Cooperative Societies and Sustainability: A Spatial Analysis of Andalusia as a Tool for Implementing Territorial Development Policies, Strategies and Initiatives

Abstract

Local development strategies, policies and initiatives that contribute to sustainable development are gaining increasing prominence. Cooperative societies—the most relevant organisations within the social economy—are widely present in Andalusia and play a key role in boosting sustainable development through their principles and values. On this basis, the article aims to determine whether certain areas in Andalusia are more predisposed to the presence of these enterprises and are more sustainable as a result. The methods used include an adapted shift-share analysis and application of local Moran’s I to obtain spatial clusters allowing the areas most favourable to the presence of this type of organisation to be identified. Therefore, one of the main contributions of the study is that it provides a tool for the application of local development policies, strategies and initiatives involving cooperatives in pursuit of a more sustainable society.

Green Investment Changes in China: A Shift-Share Analysis

“…Originally, SSA was intended to analyze regional industrial development based on employment [ 24 ], but now SSA has been widely applied in many new fields, including the environmental and energy fields, such as the development of financial inclusion [ 32 ], development of cooperative societies [ 33 ], rural economic development [ 34 ], dynamics of the population ageing process [ 35 ], etc. In the field of environment and energy, SSA involved two main types of applications.…”