Place-based development strategies: Possibilities, dilemmas and ongoing debates

Pugalis, L; Bentley, G

Place-based development strategies: Possibilities, dilemmas and ongoing debates

Pugalis, L

Bentley, G

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Citation:: Local Economy, 2014, 29 (4-5), pp. 561 - 572
Issue Date:: 2014-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Pugalis, L https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8987-6356	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bentley, G	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Local Economy, 2014, 29 (4-5), pp. 561 - 572	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0269-0942	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/115964
dc.description.abstract	This article concludes the special issue - (Re)appraising place-based economic development strategies - by weaving together some of the key strands explored, debated and examined by each contribution. The place-based meta-approach is far from an uncontested concept. It may be more accurately understood (and more efficiently practised) as an innumerable range of place-based economic strategies - each one connected by some common attributes, which could form an ideal-typical place-based policy model, although each approach to place-based development is likely to be contextually distinct. Actualising a place-based mode of thinking shapes how places are understood, conceptualised and codified, which can have significant implications for the formulation of policy and the implementation of development initiatives. The article also identifies some of the most pertinent research gaps, as we conclude by exploring potential future directions as part of the ongoing search for solutions to addressing uneven patterns of development. In many ways, the search has only just begun. Theories and philosophical presuppositions will be challenged, concepts will be deconstructed and reconstructed, machineries of governance will be remodelled, policies will be recast and practice will be recalibrated. Consequently, a continued (re)appraisal of place-based endeavours will be necessary if we are to achieve a qualitative improvement in the present situation marked by an unequal and unsustainable global society. © The Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Local Economy	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0269094214541617	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Urban & Regional Planning	en_US
dc.title	Place-based development strategies: Possibilities, dilemmas and ongoing debates	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/lnstitute for Public Policy and Governance
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Abstract:

This article concludes the special issue - (Re)appraising place-based economic development strategies - by weaving together some of the key strands explored, debated and examined by each contribution. The place-based meta-approach is far from an uncontested concept. It may be more accurately understood (and more efficiently practised) as an innumerable range of place-based economic strategies - each one connected by some common attributes, which could form an ideal-typical place-based policy model, although each approach to place-based development is likely to be contextually distinct. Actualising a place-based mode of thinking shapes how places are understood, conceptualised and codified, which can have significant implications for the formulation of policy and the implementation of development initiatives. The article also identifies some of the most pertinent research gaps, as we conclude by exploring potential future directions as part of the ongoing search for solutions to addressing uneven patterns of development. In many ways, the search has only just begun. Theories and philosophical presuppositions will be challenged, concepts will be deconstructed and reconstructed, machineries of governance will be remodelled, policies will be recast and practice will be recalibrated. Consequently, a continued (re)appraisal of place-based endeavours will be necessary if we are to achieve a qualitative improvement in the present situation marked by an unequal and unsustainable global society. © The Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav.

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