Urban and Regional Studies
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Sustainable Automobile Transport
Lisa Ryan, Hal Turton
Transport, and in particular road transport, represents a significant global threat to long-term sustainable development, and is one of the fastest-growing consumers of final energy and sources of greenhouse gas emissions. In this book, ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Transport Project Evaluation
Edited by Elvira Haezendonck
This book revisits traditional evaluation methods, such as cost–benefit analysis, to try and find a balance between the ever-increasing demand for transport, the search for sustainable mobility and green transport solutions, and the limi...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Entrepreneurship, Industrial Location and Economic Growth
Edited by Jopep M. Arauzo-Carod, Miguel C. Manjón-Antolín
This book examines the interrelations between entrepreneurship, industrial location and economic growth. Thus, it covers a wide range of topics, including: the economic impact of entrepreneurship; industry dynamics; growth and survival o... -
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The Management and Measurement of Infrastructure
Edited by Charlie Karlsson, William P. Anderson, Borje Johansson, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
The changing face of infrastructure facilities management worldwide is characterised by high demand for investments in renewal and maintenance, governmental budget constraints and innovations in information systems. The authors highlight... -
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The Politics and Economics of Regional Transfers
Fabio Padovano
Which programmes of income redistribution across jurisdictions are likely to be chosen in democratic countries and why? How does the degree of government centralization affect these choices? How does redistribution of income across regio...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Knowledge Externalities, Innovation Clusters and Regional Development
Edited by Jordi Suriñach, Rosina Moreno, Esther Vayá
This book begins with a theoretical examination of regional innovation systems, agglomeration economics and knowledge spillovers, before going on to examine the same concepts within an empirical framework. Special emphasis is given to th...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Agglomeration, Technology and Business Groups
Giulio Cainelli, Donato Iacobucci
Agglomeration, Technology and Business Groups critically reviews the reasons for the creation of business groups and examines their main characteristics. It also explores the way in which structural variables influence their internal org...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The Dynamics of Chinese Regional Development
Jane Golley
This 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.eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Institutions and Sustainable Transport
Edited by Piet Rietveld, Roger R. Stough
This unique book examines the role of institutions in transport regulation within a sustainability and comparative Trans-Atlantic framework. -
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The Dynamics of Regional Development
Edited by Arsenio M. Balisacan, Hal Hill
A decade and a half since the Philippines embarked on a major program of decentralization, the authors of this book have undertaken a detailed examination of all aspects of the nation’s regional dynamics and policies. Their analysis exte... -
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The Economic Impacts of Terrorist Attacks
Edited by Harry W. Richardson, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II
Focussing on the economics of terrorism in the post 9/11 world, this book brings together original research based on the collaborative efforts of leading economists and planners. The authoritative and expert contributors use a variety o...eBook:Find out more£39.16
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The Learning Region
Edited by Roel Rutten, Frans Boekema
The aim of this book is to present a much-needed conceptualization of ‘the learning region’. The editors scrutinize key concepts and issues surrounding this phenomenon, which are then discussed in the context of recent literature. This...eBook:Find out more£25.00