Governance, Local government, Public administration 

Local governance and regional development are key concepts for the socioeconomic development of countries. With the increase in urbanization after the Industrial Revolution, success in local governance and balanced regional development has become even more important for overall welfare. This book provides up-to-date information about regional development and local governance. 

List of Contributors
Part 1 Local Governance
1.1 Justification of Administrative Procedures and Evaluation of Implied Refuses on the Axis of Local Governments
1.2 Impacts on Urban Governance of Local Politics and Terror Relationship: The Case of Turkey
1.3 The Perception of Istanbul's Chromatic Identity through Urban Furniture: A study on College of Communication students
1.4 Why should Firms Achieve strategic CSR?
Part 2 Regional Development
2.1 Conceptual View of Economic Development
2.2 The Impact of the EU Regional Policy Developed within the scope of Lisbon Strategy and Europe 2020 Goals on Overcoming Interregional Differences.
2.3 Solidarity Economics in Turkey: its ecosystem and relations with the public authorities.
2.4 Contribution of University-industry collaboration in science, technology, and innovation.
2.5 The role of international trade in regional development
2.6 Regional development and distance education: performance evaluation of University distance education programs.
2.7 The regional distribution of Technoparks and their impacts on innovation.
2.8 Financial and technical support of regional development Agencies in Turkey: the case of two provinces from different development Agencies.
2.9 Effects of foreign direct investments on high technology export: data analysis for selected developing countries and Turkey.
2.10 Regional development in Turkey: An evaluation of development plans.
2.11 Paradigm Shift in Rural/ Regional Development: endogenous Development and territorial Capital
List of Figures
List of tables 

note: includes references