Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning – ICANN 2021: 30th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Bratislava, Slovakia, September 14–17, 2021, Proceedings, Part III

Contents
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Chapter 1: Introduction
	1.1 Contemporary Spatial Diversity of Development-Understanding and Motivation
	1.2 Research Approach-Purpose and Scope of the Study
	1.3 Structure of the Book
	References
Chapter 2: Megatrends of Socioeconomic Changes
	2.1 World of Changes-The Space of Changes
	2.2 Megatrends
		2.2.1 Transformation
		2.2.2 Economic Integration
		2.2.3 Globalization
		2.2.4 Postmodernization
	2.3 European Geography of the Impact of Megatrends and the Diversification of Development
	References
Chapter 3: Contemporary Challenges of Regional Development in Europe
	3.1 Regional Development and Its Factors
		3.1.1 Theoretical Basics
		3.1.2 Typology and Systematization
		3.1.3 Direction and Trends of Change
	3.2 European Regional Policy
		3.2.1 Challenges and Goals
		3.2.2 Paradigms and Their Operationalization
		3.2.3 Place-Based Policy as a Chance for Future Development
	References
Chapter 4: Rethinking Regional Development Factors
	4.1 Assumptions of the Place-Based Policy
	4.2 Systematization of the Rethinking of Factors and Its Geography
		4.2.1 Human Capital
		4.2.2 Social Capital
		4.2.3 Material Capital
		4.2.4 Financial Capital
		4.2.5 Innovations
	4.3 Rethinking Place-Based Policy
	References
Chapter 5: Cross-Country Evidence on the Redefinition of Factors of Regional Development and Its Impact on Spatial Disparities...
	5.1 Methodology
	5.2 Typology of Differences of Socioeconomic Development
		5.2.1 Level of Development
		5.2.2 Dynamics of Development
		5.2.3 Typology of Differences
	5.3 Trajectory of Development
	5.4 Factors of Development
	References
Chapter 6: Specificity and Challenges of Less Developed Areas - Polish Experiences
	6.1 Methodology
	6.2 Regional and Subregional Disparities
		6.2.1 Typology of Differences of Socioeconomic Development
		6.2.2 Trajectory of Development
		6.2.3 Factors of Development
	6.3 Contemporary Perspectives of Regional Development and Socioeconomic Changes - A Case of Wielkopolska
		6.3.1 Development Background
		6.3.2 Case Studies
		6.3.3 Territorial Capital as a Metafactor of Development
		6.3.4 Contemporary Challenges
		6.3.5 Synthesis: Factors of Socioeconomic Development - Territorial Capital - New Regional Policy Challenges
	References
Chapter 7: Future of Regional Policy
	7.1 Economic, Social, and Political Challenges Post 2020 Period
	7.2 Recommendation for Operational Change
	7.3 Epilogue Due to the Socioeconomic Consequences of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
	References
Index