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SMART TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACH: THE CASE OF LATVIA
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Z. Bulderberga
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The smart development is a quite new tendency introduced in regional and territorial planning focusing on innovations, effective use of resources and knowledge based economics. Therefore there is no methodology elaborated jet how to characterise the smart territorial development progress in municipalities on Latvia. The National Research Program EKO-SOC-LV is established to create knowledge base on sustainable development processes of the state and society, and to elaborate a theoretical justification for sustainable development strategies and action policies through diverse scientific research. One of the aims is to analyse processes of rural and regional development and possibilities within the framework of economy in Latvia. During this research program smart territorial development measuring approach was elaborated. This article describes the methodology how to assess and evaluate the progress and level of smart territorial development. In this approach the smart territorial development includes four dimensions ? smart people (active, skilled and educated), smart economics (innovative, knowledge intense, high?tech industries), smart use of nature resources and smart governance (inclusive, active in communication and effective in use of e-services). Each dimension is characterised by numerous indicators ? 19 in total. The methods used in research are: monographic, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, statistical analysis methods, cluster analysis.
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17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2017
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17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2017, 29 June - 5 July, 2017
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Proceedings Paper
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STEF92 Technology
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International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference-SGEM
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Bulgarian Acad Sci; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Russian Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci & Arts; Slovak Acad Sci; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; World Acad Sci; European Acad Sci, Arts & Letters; Ac
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781-788
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29 June - 5 July, 2017
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website
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cdrom
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smart development; territorial development; Latvia; municipality.
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