Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
Managing Knowledge, Governing Society: Social Theory, Research Policy and Environmental Transition
1st Edition
By Alain-Marc Rieu
May 31, 2023
Since the 1980s, two different paradigms have reshaped industrial societies: the Neoliberal paradigm and a Research and Innovation paradigm. Both have been conceptualized and translated into strong policies with massive economic and social consequences. They provide divergent responses to the ...
The Economics of Sustainable Transformation
1st Edition
Edited
By Anna Szelągowska, Aneta Pluta-Zaremba
May 31, 2023
This book presents the ways in which three key issues of the modern world – transformation, digitalisation and sustainability – may be combined for the greater good and highlights which activities may be designed to integrate these three directly linked paths. It is an experience-derived and ...
The Regional Economics of Technological Transformations: Industry 4.0 and Servitisation in European Regions
1st Edition
By Roberta Capello, Camilla Lenzi
May 31, 2023
The Regional Economics of Technological Transformations provides a comprehensive overview of 4.0 technological transformations in Europe and their socio-economic impact, with a particular emphasis on the regional dimension of the phenomena. The authors employ extensive original data and robust...
The Cultural Sector and Sustainable Economic Development: Innovation and the Creative Economy in European Cities
1st Edition
By Biljana Mickov
February 01, 2023
The cultural sector plays an important role in sustainable economic development and creates economic activities, opportunities for entrepreneurship and jobs, adding to the attractiveness of cities and contributing to the development of tourism. The Cultural Sector and Sustainable Economic ...
Family Business and Regional Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Rodrigo Basco, Roger Stough, Lech Suwala
January 09, 2023
This book explores the relationship between families, firms, and regions and the extent to which these relationships contribute to regional economic and social development. Although family business participation in economic activities has been a common phenomenon since pre-industrial societies, and...
Outsourcing in European Emerging Economies: Territorial Embeddedness and Global Business Services
1st Edition
Edited
By Łukasz Mamica
May 30, 2022
Drawing on a range of European cases, this edited volume analyses the offshoring and outsourcing of foreign companies, with a focus on territorial embeddedness. The book opens by developing a theoretical framework and then presents a range of international case studies exploring the experiences of...
Mental Health and Wellbeing in Rural Regions: International Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Sarah-Anne Munoz, Steve F. Bain
April 29, 2022
This book considers how rurality interacts with the mental health and wellbeing of individuals and communities in different regional settings. Through the use of international and comparative case studies, the book offers insight into the spatiality of mental health diagnoses, experiences, services...
Creative Ageing Cities: Place Design with Older People in Asian Cities
1st Edition
Edited
By Keng Hua Chong, Mihye Cho
December 18, 2020
Ageing population and rapid urbanisation are the two major demographic shifts in today’s world. Architectural designs and urban policies have to deal with issues of an ever larger elderly population living in the cities, especially in old urban neighbourhoods, while also taking into consideration ...
Post-Metropolitan Territories: Looking for a New Urbanity
1st Edition
Edited
By Alessandro Balducci, Valeria Fedeli, Francesco Curci
October 02, 2019
Processes of multi-scalar regional urbanization are occurring worldwide. Such processes are clearly distinguishable from those of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries due to the shifting concepts of both the city and the metropolis. International literature highlights how what we have ...
Rural and Regional Futures
1st Edition
Edited
By Anthony Hogan, Michelle Young
October 18, 2018
Agriculture, mining and related rural industries have been central to the development of Australia’s economy. This book details the role that the Australian Government has played in the making of rural and regional Australia, particularly since World War II. The book reviews these policies and ...
Regional Development in Australia: Being regional
1st Edition
By Robyn Eversole
January 03, 2018
In Australia, regions are not just geographic locations, they are also cultural ideas. Being regional means being located outside the nation’s capital cities and in the periphery of its centres of power and influence. Regional development in Australia is thus significantly different than ...
Broadband Telecommunications and Regional Development
1st Edition
By Tony H. Grubesic, Elizabeth A. Mack
December 18, 2017
Broadband is one of the most transformative technologies of the 21st century, yet our understanding of its regional impacts remains somewhat rudimentary. Not only are issues of broadband pricing and speed relevant in this context, but the overall quality of service for broadband can often dictate ...