policies and strategies of local governments or creating new local economic development strategies for the third decade of this century.

The governance dilemmas of urban shrinkage: Evidence from Northeast China

ABSTRACT While existing research has deepened our understanding of global urban shrinkage, studies on the governance of urban shrinkage in China remain deficient. Based on extensive field research in Suihua, in Northeast China, and applying an institutionalist perspective, this study explored two critical challenges faced by Chinese political institutions concerning their governance of urban shrinkage. First, the absence of well-articulated opinions and clearly defined policies of the central government render the governance of shrinking cities uncertain and over-dependent on the personal position of the shrinking city’s immediate superior. Second, the local economic development path of China’s shrinking cities often depends on land transactions and pollution-intensive industries, which appear not only to be the main cause of the worsening urban shrinkage, but also the biggest source of locally-generated income. As a result, re-industrialization as the apparently ideal strategy for local development in Northeast China undermines the local government’s attempts to counter urban shrinkage.

Living borders as an alternative for the development of the northern zone in the province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador

This paper deals with the situation of violence in the San Lorenzo canton located in the northern part of the province of Esmeraldas on the Ecuadorian border with Colombia. The objective of the research is the construction of a peace zone as an alternative to achieve the development of these towns. The methodology used is based on a historical-logical type of research, using qualitative techniques based on participatory observation instruments, documentary sources and bibliographic review. The results and discussion indicate that the institutions that finance and carry out this type of research are located in the city of Quito, which allows us to understand the reasons why there is no follow-up on the different types of violence and its manifestations. The conclusions indicate that these conflicts should have been prevented and that there is no local development strategy on the northern border of the province. The Ecuadorian state is primarily responsible for not confronting the violence by not formulating comprehensive proposals for the development of the border zone within the framework of national security. 

АДАПТАЦІЯ СТРАТЕГУВАННЯ РЕГІОНАЛЬНОГО ТА МІСЦЕВОГО РОЗВИТКУ ДО ВІЙСЬКОВО-ПОЛІТИЧНИХ ВИКЛИКІВ

The article is devoted to issues of improving the strategizing of socio-economic development of regions and communities in the conditions of current military-political challenges associated with the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. On the example of the western region of Ukraine, the main directions of adaptation of regional and local development programs and strategies to the conditions of the economic and humanitarian consequences of hostilities are identified and characterized. In particular, the need to assess the current economic potential of the regions, taking into account the consequences of internal population migrations, the results of the relocation of enterprises, and the implementation of measures to promote the use of the human potential of internally displaced persons for the development of the regional economy, is argued. Measures for the normative consolidation of relevant provisions in programs and regional and local development strategies are proposed. The barriers that prevent in practice the effective adaptation of the regional development strategic priorities outlined in the programs and strategies of local and regional development to the current conditions and challenges are indicated: lack of up-to-date information, insufficient level of inclusivity of management, situational interaction with the expert environment. In the framework of the article, the argumentation is based on the assumption that the military actions are of a long nature (the «war of attrition» scenario), and after the end of military actions, a long period of time (until the restoration of infrastructure, reconstruction of the housing stock, demining, and other measures) of IDPs and relocated enterprises will not be able to return to the territory of their permanent residence. The necessity of searching and revealing of new competitive advantages of the western regions of Ukraine under the current situation is justified, namely: (1) use of the consequences of internal migration of IDPs, which significantly increased the labor resource potential of the western regions of Ukraine; (2) the results of the relocation program, which contributed to changes in the structure of the regional economy and the creation of new economic activity and business activity centers.

Integrating local and global projections for the generation of water demand scenarios in the Red River Basin, Vietnam

Planning and management of water supply systems require projections to account for future changes in climate and society. Global and local future scenarios are generated by using models at different spatial scales. The choice of the scale affects if and how the regional socio-economic structure as well as global and local development strategies are considered, and which uncertainties are treated explicitly. This study explores the integration of global and local scale scenarios. Our approach is demonstrated on the Red River basin, Vietnam, where a set of plausible water demands scenarios is generated for 2050. Results show that water demand will increase by 28-58% compared to 2010 when considering all scenarios of climate and socio-economic changes. The ensemble of integrated demands shows a strong dependence of water demand upon the climate-socio-economic state, which allow a better characterization of the future water supply sector dynamics than those obtained by global or local projections only.

Tourism potentiality applying ICTs in the local rural development of the San Pablo precinct, canton Valencia, Ecuador, 2022

The gradual development of tourism, based on the country's natural resource potential and historical and cultural characteristics, has made it an important economic sphere, both as a source of foreign exchange income and for its potential to stimulate other activities in the national economy. This article proposes the application of a methodology for the elaboration of local development strategies in underprivileged communities in the current context of globalization, but with the appropriate conditions to contribute to development by taking advantage of their endogenous resources. Taking as a methodological reference the strategic guidelines that are developed in order to achieve the proposed objectives from the identification of the vocation. Likewise, the results of each phase of the methodology applied in Recinto San Pablo are presented, where alternative tourism is proposed as a local development strategy through the design of a tourism product that would lead to improve the socioeconomic conditions of this rural community.

Local economic development strategies to increase economic growth in agrotourism areas

This study aims to find a local economic development strategy based on agroindustry to increase Java’s agrotourism sustainable and robust local economy. The research methods used are descriptive quantitative and qualitative. Research respondents are the community, academic practitioners and government officials. The data used covers both external and internal factors that affect the local economy in an agrotourism area and which are then analyzed using SWOT. The results show that the main strength of agrotourism in the IFE matrix is its highly strategic geographical location. The weakness is the lack of planning and business development activity which could have potential economic value. In the EFE matrix, opportunities are the prospects for agrotourism development while the main threat is the community's low interest in business development. In the IE matrix, agrotourism development is found in cell V. This can be handled by maintaining strategies such as market penetration, and market and product development. The study concludes that the local economic development of the community in the agrotourism area can be implemented if the community, practitioners and government are integrated to support the strategy.