Sustainable Human Development: A New Territorial and People-Centred Perspective [Hardcover]

Integrating Amartya Sen's approach with the literature on place-based territorial development processes, this book recognises the interplay between the evolution of local development systems and the expansion of individual and collective capabilities.Prologue; Giacomo Becattini Foreword; Santosh Mehrotra Introduction? 1. Sustainable Human Development (SHD) at the Local Level? 1.1 Introduction? 1.2 Unexplored synergies between the Capability Approach and the local development perspective? 1.3 Rationales for a new SHD perspective at the local level? 1.4 Structural elements of SHD at the local level ? 1.5 Some clarifications about the new perspective? 1.6 Conclusions? Appendix 1.1 Levels and trajectories of SHD at the local level ? 2. The Sustainable Territorial Evolution for Human Development (STEHD) Framework? 2.1 Introduction? 2.2 The STEHD framework? 2.3 Exploring the territorial dynamics of SHD processes?through the STEHD framework 2.4 What is the STEHD framework for?? 2.5 Conclusions? Appendix 2.1 Alternative ways for the modeling of LDSs? 3. The Role Of Multilevel Governance for SHD at the Local Level? 3.1 Introduction: A world with no isolated territories? 3.2 The horizontal and vertical articulation of SHD processes? 3.3 An evolutionary analysis of multilevel governance mechanisms for SHD at the local level ? 3.4 Multilevel governance mechanisms for SHD: Evidence from two Latin American countries ? 3.5 Conclusions? Appendix 3.1 Multilevel governance and international coordination? 4. International Development Cooperation at the Local Level: The UNDP ART Global Initiative? 4.1 Introduction: Rethinking international development cooperation 4.2 The characteristics of the UNDP ART Global Initiative ? 4.3 Comparing traditional aid policies and the ART Initiative ? 4.4 Analysing ART processes enabling SHD? 4.5 Conclusions? Appendix 4.1 Structured Focus Group Discussions as a tool to analyse complex development programs? 5. Enabling Factors for Local Economic Developlãâ