What is a region?

The region is a classificatory concept designed to represent physical, cultural, social and economic characteristics for given portions of the earths surface. The touchstone of regional analysis is diversityif none were evident, there would be no regions. It is a tract of land with more or less definitely marked boundaries, which often serves as an administrative unit below the level of the nation state. Regions within (or even across) nations may be defined based on a number of characteristics, ranging from administrative areas to shared geographic, cultural or socio-economic features, such as their landscape, climate, language, ethnic origin or shared history.

Types of region
Formal In this scheme, the key defining features of regions are uniformity, coherence, common identity and homogeneity all identified by detailed description of man land relationships.
Functional A functional region is one that displays a certain functional coherencean interdependence of partswhen defined against certain criteria. They are often described as nodal regions composed of heterogeneous units and populations (typically a network of towns and dependent smaller communities) often identified, or circumscribed, spatially by the pattern of flows of goods, services and people.

Regional development
Regional development is the provision of aid and other assistance to regions which are less economically developed. Regional development may be domestic or international in nature. The implications and scope of regional development may therefore vary in accordance with the definition of a region, and how the region and its boundaries are perceived internally and externally.

CONCEPTUALIZATION OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES IN INDIA

1) Policies aimed at industrialization of lagging regions eg. a) Location of public sector projects in backward regions b) Use of industrial licensing policy to direct private investment in backward in backward areas. c) Encouragement to prospective entrepreneurs to set-up industries in backward areas. 2) Policies for development of irrigation, agriculture & allied activities eg. a) Command area, Drought prone Area, Hill Area development 3) Policies aimed at providing infrastructural etc in facilities regions transport, communication, banking etc in backward regions 4) Transfer of resources from centre to state in the form of plan assistance, non plan assistance and discretionary grants in such a way so as to reduce regional disparities. 5) Special Programs for the development of backward and less developed regions

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF PIJT-HME The main task of the Regional Council is to define, update, maintain and implement the general Development Strategy of the region. The strategy draws the guidelines for the regional future development. The strategy defines goals and measures for different development programmes (including EU Structural Funds implementation) and the Regional Plan. It also defines the division of labour between different programmes, plans and actors in the field of the regional development. In the Regional Council of Pijt-Hme strategic planning and management has been in focus during the recent years. Our intension is to create a continuous, iterative strategic decision process which gives us an opportunity to learn about the future and to define the strategy step by step. An essential part of the process is an open, transparent participation of different regional actors and decision makers. Our ambitious objective is to connect better than before general guidelines, individual measures, projects and acts.

Regional Development Strategy

At the strategic level, the Regional Development Strategy of Montenegro which was adopted in 2008, founds the reduction of regional differences within the country and increased employment on the basis of the concept of low-carbon development in all main branches of economy and envisages introduction of measures for encouraging private investments into green business and sectors. Regional development strategy defines the objectives and instruments for the construction of the overall development potential, contribute to reducing inequalities in regional development and enhance the potential of those parts of the country which are lagging behind in the direction of the greater competitiveness. The relevant objectives of the Regional Development Strategy are adjusting and better links between development needs on local and regional levels with development priorities at the state level and providing support to less developed regions municipalities that is focused on identifying, enhancing and optimal use of their development potential, through the elimination of the causes that prevent their development.