Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
Traveling Expertise and Regional Development
1st Edition
By Andreas Öjehag-Pettersson, Tomas Mitander
September 30, 2021
This book analyses an increasingly important phenomenon in contemporary regional development, namely ‘traveling expertise' and policy ideas.Drawing on the fields of urban and regional development, and informed by the emerging school of governmentality studies, it offers a theoretically and ...
Urban Development in China under the Institution of Land Rights
1st Edition
By Jieming Zhu
June 30, 2021
How have the development and redevelopment of China’s cities since the early 1950s transformed the settlements and fortunes of a fifth of the world’s population? Rapid urbanization since the 1980s has changed the nation from a rural society to an urban one, marking it as one of the most significant...
Transnational Regions in Historical Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Marten Boon, Hein A.M. Klemann, Ben Wubs
March 31, 2021
National competitiveness has become a misnomer, as competitiveness is increasingly understood as a regional phenomenon and regions are not confined to the boundaries of the nation state. This book focuses on the Port of Rotterdam and its hinterland – i.e. the Lower Rhine and the Ruhr area. A ...
Applied Spatial Modelling and Planning
1st Edition
Edited
By John R. Lombard, Eliahu Stern, Graham Clarke
December 18, 2020
This book highlights the extraordinary range of areas to which geographical analysis and spatial modelling can bring lessons and insights. It shows how these techniques have been used to address ‘real world’ issues that are of concern to international organisations, public agencies and businesses, ...
Creative Ageing Cities: Place Design with Older People in Asian Cities
1st Edition
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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 ...
Economic Clusters and Globalization: Diversity and Resilience
1st Edition
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By Francisco Puig, Berrbizne Urzelai
December 18, 2020
This volume shows that in today’s globalized world, clusters are an important factor in explaining the different growth rates of firms, cities and regions. Drawing on the expertise of an international contributor team, it covers topics such as clusters and small and medium-sized enterprise ...
Competitiveness and Knowledge: An International Comparison of Traditional Firms
1st Edition
By Knut Ingar Westeren, Hanas Cader, Maria de Fátima Sales, Jan Ole Similä, Jefferson Staduto
September 30, 2020
In the twenty-first century technology has become global, and firms compete using knowledge and capital. The ‘traditional firm’ has a need for innovation and depends on efficient knowledge management to improve productivity.This book examines five firms that produce the same commodity, white ...
Gastronomy and Local Development: The Quality of Products, Places and Experiences
1st Edition
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By Nicola Bellini, Cécile Clergeau, Olivier Etcheverria
September 30, 2020
Gastronomy, particularly gourmet tourism, is widely acknowledged as having a powerful impact on local development. Public policies have developed in response to research, highlighting gastronomy as key in a successful tourism economy.However, research thus far has not fully explored the underlying ...
The Canada-US Border in the 21st Century: Trade, Immigration and Security in the Age of Trump
1st Edition
By John B. Sutcliffe, William P. Anderson
September 30, 2020
Borders are critical to the development and survival of modern states, offer security against external threats, and mark public policy and identity difference. At the same time, borders, and borderlands, are places where people, ideas, and economic goods meet and intermingle. The United ...
The Geography of Scientific Collaboration
1st Edition
By Agnieszka Olechnicka, Adam Ploszaj, Dorota Celińska-Janowicz
September 30, 2020
Science is increasingly defined by multidimensional collaborative networks. Despite the unprecedented growth of scientific collaboration around the globe – the collaborative turn – geography still matters for the cognitive enterprise. This book explores how geography conditions scientific ...
The Spatial and Economic Transformation of Mountain Regions: Landscapes as Commodities
1st Edition
By Manfred Perlik
September 30, 2020
Mountain regions are subject to a unique set of economic pressures: they act as collective enterprises which have to valorize rare resources, such as spectacular landscapes. While primarily rural in nature, they often border large cities, and the development of industries such as hydroelectric ...
Big Data for Regional Science
1st Edition
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By Laurie A Schintler, Zhenhua Chen
December 12, 2019
Recent technological advancements and other related factors and trends are contributing to the production of an astoundingly large and rapidly accelerating collection of data, or ‘Big Data’. This data now allows us to examine urban and regional phenomena in ways that were previously not possible. ...