Urban Regional category: 846 books

This book gathers a collection of essays presented from the perspective of a spatial planner whose working life has been immersed in South Asia. It concerns some of the serious challenges that need to be confronted in the South Asian context, including the externalities and ethical concerns that arise...

This book examines India’s ten years of experience developing Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and the performance of SEZs in the context of India’s growing international engagement, its endeavours to attract domestic and foreign investment in manufacturing and services and its aim to increase and...

This book provides, in an easy-to-use format, an extensive collection of data and information on China’s 31 provinces and its interprovincial economic linkages. Intended as a comprehensive resource book, it profiles the geography, demography, and economy for each province. The materials presented,...

Diploma Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: 2.0, University of Tubingen, language: English, abstract: This paper gives an analysis of China's entry process into the WTO and an assessment on China's accession commitment. The most important aspect of China's performance...

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 States-Canada...

Doing Business in India gives you the know-how toget the best out of your dealings with this emerging economy. Part of the best-selling Essential Managers series, this book will cover hot business topics that are in-step with India’s rapidly changing market place and includes information on history and politics as well as do’s, don’ts and taboos.

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: 1,7 (A-), http://www.uni-jena.de/ (Department of Intercultural Economic Communications), course: Seminar: British culture and economic performanceer, 5 + 22 Internet entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract:...

The term 'transnationalism' has gained considerable academic and popular currency despite a lack of clear definitions, in part because its overall form changes as its influence incorporates additional spheres of daily life on a variety of scales and contexts. The purpose of this volume is to...

In When Work Disappears, Harvard sociologist William Julius Wilson (1996) notes that African Americans in Chicago who attended Catholic schools are viewed more favorably by employers than African Americans who attended public schools. Such findings corroborate a widely though not univer­ sally-held...

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: 1.0, The University of Surrey, course: Strategy, language: English, abstract: After the financial crisis hit the global economy in 2008 many global companies found themselves in economic distress. To remain competitive and...

Ethnicity has become one of the most studied human dimensions in social and biomedical sciences over the past decade. However, there are important shortcomings in the means available to researchers to define and classify human group difference in past, as well as contemporary populations. Personal...

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: A-, , language: English, abstract: Foreign direct investment constitutes a highly important part of contemporary world economy. Globalization of international economic relations have led to the situation in which many...

Das Lehrbuch führt in die Module Verwaltung und Wirtschaftsförderung ein und beleuchtet die sich hier ergebenden Möglichkeiten von Serviceorientierung und Qualitätsmanagement. Bestehende Entwicklungen werden analysiert und im theoretischen und historischen Gesamtkontext erörtert. Weiterhin...