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Urban Poverty in China by Fulong Wu 9781847209696
$209.84Urban poverty is an emerging problem. This book explores the household and neighbourhood factors that lead to both the generation and continuance of urban poverty in China. It is argued that the urban Chinese are not a homogenous social group, but... -
Handbook of Research on Cluster Theory by Charlie Karlsson 9781849800860
RRP: $81.80$77.82Clusters have increasingly dominated local and regional development policies in recent decades and the growing intellectual and political interest for clusters and clustering is the prime motivation for this Handbook. Charlie Karlsson unites leading... -
Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories by Roberta Capello 9781849800846
RRP: $114.95$103.21Regional economics - an established discipline for several decades - has gone through a rapid pace of change in the past decade and several new perspectives have emerged. At the same time the methodology has shown surprising development. This volume... -
China, Japan and Regional Leadership in East Asia by Christopher M. Dent 9781849800822
RRP: $81.80$77.04This book considers themes, evidence and ideas relating to the prospects for regional leadership in East Asia, with particular reference to China and Japan assuming 'regional leader actor' roles. Key issues discussed by the list of distinguished... -
Leadership and Institutions in Regional Endogenous Development by Robert Stimson 9781848440593
$186.44The authors of this comprehensive book provide a detailed rationale and original theory for the study of leadership and institutional factors, including entrepreneurship, in the growth and development of cities and regions. They demonstrate why... -
The Great Migration: Rural-Urban Migration in China and Indonesia by Xin Meng 9781848446441
$215.69This fascinating study compares and contrasts the immense internal migration movements in China and Indonesia. Over the next two decades, approximately two-thirds of the rural labour force is expected to migrate, transforming their respective societies... -
Sustainable Cities: Diversity, Economic Growth and Social Cohesion by Maddy Janssens 9781848445239
$196.19This book focuses on cities, their relationships with each other and the disparities between them. Analysing cities as the places where diversity is especially apparent, where cultural richness is experienced and where conflicts often erupt, it... -
Government, Governance and Welfare Reform: Structural Changes and Subsidiarity in Italy and Britain by Alberto Brugnoli 9781848444775
$186.44This unique and original book focuses on institutional changes, welfare reforms and transformations in both Britain and Italy over the last three decades. The book illustrates that although it was a widely held belief in both countries that the arena of... -
International Knowledge and Innovation Networks: Knowledge Creation and Innovation in Medium-technology Clusters by Riccardo Cappellin 9781848444416
$210.62This book explores the distinct nature of innovation in medium technology industrial sectors - which are the key to European international competitiveness - and examines the recent changes of networks within regional clusters. The authors present... -
Regional Economic Policy in Europe: New Challenges for Theory, Empirics and Normative Interventions by Ulrike Stierle-von Schutz 9781848440388
$216.47Regional Economic Policy in Europe presents a tightly focused selection of policy, empirical and theoretical perspectives on contemporary dimensions of regional economic policy in the EU. It concentrates on three areas; the dissimilarities and resulting... -
The Dynamics of Chinese Regional Development: Market Nature, State Nurture by Jane Golley 9781847201454
$186.44This book surveys the competing, or sometimes complementary, roles of the state and the market in shaping China's pattern of regional development during the Communist era. The uneven pace of industrialisation across China's provinces during its... -
Cluster Policies in Europe: Firms, Institutions, and Governance by Susana Borras 9781845427580
$216.47This book provides a systematic, comprehensive, and independent comparative study of cluster policies in Europe. It focuses upon one very important relationship that has so far been neglected in the literature, namely, the extent to which the complex... -
Political Economy of Northeast Asian Regionalism: Political Conflict and Economic Integration by Jehoon Park 9781847208910
$186.44Functional integration in the economy has developed sufficiently in Northeast Asia. The problem, identified by this book, lies in the lag or deficiency of institutional integration. The main impediments to such a move come from non-economic factors... -
