Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
Governance and Leadership in Shrinking Cities: Strategies for Managing Urban Decline
1st Edition
Edited
By Stanisław Mazur
December 18, 2024
The aim of this publication is to look in depth at depopulation - a trend that is affecting an increasing number of cities worldwide. It has recently become a critical issue with a range of detrimental social, economic, spatial, and financial consequences. However, attempts by central and local ...
Regional Development and Forgotten Spaces: Global Policy Experiences and Implications
1st Edition
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By María del Carmen Sánchez-Carreira, Paulo Jorge Reis Mourão, Bruno Blanco-Varela
December 18, 2024
This book constitutes a novel contribution, combining recent theoretical developments and empirical contributions, as well as the recent and latest trends and challenges on the issue of Forgotten Spaces. Forgotten Spaces - like the Forgotten Regions, in particular - are spaces that in potential can...
Homes at Work: Urban Informality and Recognition in Latin America and Africa
1st Edition
By María Carrizosa
November 28, 2024
Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home became a global phenomenon, yet before 2020, it was a relatively understudied practice. But in informal settlements, the definition of "home" and "employment" is completely intertwined, which is why there is so much to learn from ...
Urban Scaling: Allometry in Urban Studies and Spatial Science
1st Edition
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By Luca S. D'Acci
October 29, 2024
Urban allometry empirically describes how “things”, for example crime, GDP, emissions, energy use, area, street length, housing prices, etc. change in cities when their size, in terms of population, increases. Urban scaling is a relatively recent area of urban science, investigating how measurable ...
The Rural to Urban Transition in Developing Countries: Urbanisation and Peri-Urban Land Markets
1st Edition
By Amrutha Mary Varkey
October 09, 2024
Increasing urbanisation and industrial development are occurring at the expense of shrinking forest cover and agricultural land in South Asia. Various land uses compete with each other, reducing forests and farmlands. This book addresses urbanisation and peri-urban land markets, with a special ...
Urban Heritage in Europe: Economic and Social Revival
1st Edition
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By Gábor Sonkoly
October 09, 2024
Urban heritage, which is part of the conceptual expansion of cultural heritage, has become an extraordinarily complex notion. Any aspect of urban life and experience can become heritage and this heritage is then continuously reinterpreted and exploited as a source not only for a city’s ...
Technology-Based Regional Economic Development: Institutional Perspectives from the United States and Japan
1st Edition
By Akio Nishizawa, David V. Gibson
October 08, 2024
Regional technology-based economic development and the recruitment and retention of talent is a top priority of city-regions in the United States and in countries around the world. However, policy recommendations from government officials, industry leaders and academics are often ambiguous or are ...
Lagging Regions in the European Union: Structural, Productivity and Efficiency Aspects
1st Edition
By Paweł Dobrzański
September 02, 2024
Unequal distribution of income is one of the most important socio-economic issues. The processes of globalisation and integration are accelerating economic growth; however, at the same time, imbalances between regions are growing. Reducing inequalities within regions and national economies, as well...
Evolutionary Urban Development: Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe
1st Edition
By Katarzyna Sadowy
August 26, 2024
Drawing on a range of disciplinary approaches, this text explores the drivers of urban development. Through an evolutionary lens, cities are shown to find a development path amidst an ever-changing landscape, sometimes facing extreme externalities such as wars and economic crises. Key themes ...
Economic Resilience and Pandemic Response
1st Edition
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By Agnieszka Rzepka, Artur Paździor
August 05, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic upended our social and economic lives. Lockdowns forced firms to implement health and safety protocols, employees to work from home, and businesses of all sorts to close. Even as lockdowns eased, the landscape of work, commerce, leisure, and education was irrevocably ...
Spatial Planning and the European Union: Europeanisation from Within
1st Edition
By Eva Purkarthofer
July 19, 2024
European Union policies are intertwined with all sectors of public administration and governance in the member states, including spatial, urban and regional planning. Legal regulations like the Natura 2000 Directives, funding programmes associated with EU Cohesion Policy or strategies such as ...
Cities Learning from a Pandemic: Towards Preparedness
1st Edition
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By Simonetta Armondi, Alessandro Balducci, Martina Bovo, Beatrice Galimberti
May 27, 2024
COVID-19 has stressed the condition of radical uncertainty that increasingly characterises our times and compels cities to learn new ways to cope with unexpected global urban challenges. The volume proposes preparedness as a key concept in urban geography, planning, and policy, inviting ...