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Instituto Superior Técnico / Masters in Civil Engineering – Regions and Networks 2008/2009

Instituto Superior Técnico

Masters in Civil Engineering

REGIÕES E REDES

(REGIONS AND NETWORKS)

Theme 3: Regional Economic Impact of Private and Public Investment

Presentation of Assignment – Theme 3

Filipe Moura

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Assignment (I)

Each group has to choose a rapidly growing (or declining) region and

analyze the underlying reasons for the region‟s regrowth and

resilience (or decline). During the paper (and presentation), the

students will indicate how they have reviewed the region's cycles of

economic development (history) considering some of the theories and

techniques covered in class. Students will be encouraged to use cases

that they are already familiar with.

Some examples of regions that experienced fast economic growth

over the last two decades.

Barcelona/Catalunya (Spain), Glasgow (UK), Pittsburgh (USA),

Lille (France), Ireland, Slovenia

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Assignment (II)

Students will divide into groups of three and will present a paper with

no more than 5,000 words, i.e. approximately 15 pages, depending on

the page format (excludes title, name of the students, abstract,

keywords, or references).

Your presentation is due by December, 17th 2008 (18h000 in my

mailbox – [email protected]).

The final report will be due by January, 9th 2009 (24h00 in my

mailbox).

Each group has 20 minutes to do the presentation and another 20

minutes for class discussion. In other words, each group will be given

40 minutes.

Presentations are on December, 18th and 19th 2008.

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Assignment (III)

Grading Criteria:

1. Relevance and complexity of the case-study you chose

2. Rationale for explanation of the cycles of economic

growth/decline/regrowth of the region.

3. Application of theories, techniques, and/or concepts covered in

lectures. Additional theoretical aspects are evaluated with the

same criteria and importance. We will judge the appropriateness,

relevance and thoroughness of your analysis, when referring to

theoretical aspects.

4. Appropriateness of information collected to sustaining your

discussion.

5. Clarity and quality of the paper. We will evaluate the paper

structure, quality of presentation and your writing skills.

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Some questions and aspects you should

consider (I)

Is the region you chose experiencing economic growth or decline?

Has there been previous periods of growth or decline? How long

has been the region experiencing growth or decline?

How did you measure growth or development? Indicators: GDP,

value-added of the region, employment, population (pyramids are

importance), level of education, others.

What are the sources of growth (or decline)? Relate sources of

growth to factors of production (inputs for production)?

Natural resources? Minerals? Oil?

More capital invested? Public or Private?

New facilities/infrastructures provided by local/regional/national authorities?

Technology-based restructuration? Industrial clusters?

Investment on education (e.g., new universities/research centers)?

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Some questions and aspects you should

consider (II)

What lessons can you draw from your case-study for other regions?

Are these lessons case-specific or are they transferable to other

regions?

Although history and context are important (background), there

are also real processes and actions that you can look at to help

us think about planning development and policy interventions

elsewhere.

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The paper

When writing the paper, we want you to be analytical, rather than

descriptive:

What question will you answer? (Background and introduction)

What are your arguments? (what really happened that

generated the changes you observe)

What evidence can you draw on to support your claims?

Evidence should be based mainly on facts and statistics (not

only on other peoples/institutions judgment, although you

can also refer to them).

Sources can be statistics from regional/national/european

authorities or, also, from reports (in the case they are

produced by acknowledged institutions) and scientific

papers.

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Structure of paper (I)

- Guidelines

Abstract (300 words)

Keywords (max. 5)

The paper

Introduction (500-1000 words)

Present the motivation of the paper

Explain what is(are) the main objective(s) of the paper

Outline briefly how you will analyze the case-study

(methodology)

Present shortly the structure of the paper (usually, the

structure follows closely the methodology of analysis)

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Structure of paper (II)

- Guidelines

The paper

Characterization of the case-study (1500-2000 words)

General aspects: location, city/region/country, geography

(e.g., near the sea, mountains, valley, etc.), others that you

think of.

A bit of history.

General statistics (time series): population (evolution), GDP

(if adequate), employment, etc.

Structure of the economy: primary/secondary/tertiary

sectors, % contribution of local wealth, focus on the

particularities of the city/region/country

Provide terms of comparison (regional/national/EU statistics)

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Structure of paper (III)

- GuidelinesThe paper

Cycles of economic growth/decline/regrowth? (1500-

2000 words)

Based on the previous characterization, identify the striking

features of evolution

Identify the problems underlying the decline (that you

observe today)

Identify the striking features that lead to economic

recovering (if any)

Interpret the phenomenon you identify in light of the

concepts, theory covered in class

Are there any lessons to be retrieved or are the phenomena

city/region/country specific?

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Structure of paper (IV)

- Guidelines

The paper

Conclusions? (500 words)

Short summary of what you presented in the paper

(including how you tackled the problem, the striking

feature of your analysis, and your interpretation of

what happened)

Lessons learned, generalization in light of theories

covered in class

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Structure of paper (VI)

- Guidelines

References

Do not copy what others have written. Quote or cite them?

Quote when you use some author‟s text (ipsis verbis) and

you should use quotation marks (“…”).

Cite when you use some authors information, reasoning,

results, ...

In all cases, you should include a reference after the quotation

or after you cite some author and include the corresponding

reference at the end of the paper.

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Structure of paper (VII)

- Guidelines

References

The basic rule in making references is that the reader should be

able to obtain the document/data you used in your research (not

necessarily available in the web)

One example of reference system for 3 different document types:

In text: (Silva, J., 2004, p.??)

