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Regions and Cities

About the Book Series

In today’s globalised, knowledge-driven and networked world, regions and cities have assumed heightened significance as the interconnected nodes of economic, social and cultural production, and as sites of new modes of economic governance and policy experimentation. This book series brings together incisive and critically engaged international and interdisciplinary research on this resurgence of regions and cities, and should be of interest to geographers, economists, sociologists, political scientists and cultural scholars, as well as to policy-makers involved in regional and urban development.

If you would like to discuss a potential new book for the series, please contact:

Stephen J Ramos – [email protected] – Series Editor-in-Chief, or

Kristina Abbotts – [email protected] – Routledge Commissioning Editor

The Regions and Cities book series welcomes Open Access projects. Please contact Kristina Abbotts or visit https://www.routledge.com/info/open_access for more details.

About the Regional Studies Association (RSA)

The RSA is the global community for regional and urban research, development and policy. As a learned society for regional studies, it provides an authoritative voice for researchers, students and practitioners from disciplines including economics, geography, political science, planning, urban sociology, transport planning and other fields. The RSA delivers its charitable aims through knowledge exchange and policy engagement activities, its portfolio of journals and publications, its programme of conferences and events and its worldwide territorial and research networks. The RSA also runs a grant funding programme and recognises good practice in regional studies through its awards. It is an inclusive, diverse and environmental responsible organisation. For more information go to www.regionalstudies.org

Dissemination Support for Authors

The RSA increases the dissemination of research and supports authors publishing in this book series through the promotion of new books, organisation of online book launches in cooperation with the author(s) and by offering a platform for the publication of book reviews.

30% DISCOUNT AVAILABLE

Did you know that as a Regional Studies Association member you’re entitled to a 30% discount on all Routledge books? To order, simply email James Hill ([email protected]), or phone on +44 (0) 7831 120 008 and declare your RSA membership.

161 Series Titles


An Enlarged Europe Regions in Competition?

An Enlarged Europe: Regions in Competition?

1st Edition

Edited By Louis Albrechts, Sally Hardy, Mark Hart, Anastasios Katos
September 13, 2002

The political and economic geography of Europe is changing - the European Community is expanding its boundaries towards EFTA and is resuming a closer association with Central and Eastern European regions engaged in radical restructuring. As EC integration accelerates there is the prospect of ...

British Regionalism and Devolution The Challenges of State Reform and European Integration

British Regionalism and Devolution: The Challenges of State Reform and European Integration

1st Edition

Edited By Jonathan Bradbury, John Mawson
September 13, 2002

This contributors provide a range of perspectives on the increasingly central issues of state reform, European integration and British regionalism in the 1990s. Using case material, the contributors examine: the effects of state reform and European integration on British regionalism and the ...

Community Economic Development

Community Economic Development

1st Edition

Edited By Graham Haughton
September 13, 2002

This important book examines the ways in which community economic development can contribute to local and regional regeneration. It presents a unique overview of the state of contemporary British practice in this important policy area and provides a series of fresh, theoretical, methodological and ...

Foreign Direct Investment and the Global Economy Corporate and Institutional Dynamics of Global-Localisation

Foreign Direct Investment and the Global Economy: Corporate and Institutional Dynamics of Global-Localisation

1st Edition

Edited By Jeremy Alden, Nicholas F. Phelps
September 13, 2002

With the emergence of a truly global marketplace, regions now face far greater competition in attracting outside investment, and multinational companies have to consider local conditions on many levels before choosing to invest. Foreign Direct Investment and the Global Economy looks at the pattern ...

Metropolitan Planning in Britain A Comparative Study

Metropolitan Planning in Britain: A Comparative Study

1st Edition

Edited By Peter Roberts, Kevin Thomas, Gwyndaf Williams
September 13, 2002

Metropolitan Planning in Britain is the first comparative analysis and assessment of metropolitan areas and their strategic planning for almost two decades. Changes in population distribution, styles of local government, business practices, and attitudes to the environment have all had an impact on...

Multinationals and European Integration Trade, Investment and Regional Development

Multinationals and European Integration: Trade, Investment and Regional Development

1st Edition

By Nicholas A. Phelps
September 13, 2002

This book examines the role of the multinational firms in processes of European integration. It is primarily concerned with the implications of market integration and industrial restructuring for peripheral European regions. Nicholas Phelps argues that, because of the complex relationship between ...

Regional Development Agencies in Europe

Regional Development Agencies in Europe

1st Edition

Edited By Charlotte Damborg, Mike Danson, Henrik Halkier
September 13, 2002

In the past decade Europe has seen much change, and at the same time the importance of the regional perspectives has significantly increased. Regional Development Agencies in Europe brings together experiences of Regional and Development Agencies throughout Europe to provide material for the first ...

Regional Development Strategies A European Perspective

Regional Development Strategies: A European Perspective

1st Edition

Edited By Jeremy Alden, Philip Boland
September 13, 2002

Regional development strategies have become the focus of attention in many countries in the 1990s. This textbook provides a conceptual, theoretical and empirical analysis of regional development strategies within a European context It examines the various regional development strategies which are ...

Regional Development in the 1990s The British Isles in Transition

Regional Development in the 1990s: The British Isles in Transition

1st Edition

Edited By Ron Martin, Peter Townroe
September 13, 2002

This book documents the changing nature and challenge of regional development in Britain and Ireland in the final decade of this century. In the first half of this book, region-by-region profiles review the experience of the eighties and reflect on the present climate, assessing problems and ...

Regional Innovation Strategies The Challenge for Less-Favoured Regions

Regional Innovation Strategies: The Challenge for Less-Favoured Regions

1st Edition

Edited By Kevin Morgan, Claire Nauwelaers
September 13, 2002

Regional Innovation Strategiesoffers the first comprehensive analysis of the new wave of innovation-oriented regional policies. It draws conclusions from the European Regional Technology Plans and Regional Innovation Strategies, both in old industrialised areas and in regions where development is ...

Regional Policy in Europe

Regional Policy in Europe

1st Edition

By S.S Artobolevskiy
September 13, 2002

Based on the author's extensive research in the field, this book analyzes regional policy for the whole of Europe. Comparing East and West, it offers a new model of regional policy and gives an overview of the direction that it may take in Europe as a whole. Topics covered include: the evaluation ...

Restructuring Industry and Territory The Experience of Europe's Regions

Restructuring Industry and Territory: The Experience of Europe's Regions

1st Edition

Edited By Anna Giunta, Arnoud Lagendijk, Andy Pike
September 13, 2002

Examining the current trends in regional economic development in Europe, Restructuring Industry and Territory explores ways in which the restructuring of industry and territorial development relate to each other, their emergent interdependency and role in economic development. The book argues that ...

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