regionalisation
Dividing into zones
Regionalisation is the British spelling of regionalization, the process of organizing or dividing something according to geographic regions.
Governments pursue regionalisation when they transfer authority from central bodies to regional ones, as in the regionalisation of healthcare services.
Businesses may undergo regionalisation to tailor operations to local markets.
The term also describes broader patterns of economic or political integration among neighbouring countries, as distinct from globalisation.
Distributing power from center
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
jurisdiction · subsidiarity · self-governance · intergovernmental
Shielding local producers
- nearshoringRelocating work to neighboring countries
- tariffsTaxes on imports
Ecologically defined geographic areas
- connectivityState of being linked
- hinterlandRemote area beyond settlements
decentralization
Distributing power from center
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
sovereignty · jurisdiction · subsidiarity · self-governance · intergovernmental
protectionism
Shielding local producers
- nearshoringRelocating work to neighboring countries
- tariffsTaxes on imports
bioregions
Ecologically defined geographic areas
- connectivityState of being linked
- hinterlandRemote area beyond settlements
bilingualism
Proficiency in two languages
regionalisationcentralisation
Concentrating control in one place
centralization · central control · consolidation · nationalization · unification
regionalisationglobalisation
Worldwide economic and cultural integration
globalization · internationalization · universalization · cosmopolitanism · transnationalism
regionalisationhomogenization
Making things the same
uniformity · standardisation · standardization · homogenisation · harmonization
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