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Great Urbanization Of China, The by Ding Lu 9789814287807
RRP: £130.00£113.65As China rises to become the world's largest economy, half a billion rural villagers are expected to become urban residents in the coming decades. The great urbanization of the world's most populated country is sure to be one of the most far-reaching... -
World Cities: Achieving Liveability And Vibrancy by Giok Ling Ooi 9789814280716
RRP: £105.00£91.39How does a city make sound policy decisions on sustainability and governance while simultaneously promoting economic growth and development excellence? This book focuses on the major challenges that world cities are facing in such key areas as... -
Seeking A Better Urban Future by Koon Hean Cheong 9789813279964
RRP: £25.00£21.79Dr Cheong Koon Hean, CEO of the Housing and Development Board (2010-Present) was the Institute of Policy Studies' 5th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore. This book contains edited versions of the three IPS-Nathan Lectures she gave between March... -
Lecture Notes In Urban Economics And Urban Policy by John Yinger 9789813222199
RRP: £77.00£67.08Lecture Notes in Urban Economics and Urban Policy provides a wide-ranging introduction to urban economics and urban policy by Professor John Yinger, one of the world's leading scholars in urban economics. It draws on his extensive teaching and... -
Great Urbanization Of China, The by Ding Lu 9789813224803
RRP: £51.00£44.62As China rises to become the world's largest economy, half a billion rural villagers are expected to become urban residents in the coming decades. The great urbanization of the world's most populated country is sure to be one of the most far-reaching... -
Sustainability and Megaproject Development by Franca Cantoni 9781032305783
RRP: £39.99£35.06Megaprojects, also referred to in the literature as Large Engineering Projects or Major Projects, are generally defined as large-scale investment initiatives worth 1b€/$ or more and, facing similar problems independent of the country where they are... -
Planning and the Multi-local Urban Experience: The Power of Lifescapes by Kimmo Lapintie 9780367644222
RRP: £39.99£35.06The starting point of this book is the observation that there is a discrepancy between the lived reality of human beings and the fabricated, planned, and governed ‘reality’ of the state apparatus at both the local and national level.The book posits... -
China's Urbanization and the World Economy by Fan Zhang 9781781001875
£99.61This innovative book places China's urbanization within a broader global context, including a detailed estimate of China's total domestic market and its impact on the world economy. Urbanization has become a new driving force in China's development... -
The Role of Art and Culture for Regional and Urban Resilience by Philip Cooke 9781138557390
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book analyses the influence of art and culture as an engine to promote the resilience of regional and urban economies. Under a multidiscplinary perspective, the book examines the contribution of some creative regions and cities as places in which... -
A World in Emergence: Cities and Regions in the 21st Century by Allen J. Scott 9781781009307
£99.61This innovative volume offers an in-depth analysis of the many ways in which new forms of capitalism in the 21st century are affecting and altering the processes of urbanization. Beginning with the recent history of capitalism and urbanization and... -
Integrated Water Environment Treatment: Mountainous Sponge City and Three Gorges Reservoir Region by Xiaoling Lei 9780367629434
RRP: £115.00£99.76With the rapid development of Chinese urbanization in the 21st century, "urban diseases" become more serious, mainly manifested in water environmental pollution, urban flooding, water shortage, and deterioration of water ecology. It is necessary to... -
COVID-19 and informal workers in Asian cities: Impact, response, and implications for urban recovery by Redento B. Recio 9781032571553
RRP: £35.99£31.69As COVID-19 took hold across local and international borders in 2020 and 2021, over 1.6 billion informal workers were estimated to have been adversely impacted by mobility restrictions and other 'lockdown' measures to tackle the coronavirus crisis. In... -
Advanced Introduction to Regional and Urban Economics by Roberta Capello 9781035318971
£90.61Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid... -
Advanced Introduction to Regional and Urban Economics by Roberta Capello 9781035318995
RRP: £17.95£16.46Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid... -
