Despite much rhetoric concerning the implementation of sustainable development within local and regional economic development strategies, very few concrete examples exist of projects that combine economic, social and environmental aims. However, recently, a number of developments have occurred,...

GIBBS D. and TANNER K. (1997) Information and communication technologies and local economic development policies: the British case, Reg. Studies 31, 765-774. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are fast becoming the basis of economic development and those areas which fail to...

This paper's purpose is to investigate the role of sea ports in helping to mitigate the GHG emissions associated with the end-to-end maritime transport chain. The analysis is primarily focused on the UK, but is international in application. The paper is based on both the analysis of secondary...

David Gibbs, Cox, K. R. (ed) 1997 SPACES OF GLOBALIZATION: REASSERTING THE POWER OF THE LOCAL New York: Guilford Press, £17.95 paper, ISBN 1 57230 199 6, pp. 292 Hines, C. 2000 LOCALIZATION: A GLOBAL MANIFESTO London: Earthscan, £10.99 paper, ISBN 1 85383 612 5, pp. 290

AbstractDespite much rhetoric concerning the implementation of sustainable development within local and regional economic development strategies, very few concrete examples exist of projects that combine economic, social and environmental aims. However, recently, a number of developments have...

OutlineThere has been much recent comment about the development of the "information superhighway" and the opportunities that this will create for economic development. Yet elements of such a superhighway are already in place through the activities of cable companies in the UK This paper outlines...

This essay examines the question of Soviet intervention in the Third World. It begins by discussing recent theories of Soviet strategy, including those which hold that the USSR has a grand strategy of expansion in the Third World, as well as the less alarmist views of George F. Kennan. The...

Coastal areas are warned of a tsunami by natural phenomena and man-made warning systems. Earthquake shaking and/or unusual water conditions, such as rapid changes in water level, are natural phenomena that warn coastal areas of a local tsunami that will arrive in minutes. Unusual water...

Research on the international relations of the African continent has generally eschewed the phenomenon of rivalry among the advanced capitalist powers for commercial and political influence south of the Sahara. Most studies of Africa's international relations, especially from a critical...