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Record Nr.

UNINA9910495182203321

Titolo

European regions : 1870-2000, a geographic and historical insight into the process of European integration / / edited by Jordi Marti-Henneberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]

℗♭2021

ISBN

3-030-61537-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (425 pages)

Disciplina

304.2094

Soggetti

Human geography - Europe

Geografia humana

Geopolítica

Llibres electrònics

Europa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Regions of Europe -- Introduction -- Description of the Changes in State Frontiers and Regional Boundaries -- The Different Systems of Territorial Administration in Europe -- The Rationalist Model -- The Historicist Model -- A New Historical GIS of the Administrative Geography of Europe -- Annex -- The Regional European Geographic Information System (REGIS): An Ongoing Database Project -- Introduction -- The Methodological Approach to Capture the Border Geometries -- Software Solution -- Geospatial Data Format -- Definition of Change -- Sources of the Database -- Structure of the Database -- Generalisation -- Attributes of the Shapefiles -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Maps/Figures -- List of Tables -- Contributors -- Part I: Federal States -- 1: Germany -- 1.1  State Formation -- 1.2  Levels of Government -- 1.3  Territorial Units -- 1.4  Main Levels of Official Statistics -- References and Further Reading -- Sources -- 2: Switzerland -- 2.1  State Formation -- 2.2  Levels of Government -- 2.3  Territorial Units -- 2.4  Main Territorial Level in Official Statistics



-- Appendix -- References -- Literature -- Sources -- 3: Belgium -- 3.1  State Formation -- 3.2  Continuity and Change -- 3.3  Political-Administrative Organisation of Territory -- 3.3.1  Federal Government -- 3.3.2  Subnational Government -- 3.3.3  Decentralised Government -- 3.4  Territory in Official Statistics -- Sources and Further Reading -- Supplementary material -- Quantitative and Statistical Materials -- 4: The Netherlands -- 4.1  State Formation -- 4.2  Continuity and Change -- 4.3  Political-Administrative Organisation of Territory -- 4.4  Territory in Official Statistics -- Sources and Further Reading -- References -- Sources -- 5: Luxembourg -- 5.1  State Formation -- 5.2  Continuity and Change.

5.3  Political-Administrative Organisation of Government -- 5.3.1  Central Government -- 5.3.2  Local Government -- 5.4  Territory in Official Statistics -- Sources and Further Reading -- References -- Part II: British Isles -- 6: The United Kingdom -- 6.1  Introduction -- 6.2  State Formation -- 6.3  National and Devolved Governments for the Countries of the UK -- 6.4  Regional Government and Administration -- 6.4.1  Central Government Administrative Regions -- 6.4.2  Regional Economic Planning Boards and Councils -- 6.4.3  Ad Hoc Regional Coordination -- 6.4.4  'Special Areas' -- 6.4.5  Regional Development Agencies -- 6.4.6  Regional Devolution Since 2014 -- 6.4.7  Elected Regional Government -- 6.5  Local Government Administration -- 6.5.1  Local Government Before 1832/1835 -- 6.5.2  Local Government Before the 1880s -- 6.5.3  Late Nineteenth-Century Local Government Reforms -- 6.5.4  Two-Tier Local Government After 1964 -- 6.5.5  Unitary Councils in Northern Ireland After 1973 -- 6.5.6  The Erosion of the Two-Tier Local Government Structure After 1986 -- 6.6  Local Government Finance -- 6.7  Associations Between Local Government Units -- 6.8  Statistical Units -- 6.9  Conclusion -- Sources and Further Reading -- References -- Sources -- 7: Republic of Ireland -- 7.1  Introduction -- 7.2  Historical Background -- 7.2.1  Gaelic Ireland -- 7.2.2  English Colonisation -- 7.3  Local Government in Nineteenth-Century Ireland -- 7.3.1  Poor Law Unions -- 7.3.2  The 1898 Local Government Act -- 7.4  Local Government in Independent Ireland -- 7.5  Regional Governance Structures 1964-1999 -- 7.5.1  1964 Planning Regions -- 7.5.2  Regional Authorities -- 7.5.3  Regional Assemblies 1999 -- 7.5.4  The National Spatial Strategy -- 7.6  The 2014 Subnational Government Reforms -- 7.6.1  Local Government Reforms -- 7.6.2  New Regional Assemblies.

7.6.3  The National Planning Framework -- 7.7  The Weakness of Subnational Government in Ireland -- Appendix -- References -- Part III: Nordic Countries -- 8: Sweden -- 8.1  State Formation -- 8.2  Levels of Government -- 8.2.1  Powers and Competences -- 8.3  Territory in Official Statistics -- Sources and Further Reading -- References -- Sources -- 9: Finland -- 9.1  State Formation -- 9.1.1  Swedish Rule, 1150-1809 -- 9.1.2  The Autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland, Connected with Tsarist Russia, 1809-1917 -- 9.1.3  The Republic of Finland, 1917- -- 9.2  Levels of Government -- 9.2.1  Territorial State Administrative Units -- 9.2.2  Provinces -- 9.2.3  Local and Regional Self-Government -- References -- 10: Norway -- 10.1  Introduction -- 10.2  State Formation -- 10.3  Levels of Government -- 10.4  Territorial Units -- 10.5  Main Territorial Levels in Official Statistics -- Appendix Table 10.1 Border Changes Between Norwegian Counties 1870-2020 -- References -- 11: Denmark -- 11.1  State Formation -- 11.1.1  The Duchies Slesvig and Holsten in the Danish State -- 11.2  Levels of Government and Functions -- 11.2.1  The Medieval and Premodern Period -- 11.2.2  The Reform of 1842 -- 11.2.3  The Reform of 1970 -- 11.2.4  The Reform of 2007 --