» Include pages if you quote a part of the text or if you refer to a

specific table, figure, etc.

At the end of the text:

Journal paper: Silva, j. (2004), “title”, Journal title, Volume/issue, pages.

Report: Silva, J. (2004), “title”, Institution, City/Country, URL (acces date)

Conference Paper: Silva, J. (2004), “title”, Conference name, location, date, pages.

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Structure of paper (VIII)

- Guidelines

In the beginning of the paper you should include:

Title of your paper

Name of the authors and affiliation (in this case you refer to

Instituto Superio Técnico - Course of Regions and Networks)

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Metropolitan Region of Barcelona Basic facts:

Location: Spain / Catalonia

Geographical features: near the sea

Population: 4.3 million inhabitants (69% of Catalonia)

Striking facts:

Coal and steel industries grow and decline follows after the Civil War (1936-39)

The city reaches saturation and dwellings develop towards the suburbs chaotically

Serious problems of urban decay in both inner and peripheral districts

Post -1992 period (referred to „Barcelona model‟):

Barcelona model urban regeneration began with „92 Olympic game

6th position of European ranking in terms of population and local employment

positions

Polynuclear structure centered around Barcelona

New projects:

Urban regeneration of Ciutat Vella, Project 22@ - Transformation of Poblenou

district, Forum 2004 – Transformation of Sea side district of Barcelona

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Glasgow

Basic facts:

Location: UK / Scotland

Geographical features: inland but near a navigable river

Population: 1.5 million inhabitants

Striking facts:

Built on old mines, revealing the importance of minerals in original prosperity

Outstanding economic growth was followed by overcrowding city centre and

housing deprivation

Followed a period of desindustrialization and huge losses of employment

Post- desindustrialization period:

McInsey report (1985)

Culture and image (a fashionable Glasgow – Annual arts festival)

Urban regeneration of docklands, old factories, warehouses, etc.

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Pittsburgh Basic facts:

Location: USA / Pennsylvania


Population: 2.5 million inhabitants

Nickname: Steel City, City of Bridges

Striking facts:

Dominant coal and steel industry in the world showing high prosperity since the

early 1930s

Change in demand, foreign competition, factors of production lead to

desinsdustrialization

Declining steel sector since the 60s with huge jobs losses and unemployment high

above 10% (50% I some areas) over more than a decade (80s-90s)


“smoke control policies” of more industrialized areas heavy industry left

Increased attractiveness occupation by multinational corporation and

fashionable housing

Old-heavy industry substituted by high-tech firms (1980s)

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Lille Basic facts:

Location: France / Nord-Pas de Calais (close to Belgium border)


Population: 250 thousand inhabitants

Peculiarity: Mayor is Martine Aubry (current president of the French Socialist party)

Striking facts:

Dominant coal, steel, metal industry and textile up to the 50s.

Change in demand, foreign competition, factors of production lead to

desinsdustrialization during the 60s and 70s

Family-based, paternalistic entrepreneurship as long dominated discouraging new

business introduction and creative spirit of employees


Construction of the TGV and repositioning in regional terms (close to big economic

centres in France but in other Central European countries, e.g., Brussels)

Shift towards service sector during the 1990s being successful in trade and commerce-

related employment and financial services.

Important endeavor: Trade Centre Euralille with dubious consequences

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Group 1 – Clusters and Regional Development – Case Studies

1. Boari, C. (2001) Industrial Clusters, Focal Firms, and Economic

Dynamism: A Perspective from Italy, Washington, USA, World Bank

Institute, Nº37186,

(http://siteresources.worldbank.org/WBI/Resources/wbi37186.pdf

access in Nov., 28th, 2008).

Longhi, C. (1999) Networks, Collective Learning and Technology

Development in Innovative High Technology Regions: The Case of

Sophia-Antipolis. Regional Studies, 33, 333-342.

Powers, P. (2006) Building the Austin technology cluster: the role of

government and community collaboration in the human capital, Digital

Regions Conference, Austin, Texas,

(http://www.kc.frb.org/PUBLICAT/NewGovernance04/Powers04.pdf

access in Nov., 28th, 2008).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Group 2 – Regional economics – growth models and factors of

production

Cooke, P. & Leydesdorff, L. (2006) “Regional Development in the

Knowledge-Based Economy: The Construction of Advantage”, The

Journal of Technology Transfer, 31, 5-15.

Perreira, A., Andraz, J. (2006) “Public investment in transportation

infrastructures and regional asymmetries in Portugal”, The annals of

Regional Sciences, vol. 40 (pp-803-817)

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Group 3 – High Speed Railways –Cost-Benefit Analysis of

project investment

Randolph, S., Haveman, J., Egan, T. (2008), “California High-Speed

Rail Economic Benefits and Impacts in the San Francisco Bay Area”,

Report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, San Francisco,

US.

Kantor, S. (2008), “ The Economic Impact of the California High-

Speed Rail in the Sacramento/Central Valley Area “, University of

California, Merced,. US.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Group 4 – Economic development and ICTs

Castells, M. (1998) “Information Technology, Globalization and Social

Development”. UNRISD Conference on Information Technologies and

Social Development,. Palais des Nations, Geneva.

Castells, M. (2000), “Materials for an exploratory theory of the network

society”, British Journal of Sociology Vol. No. 51 Issue No. 1

(January/March) pp. 5–24

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