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.
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Regional Worlds: Advancing the Geography of Regions
1st Edition
Edited
By Martin Jones, Anssi Paasi
May 24, 2017
A key concern in the debate and empirical research on the geography of regions is the evolution of the conceptualizations and practical uses of the idea of ‘region’. This idea prioritises both the intellectual and the practical development of regional studies. This book drives the discussion ...
The UK Regional–National Economic Problem: Geography, globalisation and governance
1st Edition
By Philip McCann
April 27, 2017
In recent years, the United Kingdom has become a more and more divided society with inequality between the regions as marked as it has ever been. In a landmark analysis of the current state of Britain’s regional development, Philip McCann utilises current statistics, examines historical trends and ...
Europe's Changing Geography: The Impact of Inter-regional Networks
1st Edition
Edited
By Nicola Bellini, Ulrich Hilpert
January 27, 2017
European macro-regions, Euroregions and other forms of inter-regional, cross-border cooperation have helped to shape new scenarios and new relational spaces which may generate opportunities for economic development, while redefining the political and economic meaning of national borders. This ...
The Global Competitiveness of Regions
1st Edition
By Robert Huggins, Hiro Izushi, Daniel Prokop, Piers Thompson
August 12, 2016
The aim of this book is to consider theoretically the notion of the global competitiveness of regions, as well as giving attention as to how such competitiveness may be empirically measured. With this in mind, the book has three specific objectives: first, to place the concept of regional ...
Cities, State and Globalisation: City-Regional Governance in Europe and North America
1st Edition
By Tassilo Herrschel
June 17, 2016
This book investigates the ways in which city regions view themselves as single entities, how they are governed, what is meant by ‘governance’, why the question of city-regional governance matters, and the extent to which the balance between internal and external factors is important for finding ...
Code and the City
1st Edition
Edited
By Rob Kitchin, Sung-Yueh Perng
April 18, 2016
Software has become essential to the functioning of cities. It is deeply embedded into the systems and infrastructure of the built environment and is entrenched in the management and governance of urban societies. Software-enabled technologies and services enhance the ways in which we understand ...
The Value of Arts and Culture for Regional Development: A Scandinavian Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Lisbeth Lindeborg, Lars Lindkvist
March 03, 2016
In this new volume, 28 Scandinavian researchers and others who are active in arts and culture seek to answer the questions: What has been the effect of regional and local investment in arts and culture? And what positive and negative experiences have there been? This book describes and analyzes the...
The Economic Geography of the IT Industry in the Asia Pacific Region
1st Edition
Edited
By Philip Cooke, Glen Searle, Kevin O'Connor
December 10, 2015
The development of the information technology (IT) industry in the Asia Pacific region faces two challenges. Firstly, can its established physical, technical, regional and governance infrastructures be adapted to meet the challenges embedded in the set of products and processes created by the IT ...
Entrepreneurial Knowledge, Technology and the Transformation of Regions
1st Edition
Edited
By Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson, Roger Stough
June 23, 2015
In recent years, policy makers have given much credence to the role of entrepreneurship in the transformation of regions. As a result, a new set of policy responses have emerged that focus on the support of new venture creation, small business growth and idea generation and commercialization. ...
Smart Specialisation: Opportunities and Challenges for Regional Innovation Policy
1st Edition
By Dominique Foray
June 08, 2015
This is the first book on a new policy approach that has been widely adopted in Europe and beyond. It analyses the concept of smart specialisation and discuss the need for smart specialisation strategies, explains why the approach is new and different from more standard policy processes and ...
Leadership and Place
1st Edition
Edited
By Chris Collinge, John Gibney
May 07, 2015
Despite the radical transformation of society associated with globalisation, shifting patterns of demography and the revolution in information and communication technologies over the last two decades, we remain profoundly attached to place in economic, social, cultural and emotional terms. The idea...
The University and the City
1st Edition
By John Goddard, Paul Vallance
March 12, 2015
Universities are being seen as key urban institutions by researchers and policy makers around the world. They are global players with significant local direct and indirect impacts – on employment, the built environment, business innovation and the wider society. The University and the City explores...