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Small States in the Modern World
Edited by Harald Baldersheim, Michael Keating
Small States in the Modern World comprehensively assesses the different modes of adaptation by small states in response to the security and economic vulnerabilities posed by global change. It uses a diverse collection of case studies to ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Changing Urban and Regional Relations in a Globalizing World]()
Changing Urban and Regional Relations in a Globalizing World
Edited by Kathy Pain, Gilles Van Hamme
In this important book, Kathy Pain and Gilles Van Hamme bring together a prestigious group of contributors to provide a systematic assessment of the dynamic, multi-scale network restructuring and spaces of flows associated with globaliza...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities
Edited by Ben Derudder, Michael Hoyler, Peter J. Taylor, Frank Witlox
This Handbook offers an unrivalled overview of current research into how globalization is affecting the external relations and internal structures of major cities in the world.eBook:Find out more$63.16
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Geographies of the Super-Rich
Edited by Iain Hay
This timely and path-breaking book brings together a group of distinguished and emerging international scholars to critically consider the geographical implications of the world’s super-rich, a privileged yet remarkably overlooked group.eBook:Find out more$39.16
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![Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies]()
Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies
Edited by Peter Karl Kresl, Jaime Sobrino
In this timely Handbook, seventeen renowned contributors from Asia, the Americas and Europe provide chapters that deal with some of the most intriguing and important aspects of research methodologies on cities and urban economies.eBook:Find out more$63.16
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Local Societies and Rural Development
Edited by Shinichi Shigetomi, Ikuko Okamoto
The importance of community-based and participatory approaches to rural development in developing countries has long been emphasized. Rural people, who are economically and politically weak as individuals, can only participate in develop...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The International Handbook on Social Innovation
Edited by Frank Moulaert, Diana MacCallum, Abid Mehmood, Abdelillah Hamdouch
The contributors provide an overview of theoretical perspectives, methodologies and instructive experiences from all continents, as well as implications for collective action and policy. They argue strongly for social innovation as a key...eBook:Find out more$63.16
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Developments in Social Impact Assessment
Edited by Frank Vanclay
Along with environmental impact assessment, social impact assessment (SIA) has its origins in the 1970s and has developed from being a tool to meet regulatory requirements, to a discipline that seeks to contribute proactively to better p... -
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Social Capital and Rural Development in the Knowledge Society
Edited by Hans Westlund, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Social capital is often considered a key factor for local development. This book analyzes the role of social capital for rural areas’ survival and development in the current age of metropolitan growth – an era in which urban is the norm ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Government, Governance and Welfare Reform]()
Government, Governance and Welfare Reform
Edited by Alberto Brugnoli, Alessandro Colombo
This unique and original book focuses on institutional changes, welfare reforms and transformations in both Britain and Italy over the last three decades.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Regional and Urban Policy and Planning on the Korean Peninsula]()
Regional and Urban Policy and Planning on the Korean Peninsula
Chang-Hee Christine Bae, Harry W. Richardson
The potential for reunification of the two Koreas, whether in the short or long term, argues for a comprehensive look at policy and planning issues that encompass the peninsula as a whole. This book deals with spatial policy issues in bo...eBook:Find out more$55.96
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![China’s Peasants and Workers: Changing Class Identities]()
China’s Peasants and Workers: Changing Class Identities
Edited by Beatriz Carrillo , David S.G. Goodman
The expert contributors illustrate how the development of the urban economic environment has led to changes in the urban working class, through an exploration of the workplace experiences of rural migrant workers, and of the plight of th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
