Urban and Regional Studies
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Regional Knowledge Economies
Philip Cooke, Carla De Laurentis, Franz Tödtling, Michaela Trippl
This original and timely book presents the most comprehensive, empirically based analysis of clustering dynamics in the high-technology sector across liberal and co-ordinated market economies.eBook:Find out more$71.96
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Technological Change and Mature Industrial Regions
Edited by Mahtab A. Farshchi, Odile E.M. Janne, Philip McCann
Technological Change and Mature Industrial Regions explicitly adopts an inter-disciplinary approach to analysing the structural transformation of mature regions. The major focus of the book is from an economics perspective, but it also e... -
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Moving People and Knowledge
Louise Ackers, Bryony Gill
Moving People and Knowledge provides a fresh examination of the processes of highly skilled science migration. Focusing on intra-European mobility and, in particular, on the new dynamics of East–West migration, the authors investigate th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Cluster Policies in Europe
Susana Borrás, Dimitrios Tsagdis
This book provides a systematic, comprehensive, and independent comparative study of cluster policies in Europe. It focuses upon one very important relationship that has so far been neglected in the literature, namely, the extent to whic...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Regional Economic Policy in Europe
Edited by Ulrike Stierle-von Schütz, Michael H. Stierle, Frederic B. Jennings Jr, Adrian T.H. Kuah
Regional Economic Policy in Europe presents a tightly focused selection of policy, empirical and theoretical perspectives on contemporary dimensions of regional economic policy in the EU. It concentrates on three areas; the dissimilariti... -
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Economic Integration in East Asia
Edited by Masahisa Fujita, Satoru Kumagai, Koji Nishikimi
Increasing numbers of free trade and economic partnership agreements have been concluded among many countries in East Asia, and economic integration has progressed rapidly on both a de facto and de jure basis. However, as the authors of ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Linkages between China’s Regions
Nicolaas Groenewold, Anping Chen, Guoping Lee
The rate of economic growth in China over the last 50 years has been remarkable. However this has only highlighted the inequalities between regions in China, making for considerable disquiet at the highest levels of Chinese policy-making...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Networks, Governance and Economic Development
Edited by Mari Jose Aranguren Querejeta, Cristina Iturrioz Landart, James R. Wilson
This compact and authoritative book brings together the topical themes of networks and governance to advance understanding of the determinants of local economic development in the context of increasingly global relationships.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Regional Clusters
Edited by Uwe Blien, Gunther Maier
This important book takes a critical view on regional industry clusters, in particular their identification and formation, and the policies which help create and support them.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Road Congestion Pricing in Europe
Edited by Harry W. Richardson, Chang-Hee Christine Bae
In February 2003, the London Congestion Charging Scheme was introduced and in 2006 a similar policy was introduced in Stockholm. In both cases automobile traffic entering the cordon declined by about 20 percent. This book evaluates these...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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North American Freight Transportation
Mary R. Brooks
Heightened awareness of North America’s vulnerability to terrorism in the aftermath of 9/11 has precipitated a crisis for transport suppliers and cargo owners, one that jeopardizes economic prosperity. Mary Brooks examines one industry s... -
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The Future of Intermodal Freight Transport
Edited by Rob Konings, Hugo Priemus, Peter Nijkamp
This book explores the great challenge of increasing the scope of intermodal freight transport. In view of the current dominant role of road transport and the increasing difficulties in coping with a growing number of vehicles in an effi...eBook:Find out more$40.00