Urban and Regional Studies
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Industrial Agglomeration and New Technologies
Edited by Masatsugo Tsuji, Emanuelo Giovannetti, Mitsuhiro Kagami
This book, a collaborative effort by researchers from Japan, Italy and the USA, seeks to explore the reasons for industrial clustering in certain regions of Asia, Europe and North America. The studies presented illustrate real examples...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Incentives, Regulations and Plans
Edited by Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Huibert A. Haccoû, Kelly J. Clifton, John W. Frece
This unique book allows readers to compare analyses of how North American states and European nation-states use incentives, regulations or plans to approach a core set of universal land use issues such as: containing sprawl, mixed use de...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Globalized Freight Transport
Edited by Thomas R. Leinbach, Cristina Capineri
The worldwide movement of freight has emerged as one of the most critical and dynamic aspects of the transport sector. The contributors to this study examine the current state of global freight transport, with an emphasis on Europe and N...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Regionalism, Trade and Economic Development in the Asia-Pacific Region
Edited by M. A.B. Siddique
This book is based on the premise that Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in the Asia-Pacific significantly impact on the material progress of the peoples of this region. These impacts – in terms of the benefits and costs associated with R...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Planning Cities for the Future
Peter Karl Kresl
Planning Cities for the Future links the study of urban economic competitiveness with urban planning and is able to ascertain the crucial factors for success in this area of public policy. These factors include effective governance, lead...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Workforce Development Networks in Rural Areas
Gary Paul Green
Rural areas face numerous challenges in building a high-wage, high-skilled workforce. In response to these obstacles, many regions have established workforce development networks that provide stronger linkages between employers, schools,...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Competition in the Railway Industry
Edited by José A. Gómez-Ibáñez, Ginés de Rus
Numerous countries have attempted to improve the performance of their railways by introducing more competition, but there is fierce debate and no consensus on how this is best achieved. This book reveals how railways were an obvious targ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Clusters and Globalisation
Edited by Christos Pitelis, Roger Sugden, James R. Wilson
Clusters and Globalisation brings together scholars with different perspectives and theoretical groundings, and from different disciplines, to consider conceptual arguments and case study material. In doing so the volume identifies key c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public Policy and Immigrant Settlement
Edited by Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Siew-Ean Khoo
This book examines the role of immigration policy, and of economic and social policies involved in promoting the settlement of immigrants to Australia. It is based on research of two groups of recent immigrants who arrived six years apar...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Entrepreneurship, Investment and Spatial Dynamics
Edited by Peter Nijkamp, Ronald L. Moomaw, Iulia Traistaru-Siedschlag
Enlargement of the EU increases economic diversity and inequality between countries and regions, making cohesion difficult. This book attempts to provide a deeper understanding of the interaction between investment, knowledge spillovers ... -
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Regional Climate Change and Variability
Edited by Matthias Ruth, Kieran Donaghy, Paul Kirshen
In its development of methodologies and their applications to individual regions, this book presents a rich set of insights and a set of guides for investment and policymaking. Each of the six studies focuses on a finer geographic scale ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Spatial Dynamics, Networks and Modelling
Edited by Aura Reggiani, Peter Nijkamp
This important new book provides a valuable set of studies on spatial dynamics, emerging networks and modelling efforts. It employs interdisciplinary concepts alongside innovative trajectories to highlight recent advances in analysing an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
