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Albert, Donald Patrick (contributor) - 2012

"This book presents policy analysts, geospatial practitioners, and academicians with high-quality examples of various application domains within applied geospatial research, exploring and resolving geographical issues from fields as various tourism, advertising, transportation, climate and...

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The political economy of inter-regional fiscal flows : measurement, determinants and effects on country stability

Solé Ollé, Albert (contributor); Espasa, Marta (contributor) - 2010

Struggles over what a region receives, or should receive, from the budget of the central government are common to many countries. Discussions often focus on the measures of 'net fiscal flows' or 'fiscal balances' provided by the government or other actors. This unique book shows just how these...

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Spatial scenarios in a global perspective : Europe and the Latin Arc countries

Camagni, Roberto (contributor); Capello, Roberta (contributor) - 2011

This up-to-date and insightful book presents post-crisis scenarios for European regions with new methodologies and tools to support quantitative assessment and foresight. The aim is to develop regional forecasting methodologies and tools, appropriate to the regional-local scale but consistent...

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The dynamics of regions and networks in industrial ecosystems

Davidsdottir, Brynhildur (contributor); … - 2009

Industrial ecology provides a rigorous and comprehensive description of human production and consumption processes in the larger context of environmental and socioeconomic change. This volume offers methodologies for such descriptions, with contributions covering both basic and advanced...

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Handbook of regional growth and development theories

Nijkamp, Peter (contributor); Capello, Roberta (contributor) - 2009

Regional economics - an established discipline for several decades - has gone through a rapid pace of change in the past decade and several new perspectives have emerged. At the same time the methodology has shown surprising development. This volume brings together contributions looking at new...

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Infrastructure and trade in Asia

Brooks, Douglas H. (contributor); Menon, Jayant (contributor) - 2008

Analysis of infrastructure's role in facilitating international trade and consequently regional economic integration is still rudimentary. This original book fills that knowledge gap by exploring relevant concepts, measurement issues, aspects of the implementation of trade-related infrastructure...

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Entrepreneurship and growth in local, regional and national economies : frontiers in European entrepreneurship research

Smallbone, David (contributor); … - 2009

This state-of-the-art book provides a window on contemporary European entrepreneurship and small business research. The papers selected demonstrate the applied nature of entrepreneurship research as well as the various contributions that entrepreneurship can make to local, regional and national...

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Networks, governance and economic development : bridging disciplinary frontiers

Landart, Cristina Iturrioz (contributor); … - 2008

This compact and authoritative book brings together the topical themes of networks and governance to advance understanding of the determinants of local economic development in the context of increasingly global relationships

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Globalization trends and regional development : dynamics of FDI and human capital flows

Capello, Roberta (ed.); Dentinho, Tomaz Ponce (ed.) - 2012

This timely book investigates the challenges that emerge for local economies when faced with the new globalization trends that characterize today’s world economy. In this instance, globalization is interpreted as a process of internationalization of production and markets which can take...

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China and its regions : economic growth and reform in Chinese provinces

Renard, Mary-Françoise (contributor) - 2002

convergence in China's reforming economy -- 6. The impact of WTO accession on income disparity in China -- 7. Changes in income … distribution of foreign direct investment in China : the impact of human capital -- 10. Foreign direct investment, human capital …. Real exchange rate and income disparity between urban and rural areas in China : a theoretic and econometric analysis …

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