Appendix -- Sources and Further Reading -- References -- 12: Iceland -- 12.1  State Formation -- 12.2  Levels of Government -- 12.3  Political-Administrative Organisation -- Sources and Further Reading -- Part IV: The Napoleonic Model -- 13: France -- 13.1  The Heritage of the Ancien Régime: A Centralised State -- 13.1.1  The Origins of France -- 13.1.2  Local Government Before 1789 -- 13.2  The Legacy of 1789-1790: The Local 'Convenances' -- 13.3  Developments Over the Nineteenth to Twenty-First Centuries -- 13.3.1  The Creation of a Fifth Tier -- 13.3.2  Towards a Decentralised State: Local Authorities.

13.3.3  Other Types of Territorial Division -- 13.3.3.1  Inter-Municipal Associations (Intercommunalités) -- 13.3.3.2  Pays -- 13.3.3.3  Regional Nature Parks -- 13.3.4  Use of Special Status -- 13.3.4.1  The City of Paris, Both Municipality and Department -- 13.3.4.2  The Specific Status of Lyon and Marseille: Municipal Arrondissements -- 13.3.4.3  Corsica: A Unique Status -- 13.3.4.4  Alsace-Moselle, Legal Particularities -- 13.3.5  Codifications of Administrative Geography -- 13.3.5.1  The Official Geographic Code (COG) and the European Classification -- 13.3.5.2  The GeoPeople Project and the Historical Geo-Classification -- 13.4  Administration of Overseas France: Increasingly Divergent Status -- 13.5  The Five Tiers of French Administration -- 13.5.1  Regions -- 13.5.1.1  The Administrative Areas -- 13.5.1.2  Central Government: Organs, Functions and Powers -- 13.5.1.3  Local Government: Organs, Functions and Powers -- 13.5.2  Departments -- 13.5.2.1  The Administrative Areas -- 13.5.2.2  Central Government: Organs, Functions and Powers -- 13.5.2.3  Local Government: Organs, Functions and Powers -- 13.5.3  Arrondissements -- 13.5.3.1  The Administrative Areas -- 13.5.3.2  Central Government: Organs, Functions and Powers -- 13.5.3.3  Local Government: Organs, Functions and Powers -- 13.5.4  Cantons -- 13.5.4.1  The Administrative Areas -- 13.5.4.2  Central Government: Organs, Functions and Powers -- 13.5.4.3  Local Government: Organs, Functions and Powers -- 13.5.5  Municipalities -- 13.5.5.1  The Administrative Areas -- 13.5.5.2  Central Government: Organs, Functions and Powers -- 13.5.5.3  Local Government: Organs, Functions and Powers -- 13.5.6  The French 'Layer Cake' -- 13.6  Latest Developments, 2003-2019, a Geography of Regional and Local Authorities Competences and Powers.

13.6.1  The Constitutional Law of the 28th March 2003: Decentralisation -- 13.6.2  The Law of the 16th December 2010: Reform of Local and Regional Authorities -- 13.6.3  The Law MAPTAM of the 16th December 2010: Increasing Metropolisation -- 13.6.4  The Law NOTRe of the 7th August 2015: Inter-Municipality -- 13.6.5  Others Evolutions -- 13.7  Conclusion -- Annexes -- Dual Mandates in France -- Population of Overseas Local Authorities -- Bibliography -- Websites Consulted -- 14: Italy -- 14.1  State Formation -- 14.2  Regions and Provinces: Boundaries and Levels of Government -- 14.2.1  The Regional Borders -- 14.2.2  Provinces and Metropolitan Cities -- 14.3  Levels of Government -- 14.3.1  The Regions -- 14.3.2  Municipalities -- Sources and Further Reading -- Statistical Sources -- 15: Portugal -- 15.1  State Formation -- 15.2  Levels of Government -- 15.2.1  Basic Historical Characteristics -- 15.2.2  From the Constitutional Monarchy to the Democratic Regime: Territorial Reforms -- 15.2.3  From the Constitutional Monarchy to the Democratic Regime: The Centre-Periphery Relations -- 15.2.4  The Democratic Regime -- Sources and Further Reading -- References -- Website -- Sources -- 16: Spain -- 16.1  State Formation -- 16.2  Territorial Structure -- 16.3  Political-Administrative Organisation --



16.3.1  Territorial Levels and Number of Units -- 16.4  Main Territorial Levels in Official Statistics -- Sources and Further Reading -- References -- Part V: The Habsburg Influence -- 17: Austria -- 17.1  State Formation -- 17.2  Levels of Government, Territorial Units, Main Territorial Levels in Official Statistics -- 17.2.1  The Political System at the Federal Level -- 17.2.2  National Identity and Cultural Characteristics -- 17.3  Sub-national Administrative Levels -- 17.4  Main Territorial Levels in Official Statistics -- 17.5  Danubian Lands.

17.6  The Alpine Southeast.