Local Economic Neighbourhoods
Date
1999
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AESOP
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Until today, urban renewal and regeneration strategies have not managed to reverse the processes of social exclusion and economic segregation. Still, people living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods have fewer options to improve their quality of life than the mainstream resident. Individual problems remain in spite of all efforts to improve social conditions by physical upgrading and improved public services. One of the most important causes is unemployment. There is an obvious need for local economic development (LED) in disadvantaged neighbourhoods, which has been recognised throughout Europe.
The Swedish Government relies on the economic growth in small and medium sized enterprises to solve the unemployment crisis. At the local level, in municipalities and city districts, it will become necessary to promote these enterprises to contribute effectively to economic growth and to reduce unemployment. Being a neglected area, there is a great need for knowledge about local economy and its impacts on the social conditions. Strategies aiming at local economic development have the potential to reach beyond the creation of job occasions. The image of a neighbourhood is very important in regeneration projects and can be positively influenced by LED strategies. Further, LED approaches have the potential to provide residents with the self- confidence, knowledge and skills to enter the ordinary labour market.
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Book of abstracts : AESOP PhD workshop 1999, Finse, Depertment of Geography Univeristy of Bergen, Norway
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