Urban and Regional Studies
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Managing Cities in Developing Countries
Meine Pieter van Dijk
Urban management is a relatively new topic, which has gained increasing importance due to a rise in urbanization and a wave of decentralization programs in recent decades. This innovative book is the first systematic treatment of the cri... -
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The Hidden Enterprise Culture
Colin C. Williams
Portraying how entrepreneurs often start out conducting some or all of their trade on an ‘off-the-books’ basis and how many continue to do so once they become established, this book provides the first detailed account of the vast and ubi...eBook:Find out more£39.16
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![Creative Cities, Cultural Clusters and Local Economic Development]()
Creative Cities, Cultural Clusters and Local Economic Development
Edited by Philip Cooke, Luciana Lazzeretti
This book analyses the economic development of cities from the ‘cultural economy’ and ‘creative industry’ perspectives, examining and differentiating them as two related but distinct segments of contemporary city economies. The authors a...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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International Handbook of Urban Policy, Volume 1
Edited by H. S. Geyer
This first Handbook in a series of three original reference works looks at globally contentious urban policy issues from a wide variety of different angles and perspectives. Matters related to urban densification, population mobility, ur...eBook:Find out more£48.00
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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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Economic Integration and Spatial Location of Firms and Industries
Edited by Miroslav N. Jovanović
Progress in technology and moves towards a liberal economic policy have caused a number of economic activities to become highly mobile. This raises important questions regarding the future location of economic activity: where will firms ... -
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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
