Contents: Part I: Methodology and disaster impact analysis -- 1. Blessing in disguise - long-run benefits of urban disasters / Kamila Borsekova, Peter Nijkamp -- 2. Natural selection: Firm performance following a catastrophic earthquake / Richard Fabling, Arthur Grimes, Levente Timar -- 3. What...

Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part I Land use and real estate impacts -- 2. Spatial impacts of high speed rail on land value change -- 3. Spatial-temporal impacts on urban growth: the case of the Beijing-Shanghai line -- 4. Housing impact of long-distance high speed rail --...

'Proximity is a concept increasingly used in the international literature on clusters, knowledge transfers and innovation, as well as in the policies that support these processes. In Regional Development and Proximity Relations, André Torre and Frédéric Wallet have collected contributions...

Contents: 1. Introduction: setting the stage; identifying the major drivers of globalization / Charlie Karlsson, Andreas P. Cornett and Tina Wallin -- Part I: General aspects of globalization -- 2. Does culture matter? The role of board efficacy, growth and competitiveness in Western and Asian...

Contents: Part I Introduction -- 1. Transitions in socio-technical systems and challenges of city leadership / Marina van Geenhuizen, Adam Holbrook and Mozhdeh Taheri -- Part II Assets and networks in cities -- Energy -- 2. Cities and photovoltaic inventions: global leaders over time / Pieter...

Contents: 1. Introduction: geography, open innovation and entrepreneurship / Urban Gråsjö, Charlie Karlsson and Iréne Bernhard -- 2. Innovation intermediaries as a response to system failures: creating the right incentives / Margherita Russo, Annalisa Caloffi, Federica Rossi and Riccardo...