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The subject of the study is the formation of urban identity based on group reflection on the past and present. The article summarizes the results of in-depth interviews with the experts and online observation of the thematic communities in the social network VKontakte, dedicated to the visual history of Saransk — the capital of the Republic of Mordovia and focusing on the late Soviet period as the era of its transformation into a major city, revealing the specific features of the social identity of the population of the republican capital, as well as the social functions of virtual urban communities as "assemblage points" of urban identity. Considering Saransk nostalgic communities in "new media" as a specific form of digitalization in modern "public history" and visualization of social memory, the author analyzes symbolic communication and manifestation of collective emotions of their members in modes of collective trauma and nostalgia. Author specifies the basic functions of nostalgic communities: the construction of cultural trauma of the social changes, promoting comprehension of responsibility for development of a city and stimulation of civil activity, formation of a complete image of a city in space and in time, identification of users with the generalized image of the city and urban community.

Between 1978 and 2010 all Spanish cities were affected by at least three major cycles of building activity, three state land acts and three generations of General Planning Schemes. This lack of legislative and functional stability had a particular impact on the new regional capitals, as they all required the creation of a space in which to accommodate the emerging Administrative structure, associated with vast new urban facilities and new residential areas, forming what could be termed an 'Institutional District'. These new, rapidly-emerging fragments of urban developments of low or average density were consolidated during the boom years of the real estate sector and the squandering of resources that characterised the early 21st century. Within this context, the case of the city of Valladolid, capital of the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León, is paradigmatic. ; Entre 1978 y 2010 todas las ciudades españolas se vieron afectadas al menos por tres grandes ciclos de actividad constructiva, tres leyes de suelo estatales y tres generaciones de planes Generales de Ordenación. Esta inestabilidad normativa y funcional fue especialmente acusada en las nuevas capitales regionales ya que en todas ellas fue preciso crear un espacio para el acomodo de la emergente Administración, al que se vinculan los nuevos y grandes equipamientos urbanos y las nuevas áreas residenciales, hasta conformar una suerte de Distrito Institucional. Estos nuevos fragmentos urbanos de desarrollo acelerado, de baja o media densidad, se han consolidado en el periodo de optimismo y despilfarro inmobiliario de principios del siglo XXI; y en este contexto, el caso de la ciudad de Valladolid, capital de la Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León, resulta paradigmático. [fr] Entre 1978 et 2010, toutes les villes espagnoles ont été affectées par au moins trois grands cycles d'expansion de la construction, trois lois foncières nationales et trois générations de plans généraux d'aménagement urbain. Cette instabilité normative et fonctionnelle a surtout eu ...

The author examines the phenomenon of the abnormal concentration of economic, financial, demographic, social, and infrastructural potential in administrative centers of Russian regions ("regional capitals") and in few large cities. The fact that regional governments and territorial agencies of federal institutions are located in the "regional capitals" contributes to growth of their competitiveness. The author considers the reasons for and consequences of this situation that should be taken into account when developing and implementing economic and social policy, as well as federal and regional programs and projects.

AbstractThe onset of the war on drugs in Mexico at the beginning of 21st century had far‐reaching effects on its citizens, including most obviously, an unprecedented increase in the homicide rate. We analyse the correlation between violence on social capital in the 32 federal states of Mexico from January 2004 to December 2016. Given the lack of data in the conflict regions of Mexico, we apply the indirect approach proposed by Guriev and Melnikov (2016), which uses internet search engine data to proxy social capital. Our results show a negative relationship between violence and social capital in Mexico. Moreover, we document a positive spatial correlation for social capital. Overall, we present an example of how the analysis of internet‐based data can contribute to the understanding of socioeconomic developments in conflict regions with unreliable standard data.

The accumulation of the human capital stock plays a key role to explain the macroeconomic performance across regions. However, despite the strong theoretical support for this claim, empirical evidence has been not very convincing, probably because of the low quality of the data. This paper provides a robustness analysis of alternative measures of human capital available at the level of EU NUTS1 and NUTS2 regions. In addition to the univariate measures, composite indicators based on different construction principles are proposed. The analysis shows a significant impact of construction techniques on the quality of indicators. While composite indicators and labour income measures point to the same direction of impact, their correlation is not overwhelmingly high. Moreover, popular indicators should be applied with caution. Although schooling and human resources in science and technology explain some part of the regional human capital stock, they cannot explain the bulk of the experience.

The accumulation of the human capital stock plays a key role to explain the macroeconomic performance across regions. However, despite the strong theoretical support for this claim, empirical evidence has been not very convincing, probably because of the low quality of the data. This paper provides a robustness analysis of alternative measures of human capital available at the level of EU NUTS1 and NUTS2 regions. In addition to the univariate measures, composite indicators based on different construction principles are proposed. The analysis shows a significant impact of construction techniques on the quality of indicators. While composite indicators and labour income measures point to the same direction of impact, their correlation is not overwhelmingly high. Moreover, popular indicators should be applied with caution. Although schooling and human resources in science and technology explain some part of the regional human capital stock, they cannot explain the bulk of the experience.

To provide a theoretical model of the dynamics of intellectual capital creation in regional clusters and in inter‐organizational networks. The model has been constructed on the basis of earlier studies, especially system's theoretical interpretation of organizations as knowledge systems, and then applied to the examination of a regional cluster operating in the mechanical wood processing industry in Eastern Finland. Intellectual capital in regional clusters is created by three main knowledge creation activities, each of which corresponds to a specific type of an inter‐organizational network. First, production networks aiming at efficiency and replication should function according to mechanistic system logic, focusing on the enactment of rules and regulations. Development networks aiming at continuous incremental development, on the other hand, are most successful when adhering to an organic mode, which emphasizes participation, tacit knowledge sharing, dialogue and mutual adjustments. Finally, innovation networks seeking to produce new intangible assets benefit from a dynamic systems model, where entropy and spontaneous knowledge flows form the basis for mastering radical change. Model should be applied to more cases to ascertain its validity. Provides means for understanding, assessing and managing creation of knowledge‐based value in inter‐organizational collaboration. Addresses three gaps in existing research: it focuses on regional intellectual capital; it examines the ways in which intellectual capital is created as a dynamic process; it provides means for understanding the future potential of a region.