Urban and Regional Studies
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Beyond Innovation Hotspots
Edited by Matthias Kiese, Rasmus C. Beck, Dirk Fornahl, Christian Ketels
This expertly edited book investigates the role of specific clusters and cluster policies for the competitiveness and development of regions facing stagnation and decline, or challenges of catching up or transforming. Bringing together a... -
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Cities, Regions and the Circular Economy
Edited by Sébastien Bourdin, Eveline van Leeuwen, André Torre
This timely book presents a theoretical and practical reflection on the circular economy and its potential to reduce, reuse and recycle for the world of tomorrow. Investigating how to avoid resource depletion, it provides an in-depth stu... -
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Fragmenting Cities
Troels S. Larsen, Kristian N. Delica
Fragmenting Cities offers a conceptionally innovative and empirically detailed analysis of the surprising acceptance and normalization of state-based stigmatization and discrimination based on place. It does this by drawing on the exampl... -
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Transport in a Moving World
Edited by Olivier Bonin, Karst T. Geurs, Aura Reggiani, Panayotis Christidis
Recent changes in travel practices, triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, raise the question of how cities and mobility systems are changing. Moreover, many local governments are accelerating their plans to reduce car traffic. This book co... -
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City Innovation in a Time of Crisis
Edited by Peter Karl Kresl
Recognizing the profound impact of the COVID pandemic on cities, this book explores the role of city leaders and innovation in responding to crises. Peter Karl Kresl brings together experts from across the world to analyze the future of ... -
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How and When to Involve Crowds in Scientific Research
Marion K. Poetz, Henry Sauermann
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. -
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Digital Built Asset Management
Edited by Qiuchen Lu, Michael Pitt
This insightful book presents a comprehensive understanding of the new technologies impacting the digital era of built asset and facility management. Informative and accessible, it illustrates how the concepts, principles, strategies and... -
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Circular Practices in Buildings and Construction to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Usha Iyer-Raniga
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline, thanks to generous funding support from The Ministry of the Environment Finland. This insightfu... -
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Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Roel Rutten
Emphasising the Q in qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), Roel Rutten presents QCA as a thoroughly qualitative method to help researchers learn from cases. He highlights that while Boolean expressions describing cross-case patterns ar... -
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Rethinking Rural Studies
David L. Brown, Mark Shucksmith
Rethinking Rural Studies presents an explicitly trans-disciplinary perspective on rural social science. David L. Brown and Mark Shucksmith identify emerging issues and research avenues on the topic, highlighting opportunities for rural s... -
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University Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Daniel Prokop
In this insightful book, Daniel Prokop sheds light on university entrepreneurial ecosystems and how they generate spinout companies rooted in different spatial contexts. Paying particular attention to geography and network issues, Prokop... -
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A Research Agenda for Sustainable Cities and Communities
Edited by Kes McCormick, James Evans, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Niki Frantzeskaki
Global in its outlook, this Research Agenda systematically reviews and critiques existing research on sustainable cities, calling for greater engagement with a diversity of perspectives. It interrogates foundational assumptions in the fi...eBook:Find out more$35.96