The Globalization of Regional Clusters: Between Localization and Internationalization by Dirk Fornahl 9781839102479
$186.44Addressing the role of regional clusters in the context of ongoing globalization, this timely book investigates the two seemingly competing trends of globalization and localization from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. International case... -
Diversity, Innovation And Clusters: Spatial Perspectives by Irene Bernhard 9781789902570
$215.69Increased emphasis on the links between regional diversity and regional knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship highlights the need for a focus on the spatial aspects of these multifaceted, dynamic relationships in order to improve our understanding... -
Resilience and Urban Disasters: Surviving Cities by Kamila Borsekova 9781788970099
$215.69This book addresses unexpected disasters and shocks in cities and urban systems by providing quantitative and qualitative tools for impact analysis and disaster management. Including environmental catastrophes, political turbulence and economic shocks,... -
Cultural Heritage, Creativity and Economic Development by Silvia Cerisola 9781788975285
$174.74Exploring the relationship between cultural heritage and local economic development, this book introduces the original idea that one possible mediator between the two can be identified as creativity. Using a strong theoretical and empirical framework,... -
Graduate Migration and Regional Development: An International Perspective by Jonathan Corcoran 9781784712150
$215.69This book aims to integrate and augment current state-of-the-art knowledge on graduate migration and its role in local economic development. Offering an international perspective, it is the first focused book of its kind on graduate migration, a... -
Advanced Introduction to Regional Innovation Systems by Bjorn T. Asheim 9781785361968
$176.69Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of... -
The Regional and Urban Policy of the European Union: Cohesion, Results-Orientation and Smart Specialisation by Philip McCann 9781783479504
$216.47The regional and urban development policy of the European Union, or more precisely, EU Cohesion Policy, is undergoing change. This development is driven by the enormous transformations in European regions and by shifts in thinking and analysis. The... -
Urban Strategies for Culture-Driven Growth: Co-Creating a European Capital of Culture by Nils Wahlin 9781783479375
$184.49Over the past three decades, the European Capital of Culture has grown into one of the most ambitious cultural programs in the world. Through the promotion of cultural diversity across the continent, the program fosters mutual understanding and... -
The Regional and Urban Policy of the European Union: Cohesion, Results-Orientation and Smart Specialisation by Philip McCann 9781783479528
RRP: $64.25$58.42The regional and urban development policy of the European Union, or more precisely, EU Cohesion Policy, is undergoing change. This development is driven by the enormous transformations in European regions and by shifts in thinking and analysis. The... -
Property Rights, Land Values and Urban Development: Betterment and Compensation in China by Li Tian 9781783476398
$192.29Land value capture has long been a hotly debated topic, and it has influenced a wide variety of land ownership regimes. Property Rights, Land Values and Urban Development examines the role and impact of government intervention on land markets in China... -
Cities and the Urban Land Premium by Henri L. F. de Groot 9781784717438
$161.09After a long period of suburbanization, cities have been in vogue again since the 1980s. But why are people prepared to spend far more money on a small house in the city centre than on a large house in the countryside - and why doesn't this apply to all... -
Issues in Urban Economics by Harvey S. Perloff 9781617260742
RRP: $224.25$195.70Classic economic considerations applied to the crucial urban problems of poverty, racial segregation, urban renewal, transportation, and education. Originally published in 1968Book InformationISBN 9781617260742Author Harvey S. PerloffFormat HardbackPage... -
A Companion to Urban Economics by Richard J. Arnott 9781405179683
RRP: $109.10$96.58A Companion to Urban Economics provides a state-of-the-art overview of this field, communicating its intellectual richness through a diverse portfolio of authors and topics. Unique in both its rigor and international treatmentAn ideal supplementary... -
Latin America: A New Developmental Welfare State in the Making? by Manuel Riesco 9781349283484
RRP: $175.48$55.59The 21st century Latin American developmental welfare state model is based on a new public-private alliance, where state-led developmental social policy relies for its implementation mainly on proactive, emerging regional entrepreneurs and a growing... -
