Urban and Regional Studies

Systems Thinking and Decision Making in Urban and Environmental Planning

Anastássios Perdicoúlis

In this path-breaking book, Anastássios Perdicoúlis progresses the conception and expression of the planning problem as an ‘extended mental model’. In doing so he concisely expresses the essential elements of strategic planning (conditio...

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Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson, Roger R. Stough

Perhaps the most exceptional aspect of the current era of globalisation is that entrepreneurship has become the engine for local processes of economic, social and cultural development throughout the world. This important new book brings ...

Hardback (November 2010)

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Input Trade and Production Networks in East Asia

Edited by Daisuke Hiratsuka, Yoko Uchida

Intermediate input trade is regarded as an important contributory factor in explaining the increase in world trade in recent years. This timely book presents, for the first time, meticulous empirical analyses of the growth of input trade...

Hardback (November 2010)

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The Sustainability of Cultural Diversity

Edited by Maddy Janssens, Myriam Bechtoldt, Arie de Ruijter, Dino Pinelli, Giovanni Prarolo, Vanja M.K. Stenius

This engaging book addresses the question of how diverse communities, whether in a nation, city or organization, can live together and prosper whilst retaining and enjoying their cultural differences. This is a particularly pertinent iss...

Hardback (November 2010)

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Towards Effective Place Brand Management

Edited by Gregory Ashworth, Mihalis Kavaratzis

Many facets of place branding, such as identities, image, promotion or sense of place, have been around for a long time. However, the need to analyse their nature in the context of branding and to examine their relationships in detail ha...

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The Aging Population and the Competitiveness of Cities

Peter Karl Kresl, Daniele Ietri

While much of the current literature on the economic consequences of an aging population focuses on the negative aspects, this enlightening book argues that seniors can bring significant benefits – such as vitality and competitiveness – ...

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Hardback (September 2010)

Globalization and Development in the Mekong Economies

Edited by Suiwah Leung, Ben Bingham, Matt Davies

Since the late 1980s, Vietnam, Cambodia, PDR Lao, and Myanmar have been opening their economies to international trade and investment. With the exception of Myanmar, the reforms have yielded impressive results, but the process is far fro...

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Globalization and Economic Integration

Edited by Noel Gaston, Ahmed M. Khalid

Given the importance of globalization in today’s world, this salutary and timely book explores how globalization is specifically shaping the Asia-Pacific. It investigates future prospects and challenges, identifies the key winners and lo...

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New Developments in Transport Planning

Edited by Chris M.J. Tampere, Francesco Viti, Lambertus H. (Ben) Immers

Traffic assignment is a set of criteria through which the demand for mobility is distributed over the links of a transport network. Over the last 30 years, Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) models have been developed to support time-depen...

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Trade Facilitation and Regional Cooperation in Asia

Edited by Douglas H. Brooks, Susan F. Stone

This insightful book collects empirical analyses and case studies to clarify issues and draw policy recommendations for facilitating greater regional trade through increased cooperation.

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Migration and International Trade

Roger White

This unique book synthesizes and extends the immigrant–trade literature and provides comprehensive coverage of this timely and important topic. In that vein, the author contributes to the understanding of the relationship between immigra...

Hardback (August 2010)

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