Economic geographies

ciruits, flows and spaces

How do we conceptualise the production and re-production of social life? What are the most appropriate ways to conceptualise capitalist economies and their geographies? Economic Geographies integrates ideas of structure, agency, and practice to provide: · a detailed overview of recent key debates in economic geography ...

Communities and communication

building urban partnerships

This book compares three great cities of the South, Nairobi, Colombo and Rio de Janeiro, to explore how local government interacts with the communities of the cities, and to discover how communication can lead to partnership. The authors explore what partnership means, arguing that it ...

Beyond metropolis

the planning and bovernance of Asia's mega-urban region

Beyond Metropolis studies planning and governance in the regions surrounding the twelve cities in Asia with populations over ten million: Tokyo, Mumbai, Kolkata, Dhaka, Delhi, Shanghai, Jakarta, Osaka, Beijing, Karachi, Metro Manila, and Seoul. These regions are greater than cities plus suburbs: for almost all ...

regional disparities in small countries

Regional Disparities in Small Countries Series: Advances in Spatial Science Felsenstein, Daniel; Portnov, Boris A. (Eds.) 2005, VI, 333 p. 61 illus., Hardcover ISBN: 3-540-24303-8 Ready for shipping within 3 days. 79,95 # About this book

Spillovers and innovations

space, environment, and the economy

Innovation processes and related spillovers are of eminent importance in a modern economy. How do they relate to spatial structures and environmental factors? The papers analyse innovation processes and spillovers in the economy from various angles, focussing mainly on regional and environmental aspects. Among others ...

Spatial economics

#Masahisa Fujita is undoubtedly the leading scholar in spatial economics. Being the (co-) author of the two main books in urban economics and economics of geography, he was especially well qualified to edit this collection of readings in that field. Anyone who wishes to get ...

Economía urbana

¿Por qué existe la ciudad? ¿Cómo se organizan las actividades productivas y residenciales en su interior?¿Sobre qué elementos se basa la sostenibilidad del desarrollo urbano? Estas son algunas de las cuestiones a las que responde este libro, indispensable para todo aquel que esté interesado ...

Culture, institutions and economic development

a study of eight European regions

Regions are increasingly recognised as a key aspect of economic change in Europe, not merely as geographic spaces but also as social systems. Their history, culture, institutions and patterns of leadership mould the way in which they adapt to European and global competitive challenges. This ...

Innovation policy in a knowledge-based economy

theory and practice

The main underlining conviction, throughout the book, is the importance of dynamical and systemic approaches to innovation policies. The first part of the book provides the theoretical background for the subsequent more empirical contributions. In the second part, a series of three papers analyse each ...

Economic geography and public policy

Research on the spatial aspects of economic activity has flourished over the past decade due to the emergence of new theory, new data, and an intense interest on the part of policymakers, especially in Europe but increasingly in North America and elsewhere as well. However ...

Location and competition

aLocating economic concentration / Jeroen Hinloopen and Charles van Marrewijk -- Transport costs, location and the economy / Jan Osterhaven and Piet Rietveld -- Agglomerations in equilibrium? / Jan G. Lambooy and Frank G. van Oort -- Policy competition in theory and practice / Ruud A. Mooij, Joeri Gorter and Richard Nahuis ...

La oruga y la mariposa

un caso ejemplar de desarrollo en la Italia de los Distritos Industriales Prato (1954-1993)

Inspirándose en la figura de Alfred Marshall, el profesor Giacomo Becattini tiene el mérito de haber planteado un enfoque alternativo a la forma convencional de analizar los hechos económicos, de gran impacto internacional. Una perspectiva en clave no ya sectorial sino espacial, asociada al concepto ...

La confusión del urbanismo

ciudad pública VS. ciudad doméstica

En el libro se recupera la terminología que F. Chueca Goitia aplicó para designar las dos maneras de ver y entender la ciudad en el mundo occidental, a saber: "ciudad pública" y "ciudad doméstica". Conceptualmente corresponden a las nociones de "ciudad" y "asentamiento humano". El ...

Manual para Agentes de Desarrollo Rural

ideas y propuestas para moverse entre la conservación del patrimonio y el desarrollo local

Este Manual para Agente de Desarrollo Rural, en su segunda edición, está dirigido a todas aquellas personas implicadas en los procesos locales de desarrollo rural, pero carece de un sentido corporativista, puesto que se ha escrito pensando en que sirva de referente y ayuda a ...

Ciudades translocales

Espacios, flujo, respresentación. Perspectivas desde las Américas

En esta obra las ciudades de las Américas son las protagonistas. El proceso de globalización y el neoliberalismo han ido generando distintas maneras de entenderlas y verlas, han transformado su apariencia y su sentido, y, en medio de las nuevas organizaciones y geografías urbanas, los ...

Los servicios avanzados a las empresas

dinámicas de localización, patrones de 'externalización' y efectos sobre el desarrollo regional

Uno de los rasgos que caracteriza a las modernas economías es el rápido desarrollo de los servicios avanzados a las empresas.Las actividades vinculadas a la consultoría, la informática, la ingeniería o los recursos humanos, entre otras, se han convertido en un elemento clave para ...

Desigualdad, polarización y movilidad regional en la Unión Europea

INDICE: 1. Introducción 2. El marco de referencia:disparidades espaciales.crecimiento económico y convergencia 3. Desigualdad regional 4. Polarización regional 5. Movilidad regional 6. La distribución espacial de la actividad económica 7. Conclusiones Bibliografía

Desigualdad social y vivienda

Manufacturing culture

the institutional geography of industrial practice

Why are firms in some regions or nations so successful at adopting particular new production technologies and work practices, while those in other places are not? What role do culturally defined characteristics, traits, and attitudes play in determining the degree of success in this process ...

Transport developments and innovations in an evolving world

The book is describing technological developments as well as urban futures in the information age where the development of ICT sets the pace and options. Despite this dynamic development, the book describes how stabile daily travelling still is and highlights the achievable impacts and acceptability ...