The Impact of COVID on Cities and Regions: Policy Responses of Local Leaders by Peter K. Kresl 9781035308941
$188.39The recent COVID-19 pandemic has arguably caused some of the most noticeable and influential societal and economic changes since World War Two. This path-breaking book investigates these changes and the subsequent responses of urban policy makers... -
The Global Urban Competitiveness Report - 2013 by Pengfei Ni 9781782548027
$216.47The Global Urban Competitiveness Report - 2013 is an empirical study and evaluation of the sustainable competitiveness of 500 cities around the world from regional, national and other perspectives. This one-of-a-kind resource draws on a wealth of data... -
Regional Competitiveness and Smart Specialization in Europe: Place-based Development in International Economic Networks by Mark Thissen 9781782545156
$202.04Regions economically differ from each other - they compete in different products and geographical spaces, exhibit different strengths and weaknesses, and provide different possibilities for growth and development. What fosters growth in one region may... -
Remaking Regional Economies: Power, Labor, and Firm Strategies in the Knowledge Economy by Susan Christopherson 9781138985070
RRP: $85.78$74.96Since the early 1980s, the region has been central to thinking about the emerging character of the global economy. In fields as diverse as business management, industrial relations, economic geography, sociology, and planning, the regional scale has... -
Economic Development and Inequality in China: The Case of Guangdong by Hong Yu 9781138968233
RRP: $85.78$74.96The conventional belief that all regions have equally benefited from China's remarkable development over the last three decades is subjected to criticism in this book as Hong Yu systematically analyses the issue of regional inequality during the... -
Smart Urban Regeneration: Visions, Institutions and Mechanisms for Real Estate by Simon Huston 9781138935280
RRP: $107.23$93.05The role of real estate in our cities is crucial to building sustainable and resilient urban futures. Smart Urban Regeneration brings together institutional, planning and real estate insights into an innovative regeneration framework for academics,... -
Asian and Pacific Cities: Development Patterns by Ian Shirley 9781138814424
RRP: $85.78$74.96The cities of Asia and the Pacific are at the epicentre of development in what is arguably, the most populous, culturally distinctive, and economically powerful region in the world. 16 major cities such as Tokyo, Shanghai, Manila, Jakarta, Bangkok,... -
Towards Healthy Cities: Comparing Conditions for Change by Dr. Alexander Otgaar 9781138255388
RRP: $97.48$84.83This book explores the conditions needed to make public and private investments in healthy cities most effective. The authors argue that three conditions are essential for such investments: citizen empowerment, corporate responsibility and a coordinated... -
Regionalism, Economic Integration and Security in Asia: A Political Economy Approach by T. J. Pempel 9780857931269
$186.44The prospects and value of economic integration and regionalism in Asia are increasingly evident in what could turn out to be 'the Asian Century'. It is within this context that this important book explores the critical economic issues, security concerns... -
Clusters and Economic Growth in Asia by Soren Eriksson 9780857930088
$186.44This detailed book explores and provides insights into the development and transformation of various clusters, economies and industrial sectors in East and Southeast Asia. The authors study a number of important issues including the role of information... -
Cities in Global Capitalism by Ugo Rossi 9780745689661
RRP: $97.50$84.84In what ways are cities central to the evolution of contemporary global capitalism? And in what ways is global capitalism forged by the urban experience? This book provides a response to these questions, exploring the multifaceted dimensions of the... -
Developing Living Cities: From Analysis To Action by Belinda Yuen 9789814304498
RRP: $126.75$112.26With more and more of the world's population projected to live in urban areas, the life and death of cities has become a key factor in urban development considerations. This book attempts to bring an original contribution on the analysis of creating... -
Old Industrial Cities Seeking New Road Of Industrialization: Models Of Revitalizing Northeast China by Mark Y. Wang 9789814390538
RRP: $159.90$139.13This book aims to investigate how cities in China's rust belt restructure their urban industries and economies. Over the years, China's "economic miracle" has been mainly attributed to rapid development in its coastal region, where the majority...