Regional Policy in the Southern African Development Community

This book analyses regional development policy in the Southern African Development Community, which also forms a key trading bloc on the African continent as well as the Global South. It explores the main attributes relevant to the formulation of regional policy in terms of socio-economic policies as well as spatial planning instruments.

List of contents

1: Introduction Part 1: Policy Perspectives 2: Regional Policy in The African Union and SADC 3: Understanding The Role and Potential of The Peripheral Region 4: Implications Of Subnational Regional Development Policy for The Southern African Development Community Part 2: Structural Perspectives 5: Corridors As Spatial Instruments to Channel and Focus Economic Development: Science Versus Politics 6: SADC’s Settlement Hierarchy and Networks in Support of Cross-Border Regional Development 7: The Role of Infrastructure in Regional Trade in The SADC Region Part 3: Economic And Trade Perspectives 8: Influence Of Location on The Competitiveness of SADC Industries 9: The Road Less Travelled: Exploring the Untapped Potential of Intra-Regional Trade in SADC 10: Regional Integration and Industrialisation in the SADC: A Comparative Analysis of Developing Regions 11: Artisanal Mining in The SADC Region: Lessons Learned from The Kimberley Artisanal Mining Case on Formalisation Part 4: Future Perspective 12: A Regional Policy Approach for the SADC

About the author

J. Ernst Drewes is a full Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Mariske van Aswegen is a Senior Lecturer in the Unit for Environmental Science and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.

Summary

This book analyses regional development policy in the Southern African Development Community, which also forms a key trading bloc on the African continent as well as the Global South. It explores the main attributes relevant to the formulation of regional policy in terms of socio-economic policies as well as spatial planning instruments.

Product details

• Assisted by: J. Ernst Drewes (Editor), J. Ernst ewes (Editor), Mariske van Aswegen (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.03.2024
• EAN: 9781032459424
• ISBN: 978-1-03-245942-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Urban & Regional, urban economics, Economics of industrial organisation, Human Geography, Development Studies, Economics of industrial organization, Regional / urban economics