Regional Economic Systems after COVID-19: Actionable Insights for an Equitable and Resilient Recovery by Fred Olayele 9781802208207
£101.61Healing the economic and social wounds inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic will take time, but the long road to recovery presents a unique opportunity to build back better. To catalyze change and succeed in the post-pandemic era, economic development... -
The Regional Economics of Technological Transformations: Industry 4.0 and Servitisation in European Regions by Roberta Capello 9780367678258
RRP: £39.99£35.06The Regional Economics of Technological Transformations provides a comprehensive overview of 4.0 technological transformations in Europe and their socio-economic impact, with a particular emphasis on the regional dimension of the phenomena. The authors... -
Metropolitan Governance in Latin America by Alejandra Trejo Nieto 9780367615697
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book represents a powerful analysis of the challenges of metropolitan governance in all its messiness and complexity. It examines Latin American metropolitan governance by focusing on the issue of public service provision and comparatively examining... -
Rethinking Input-Output Analysis: A Spatial Perspective by Jan Oosterhaven 9783031050893
RRP: £49.99£42.23This textbook helps students to understand the social, economic, and environmental importance of the mutual relations between industries in the same and in different regions and nations and demonstrates how to model these relations using regional,... -
Gentrification Trends in the United States by Richard Martin 9781032108872
RRP: £89.99£78.09• The first book to quantify the changes that take place when a neighborhood’s income level, education attainment, or occupational makeup outpace the city as a whole • Applies a novel method to four decades of Census tract data to provide a quantitative... -
A Research Agenda for Regeneration Economies: Reading City-Regions by John R. Bryson 9781800370968
RRP: £28.95£26.49Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. City-regions... -
Urban Economics and Urban Policy: Challenging Conventional Policy Wisdom by Paul C. Cheshire 9781781952511
£99.61In this bold, exciting and readable volume, Paul Cheshire, Max Nathan and Henry Overman illustrate the insights that recent economic research brings to our understanding of cities, and the lessons for urban policy-making. The authors present new evidence... -
Business in Latin America: Strategic Opportunities and Risks by Fernando Robles 9781032022789
RRP: £125.00£107.86Written by a renowned international business scholar with particular expertise in Latin America Provides a broad, academic treatment of the region emphasizing both macro and micro level issues Demonstrates that the countries that make up Latin America... -
Urban Risk and Wellbeing in Asian Mega Cities: Urban Lower and Middle Classes in Bangkok, Shanghai, and Tokyo by Tamaki Endo 9781032357133
RRP: £125.00£107.86Rapid urbanisation presents challenges such as inequality, informalisation and diversified, social needs for emerging cities. Informal and formal institutions and their impact on urban development and wellbeing vary across social classes and cities. ... -
Business in Latin America: Strategic Opportunities and Risks by Fernando Robles 9781032022772
RRP: £33.99£30.00Business in Latin America provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the business environment of this dynamic and challenging region. The book begins with an overview of the most important macro environments shaping the region's opportunities and... -
Evolutionary Urban Development: Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe by Katarzyna Sadowy 9780367486716
RRP: £125.00£107.86Drawing on a range of disciplinary approaches, this monograph explores the drivers of urban development. Through an evolutionary lens, cities are shown to find a development path amidst an ever-changing landscape, sometimes facing extreme externalities... -
The Geography of the Internet: Cities, Regions and Internet Infrastructure in Europe by Emmanouil Tranos 9781781953365
£100.61This timely book presents a wide range of quantitative methods, including complex network analysis and econometric modelling, to illustrate how the Internet both follows, and at the same time challenges, more traditional geographies. Emmanouil Tranos... -
Market Platforms, Industrial Clusters and Small Business Dynamics: Specialized Markets in China by Ding Ke 9781781006276
£100.61The emergence of specialized markets has profoundly improved the means of market access, enriched the driving forces of value chains, and changed the business environment for small firms in the developing world. This ground-breaking book summarizes the... -
