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作者

Hyppolite Dossa Dansou;Mario Carrier

来源

CITIES,Vol.134,Issue1,Article 104115

语言

英文

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作者单位

École supérieure d'aménagement du territoire et de développement régional (ÉSAD) Laval University Quebec City (QC), Canada;École supérieure d'aménagement du territoire et de développement régional (ÉSAD) Laval University Quebec City (QC), Canada;Department of Public Administration and Sociology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands;Department of Public and International Affairs, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;Department of Urban Planning and Design, And Social Infrastructure for Equity and Wellbeing (SIEW) Lab, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Urban Geographies/Centre for Urban Studies, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1018 WV, Netherlands;Department of Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, China;Transport and Logistics Group, Department of Engineering Systems and Services, Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5, 2628 BX Delft, the Netherlands;Capgemini engineering, Boulevard sebastien brant, 67400 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France;Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7013, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden;Data Intensive Studies Center, Tufts University, Joyce Cummings Center 177 College Ave, Medford, MA 02155, USA;Department of Sociology, Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS), University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS Groningen, the Netherlands;Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Landbergstraat 15, 2628 CE Delft, the Netherlands;Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom;State Key laboratory of urban and regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China;University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Urban Megaregion National Observation and Research Station for Eco-Environmental Change, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China;Xiongan Institute of Innovation, Xiongan New Area, 071000, China;Department of Maritime Technologies, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden;Volvo Group AB, SE-40508 Gothenburg, Sweden;School of Business, Economics and Law, Department of Business Administration, Division of Industrial and Financial Management and Logistics, University of Gothenburg, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden

摘要

Given the shortcomings of decentralization in terms of the transfer of skills and resources in countries where it was introduced, innovations, especially institutional ones, can be a way out for the development of territories. Considering the relationship between urban and rural areas, we can ask ourselves how territories that seize such an opportunity can influence the course of their development. With the advances in urban-rural development, could it be possible that these innovations improve the conditions found in the countryside while strengthening those of the cities? We assume that institutional innovations based on inclusive governance promote better production of goods and services in a territory. Thanks to proximity, these institutional innovations promote economic development of several territories. In this logic, we present the case of a rural commune in southern Benin that, based on innovative inclusive governance mechanisms, has introduced other innovations as part of a project on climate change resilience. Thanks to its proximity to two urban areas, Sô-Ava has laid the foundations for its development. Through a review of literature, the article draws on the territorial innovation and proximity theories to analyse the case of Sô-Ava, highlighting innovations implemented and how they contribute to its development and beyond.