Regional economic development has experienced considerable dynamism over recent years. Perhaps the most notable cases were the rise of China and India to emergent country status by the turn of the millennium.
Urban Agglomeration and Economic Growth is the fifth volume in the series of books emanating from the activities of the Egon-Sohmen-Foundation.
The Spread of Industry: Spatial Agglomeration in Economic Development
The studies cover a wide range of topics and approach the economics of agglomeration from different angles. Together they advance our understanding of agglomeration and its implications for a globalized world.
This book explains the relationships between equality and efficiency, as well as between government and market, in urban-rural and regional development by providing theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence.
Remaking regional economies. London: Routledge. Cooke, P. ed. 2011. Handbook of regional innovation and growth. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Cooke, P. and Piccaluga, A. eds. 2006. Regional development in the knowledge ...
This is especially true when reform entails serious risks for the fragile social fabric in many developing countries. Institutions and the market can indeed drive development where geography and sociological conditions are favorable, ...
This book is a study of the economic reasons for the existence of a large variety of agglomerations arising from the global to the local.
What are the economic drivers that make cities more productive? These are a few of the many questions that this volume aims to answer.
Thorough and authoritative, Regional and Urban Economics and Economic Development: Theory and Methods provides students with a sound approach to analyzing the economic progress of a region or urban area.