Gentrification Trends in the United States by Richard Martin 9781032107042
RRP: £35.99£31.69• The first book to quantify the changes that take place when a neighborhood’s income level, education attainment, or occupational makeup outpace the city as a whole • Applies a novel method to four decades of Census tract data to provide a quantitative... -
Clusters and Sustainable Regional Development: A Meta-Organisational Approach by Evgeniya Lupova-Henry 9781032103839
RRP: £125.00£107.86Clusters 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... -
Mega-Events, City and Power by Nelma Gusmao de Oliveira 9780367563653
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book examines the power relations that emerge from the convergence of the universe in which the sporting spectacle is produced and the universe in which a city is produced. It adopts Bourdieu's concept of field to explore the interests and... -
Ordinary Cities, Extraordinary Geographies: People, Place and Space by John R. Bryson 9781789908015
£100.61This insightful book explores smaller towns and cities, places in which the majority of people live, highlighting that these more ordinary places have extraordinary geographies. It focuses on the development of an alternative approach to urban studies... -
Tourism in Asian Cities by Saurabh Kumar Dixit 9780367633080
RRP: £39.99£35.06This timely and significant book explores the characteristics and complexities of Asian urban tourism, considering the extent to which Western paradigms can be transferred to Asian settings and the striking contrasts that exist within the region. In an... -
South Korea under Compressed Modernity: Familial Political Economy in Transition by Kyung-Sup Chang 9780415693097
RRP: £43.99£38.44The condensed social change and complex social order governing South Koreans' life cannot be satisfactorily delineated by relying on West-derived social theories or culturalist arguments. Nor can various globally eye-catching traits of this society in... -
The Strategy of Chinese Rural-Urban Coordinated Development to 2020 Part 2 by Jiuwen Sun
RRP: £123.00£8.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789814339810Author Jiuwen SunFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Enrich Professional PublishingPublisher Enrich Professional PublishingWeight(grams) 790g -
Population, Place, and Spatial Interaction: Essays in Honor of David Plane by Rachel S. Franklin
RRP: £44.99£44.97This volume is devoted to the geographical-or spatial-aspects of population research in regional science, spanning spatial demographic methods for population composition and migration to studies of internal and international migration to investigations... -
House Prices: Changing the City World: The Global Urban Competitiveness Report (2017-2018) by Pengfei Ni
RRP: £89.99£89.87This report was jointly launched by the National Academy of Economic Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and UN-HABITAT. Using the indicator system and objective data, the competitiveness of 1,035 global cities was evaluated in detail. The... -
Seeking A Better Urban Future by Koon Hean Cheong
RRP: £45.00£39.49Dr Cheong Koon Hean, CEO of the Housing and Development Board (2010-Present) was the Institute of Policy Studies' 5th S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore. This book contains edited versions of the three IPS-Nathan Lectures she gave between March... -
The Foundations of Complex Evolving Economies: Part One: Innovation, Organization, and Industrial Dynamics by Giovanni Dosi
RRP: £120.00£108.33The Foundations of Complex Evolving Economies seeks to offer an integrated analysis of the anatomy and physiology of the capitalist engine of generation and exploitation of technological organizational and institutional innovations - from the drivers of... -
Revitalising Asean Economies In A Post-covid-19 World: Socioeconomic Issues In The New Normal by Hooi Hooi Lean
RRP: £90.00£78.18The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was reported in China in December 2019, and later spread to other parts of the world. Countries in Southeast Asia were some of the first nations affected by the pandemic due to their geographical proximities and... -
The Economics and Finance of Cultural Heritage: How to Make Tourist Attractions a Regional Economic Resource by Vincenzo Pacelli
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book analyses the economic and financial profiles of heritage assets as tourist attractions. Offering both theoretical insights, methods, and global empirical examples, it considers how heritage assets can create economic and social value for a...