For the common problems existed in regional development and planning, we try to design a decision support system for assisting regional agricultural development and alignment as a decision-making tool for local government and decision maker. The analysis methods of forecast, comparative advantage, liner programming and statistical analysis are adopted. According to comparative advantage theory,...

Regional integration has been used with varying success to overcome disadvantages associated with small size. The fundamental premise for regional cooperation in the Caribbean has been the promotion of economic development particularly in the manufacturing and industrial sectors. The opportunity exists however, for use of a regional approach to develop strategic responses to other issues essent...

In the context of sustainable urban development, the application of selected indicators integrated with scenario simulation and analysis can contribute to evidence-based decision making. This paper discusses the application of land use modelling and opportunity mapping approaches to evaluate regional development scenarios for the Greater Dublin Region in the period to 2026 evolving from researc...

The Real-Time Environmental Information Network andAnalysis System (REINAS) is a distributed system supporting the conduct of regional environmental science research at the desk top. Continuous real-time data acquired from dispersed sensors is stored in a logically integrated but physically distributed data base. An integrated problem-solving environment is under development which supports visu...

The paper concentrates on the positive development dynamics of « industrial districts » based on the network of small and medium-sized firms, in opposition to the decline of industrial centres of mass production in transition countries. The crux of the matter is to establish whether or not industrial districts constitute a model for the regeneration of local and regional economies in central Eu...

Over the past decade the economies of East Asia and APEC more generally have been increasinglyopening up their markets, and in the process have achieved significant gains in exports and economicgrowth. In conjunction with this increased economic integration, there has been increased recognitionby regional governments of the potential for a substantial increase in the participation by smallbusin...

While object-orientation has been widely accepted as an important programming paradigm, teaching object-orientation remains difficult. Experience reports suggest that some problems can be avoided by teaching object-orientation as the first language in an introductory course. However, other problems remain, in particular languages and environments are regularly criticised as unsuitable and overl...