Urban Regional category: 846 books
by B. Misra
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
The post 2000 period for India has been quite eventful for Indian economy. The Book examines the implications of growth for inequality and some of the major drivers of growth like infrastructure, health and credit. The book discusses the key challenges as well the game changer initiatives that will shape India's growth in the medium term.
Economic Impact or Contribution
Essays on Business and Community Relations
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Economic Impact or Contribution contributes to the applied regional economic literature by providing a framework for handling a diverse set of projects and providing detailed case studies of fieldwork regarding the health care industry, higher education institutions, the nonprofit sector, infrastructure...
by Rongxing Guo
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
China's economic growth has been more robust in some regions than others. In a country as large as China, examinations of regional differences can provide a viable way to learn about the economy as a whole. Rongxing Guo provides a systematic introduction to the economies of China by describing...
Steel City
Hamilton and Region
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1987
From its establishment nearly 200 years ago as a village at the centre of an agricultural district, Hamilton has grown into one of Canada's biggest industrial centres, at the heart of a highly developed regional municipality. The story of its changing landscapes, both physical and human, is presented...
A Leader and a Laggard
Manufacturing Industry in Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1970
Advanced countries in all parts of the world are concerned with the geographical unevenness of their development. Canada's preoccupation is with the Atlantic provinces, and for years government departments and agencies have tried to improve the region's economy. However, the evidence suggests that...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
This book contributes to the theoretical and empirical literature on Asian regionalism, with a focus on the innovations needed to reform the current institutional architecture in Asia. After reviewing the key issues and challenges related to the political economy of Asia’s economic cooperation and...
Service Industries and Regions
Growth, Location and Regional Effects
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
The service sector in most advanced economies accounts for up to seventy percent of employment and GDP and, given its growing importance, has received much research attention over the last two decades. However, not very much attention has been paid to the relationship between this sector and both...
Regional Performance Measurement and Improvement
New Developments and Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
This is the first book to fully introduce a newly developed distance friction minimization (DFM) model, which is one of the new efficiency improvement projection approaches in data envelopment analysis (DEA). The DFM model can produce a most effective solution in efficiency improvement projections...
Economic Growth in the Regions of Europe
Theory and Empirical Evidence from a Spatial Growth Model
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2011
Although interest in spatial growth regressions has been growing in recent years, formal theoretical approaches that acknowledge the role of space in economic growth have been sparse. In particular in a regional context, the assumption of independent, non-interacting closed economies can lead to misinterpretations....
by Patrick Collins, James A. Cunningham
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
This is the first study to draw on international research carried out across four EU member states to add to the neglected area of the creative economy of peripheral regions.
Economies are dynamic entities and subject to constant flux. Driven by changing tastes, new ways to make and disruptive...
Economics of the Marine
Modelling Natural Resources
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
This book extends the current international interest in the conceptualization of the marine sector to explore its importance of at different geographical scales: from the national, to regional and small area analysis within the context of base theory, New Economic Geography, agglomeration theory,...
Standorttheorien
Regional- und Stadtökonomik in Theorie und Praxis
Language: German
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Das Buch stellt sowohl traditionelle als auch neuere und neueste Theorien zur Standortwahl vor. Die traditionellen Standorttheorien umfassen die klassische Standortlehre, die Agglomerationsökonomik sowie die Untersuchung der Effekte unterschiedlicher Branchenstrukturen auf eine Stadt oder Region....
The End of the Suburbs
Where the American Dream Is Moving
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
“The government in the past created one American Dream at the expense of almost all others: the dream of a house, a lawn, a picket fence, two children, and a car. But there is no single American Dream anymore.”
For nearly 70 years, the suburbs were as American as apple pie. As the middle...
The City in 2050
Creating Blueprints for Change
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
The City in 2050 explores potential paths of innovation to prepare for the changes facing metropolitan areas over the next several decades as the world becomes more urbanized. The book is heavily illustrated with photographs, charts, maps, and drawings that give the reader a quick overview of the issues cities will face.