Urban & Regional

The reader will find here analyses of a wide range of past and current policy experiences and reform efforts in Korea. The policy lessons drawn are designed to aid Korea's transformation from the government-led development model to a modern...

This book provides a comprehensive overview and some economic analysis of China's economic reform experiences, particularly those since the late 1980s. It covers many institutional details of key aspects of the Chinese economy, including fiscal and...

There is now a vast and still rapidly expanding literature of scholarly studies on the Chinese experience of economic growth and systemic transformation over the past 16 years. By and large, most of the studies tend to conceptualize the experience as a...

The East Asian experience suggests that technological development is fundamental to export success in outward-oriented economies. This study analyses export performance in Sri Lanka at a national and firm level, focusing on the acquisition of industrial...

This volume analyzes the economic achievements of China since the opening in 1979, and the measures taken by the government to spur international trade, investment and technology transfer. China's extraordinarily high economic growth rate is examined,...

This volume reports the proceedings of a conference of highly qualified practitioners and theorists from East and West, dealing with competition and the important part it plays as an essential element of the market economic system. So far, in the...

While the design of adjustment policies in the latter part of the 1980s has generally shown greater attention to their impact on growth and social implications, this book argues that several orthodox adjustment policies are still incongruent with...

While the design of adjustment policies in the latter part of the 1980s has generally shown greater attention to their impact on growth and social implications, this book argues that several orthodox adjustment policies are still incongruent with...

This volume focuses on the important issues raised by the recent economic reforms of the centrally planned economies of China, South-East Asia, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Participation in the international trade regime and how this may be...

This book shows the impact of globalization on Southeast Asia, which over a few decades has evolved from a loose set of war-torn ex-colonies to being a centre of global manufacturing. Focusing on cities, the authors explain the emergence of modern...

This book analyses China's historical experience of industrialization. It adopts a critical stance towards China's development strategy and proposes an alternative approach, outlining its main features. Due to the great importance and special problems of...

China's dramatic economic transformation can only be understood in relation to her modern history. David Pyle reviews the post-1978 reform process in the context of two centuries of Chinese economic, social and political history. Agricultural, industrial...

This is the first book in several years to review the foreign policies of major Southeast Asian states and the first ever to include those frequently neglected smaller states. It is also unique in the editors' adherence to a new comparative framework...

This is the second and final volume of a collection of studies on the role of the state in capital accumulation in Latin America. Volume One included a general historical and conceptual introduction and case studies of Brazil, Chile and Mexico. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780333319116Author Victoria Curzon PriceFormat HardbackPage Count 141Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 354g

This book identifies that problems that China must face to develop its economy and elucidates the structural deficiencies which lay behind these problems. Chinese economy compared with other economies in the world. The book also analyzes China's present...

This is a study of the long-run evolution of the relationship between China and the world economy. The book presents an original interpretation of the country's socio-economic processes in the past 150 years, focusing on China's interaction with the...

Shaanan challenges the conventional view that unrestricted economic freedom enhances our economic and political well being. He demonstrates that unrestricted economic freedom provides benefits but also inflicts a heavy toll on democracy, free markets...

This book explores institutional change and economic behaviour by examining the transition process in the former socialist countries that joined the EU in 2004, looking at the growth occurring in China, offering a historical perspective on economic...

The Eurasian continent, which has for over a century lagged behind in global markets, is currently gaining economic and political momentum. This book investigates emerging economic linkages in the area, examining the factors shaping this integration, the...

This book analyzes regional and local models of development, in the context of existing socio-economic disparities and the impact of EU enlargement and European policy, offering a comparative and in-depth analysis of the distinct nature of regional...

China's opening up has unleashed lucrative opportunities to foreign investors. However, doing business in China is far more difficult than many people have anticipated. Using a new theoretical framework and comprehensive evidence, this book...

The relationship between trade policy and economic performance is one of the oldest controversies in economic development. In recent years, there has been a revival of interest in the debate on the implications of trade reforms for productivity growth...

This book focuses on how digital technologies and rapid developments in artificial intelligence are shaping a new generation of cyber-physical systems based on the convergence among robots, sensors, and 3D printing. The book tells a story based on data...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780333185957Author K. J. ButtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave Macmillan

The Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Program Strategic Framework 2030 (GMS-2030) aims to strengthen regional cooperation and integration and ensure a robust recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).GMS-2030 builds upon recognized...

This book presents research in the field of housing and urban analysis in Japan. It features carefully selected English translations of peer-reviewed articles published in journals in Japan, especially by authors involved in the laboratory supervised by...

Following the restructuring process which swept away the traditional manufacturing economy of the inner city 25 years ago, new industries are transforming these former post-industrial landscapes. These creative, technology-intensive industries include...

Dr. Bharati Mohapatra examines the social, functional, physical and emotional aspects of neighborhood Open Space and the attitude of people for community participation in managing the Open Space, as well as development of a framework for community...

This book extends the current international interest in the conceptualization of the marine sector to explore its importance of at different geographical scales: from the national, to regional and small area analysis within the context of base theory,...

This book offers essential insights into potential catastrophic events that might befall upon the emerging urban landscape in South Asia, and which are due to hazards, risks and vulnerabilities inherent in the region's geophysical location, as well as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733521017Author Billy AtwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Bcg PublishingPublisher Bcg PublishingWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781805240020Author LalFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint HrithikPublisher HrithikWeight(grams) 340g

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of long-term changes in the car market of an emerging economy, with a focus on its spatial and temporal dimensions. Poland, the case study in question, represents a unique "laboratory of automobile revolution"...

Clusters and Sustainable Regional Development conceptualises the role of organised clusters in the transition towards sustainability. It introduces a novel perspective on these clusters, viewing them as deliberate collective actors within their...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943307067Author Ralph BivinsFormat HardbackPage Count 182Imprint Fifth Estate Media LLCPublisher Fifth Estate Media LLCWeight(grams) 345g

Many cities across the world continue to grapple with long-standing urban challenges even as new ones emerge. With each crisis, cities address these perennial (e.g. decentralization of urban cores and revitalising the city centre), nascent, and emergent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781494600181Author Andrey P GarnovFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Academus Publishing, Inc.Publisher Academus Publishing, Inc.Weight(grams) 132g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641373067Author Andy GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint New Degree PressPublisher New Degree PressWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...