local development of large cities has been the subject of countless studies by local and international institutions.
To refer to this issue and its links with major cities of Argentina I will present some definitions that will help put us on the subject. Anyway, these approaches are always really cuts because each emphasizes different aspects, some economic, other personal liberties and other socially.
With the idea of \u200b\u200blocality we are mindful to "... a population (Human beings) on territorial proximity is linked by historical necessity or by choice to a particular geographic location. The dependence on the location can come from a shared attraction to the local culture, local employment centers, local natural resources or other facilities or services of the specific location. "(Dawkins, 2003).
In this regard and as an approximation we can say that "the aim of development is related to the valuation of the real freedoms that people enjoy in a given population ... The discussion of means and ends of development calls us to place the perspective of freedom in the center of the stage. People should be seen, under this approach, as active agents involved in the construction of their own destiny and not merely passive recipients of the fruits of development programs ingenious. "(A. Sen, 1999) Thus a larger includes aspects such as cultural needs and community identity and political decision-making in public policy making.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) suggests that local development can be seen as a process whereby a number of institutions and / or local people are mobilized in a given locality to develop, strengthen and stabilize operations using the best possible resources of the territory. "In other words, local development can be considered as an attempt from the bottom up of local stakeholders to improve the income , employment opportunities and quality of life in their localities.
local development in addition to thinking in the territory presupposes understanding the idea of \u200b\u200beconomic growth with social impact ie motoric growth that improved incomes.
Following the report's analysis perspective the central axes of Local Development in Argentina, Mr. Daniel Arroyo in this paper will only reference to the first dimension on this issue of the six dimensions proposed by Mr. Arroyo.
The profile of development: "A community or territory, can only promote local development as they have a profile. Only local development when a locality has a profile where it goes. The first point to consider then is to try to assess what is productive economic profile locally. "Local development not only has to do with ideas and the economic feasibility mainly has to do with local identity. "The best strategic plan can fail if it has nothing to do with how people live there. Hence the development requires a strong local consensus of local institutions. "
With reference to the major cities in Argentina believe that in most cases has established a good dialogue between the local political authorities, universities and institutions representative of the site. While I say this also emphasizes the urgent need to communicate this properly to the public. We have a corporate communications of such joint work to overcome the barrier that many compatriots say "this is not for me." While in many cases this is so, I consider that is not communicating properly. In regional development and consider local institutional communication right as the leading strand can unite all stakeholders in the place for progress and prosperity.
This perspective can not ignore the regional integration with neighboring municipalities. Bounded ie this approach should be borne in mind so that you can define exactly the profile or profiles the city's economic planning object. Nor can it be minimized
proper planning of large cities in the international perspective. In this regard the contributions are not always monetary but always important. The international agencies based in Argentina and our Foreign constitute a contribution indispensable to the planning of such actions.
In some cases, progress in joint planning with the institutions of a place and its government were scarce and of poor quality. In most cases you can see institutional weaknesses and specific training. At this point both international cooperation and universities based in local areas constitute excellent tools to formulate and implement institutional strengthening plans. May also welcome the participation of NGOs in some cases have developed programs and strategies of such quality and effectiveness that have been taken as models for state management.
By tradition, history and identity of the great cities of our country have a strong cultural emphasis and in this sense should strengthen links with inbound tourism strategies to make this a high-impact local economic development. While our country due to exchange rate is having a great time tourist, not all cities are benefiting from this. In this sense we can say that human beings are not only tangible builder but also builds other creative forms which gives them a particular meaning which is expressed in a form and intangible heritage. This network of knowledge and cultural knowledge are a people. In this regard I would say that the big cities in Argentina have some logic and some magic. Logic in their thinking men and women, scientists, researchers, writers, journalists. Magic in the culture of its artists, dancers, singers, musicians, poets, writers. Properly exploit this knowledge and talents requires creativity and perseverance.
As a final consideration on the development of large cities is known by all the housing shortage facing our country and the shortage of long-term supply of credit in this context and taking into account the new ways of working that modernity generates good will have that if our big cities will soon be fully digital cities with wi-fi in all public buildings because they think the construction of digital neighborhoods. Ie living quarters with the necessary technological infrastructure to live where harmoniously combine work, leisure and family life. There are already experiences of this kind in some parts of the world. For digital neighborhood I mean a place that combines all the benefits of new technologies for telecommuting, use of video conferencing, e-learning center and training and all the comfort and convenience for leisure and recreation. These places must also be transformed into literacy centers digital incubators and technology companies. Argentina has a national digital agenda, among the eight priorities include digital literacy and teleworking.
With this in mind you need to see that development and prosperity of a place (on the theory of participatory management) is growing in the public space. This space is usually chaotic confluence and internal interests of local governments, institutions and their representatives and the media. It is in this area that should generate the necessary agreements to promote growth and prosperity.
the future, and not too distant future, which is knocking at the door, offers us joy and wellness with social inclusion. This is true as far as intelligently as we build together. In any case, the institutional challenge of our times is the leadership to do what they do and the proper administration of the talent of the inhabitants of large cities.
Cons. Alcides Aguirre
OSC Social Brisa
CCSC Argentina Chancellery
CACILP La Plata
Chronicler 3rd Sector
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La Plata, Argentina, May 2008
