Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction / Martin Andersson, Lina Bjerke and Charlie Karlsson -- Part I: Geography of structural change, employment and productivity -- 2. Exploring regional differences in the regional capacity to absorb displacements / Kristina Nyström and Ingrid Viklund Ros --...

Part I settlement histories and their representations -- 1. Introduction: settlements at the edge -- 2. The dynamic history of government settlements at the edge -- 3. Boom back or blow back? growth strategies in mono-industrial resource towns - 'east' and 'west' -- 4. International migration...

We have, in recent decades, been able to witness a veritable revolution in the world economy, known as 'globalization'. Generally, the term is connected to the rapid increase of the free movement of goods, capital, people, ideas, information and knowledge around the globe. This book contributes...

Cities and city regions are growing throughout the world and this trend is forecast to continue well into the 21st century. The authors of The Rise of the City see the next 100 years as being the "Urban Century". In this book they examine urban growth and the dynamics that are transforming the...

'Professor Philip McCann has contributed to a revival of regional and urban economics. His ideas and research have stimulated views about how regions and cities grow, and also how they can be better governed. He offers here another major contribution to improved regional policy design. By its...

We have, in recent decades, been able to witness a veritable revolution in the world economy, known as 'globalization'. Generally, the term is connected to the rapid increase of the free movement of goods, capital, people, ideas, information and knowledge around the globe. This book contributes...

Machine generated contents note: pt. I PROXIMITY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: MAIN DEBATES AND CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVES -- 1.Proximity and endogenous regional development / Robert J. Stimson -- 2.Proximity relations at the heart of territorial development processes: from clusters, spatial conflicts...