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