Economic geography

This contributed volume is the first book in English to offer a current and critical vision of regional problems and policies in the countries of Latin America.

A how-to guide for assessing the impact of fiscal policy on inequality and povertyInequality has emerged in recent years as a major topic of economic and political discussion, but it is often unclear whether governments can or should do something about it, and if so, what that something might be.

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

The book provides a comprehensive review of renewable energy from an economic perspective throughout the last two hundred years, starting from traditional renewable energy based on bio and hydro energy.

How are firms, networks of firms, and production systems organized and how does this organization vary from place to place?

Integrated Water Resources Management and Security in the Middle East brings together diverse voices relating to the critical issue of water management in one of the world's most politically volatile areas: the Middle East.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the role of gateway cities in contemporary circuits of global production.

This book offers a detailed examination of the main sources of Chile's water, its principle consumers, the gap between supply and demand, hydrological droughts, and future projected impacts of climate change.

Dieses Lehrbuch hilft Studierenden der Geographie, das für Prüfungen über die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika nötige Wissen zu erarbeiten.

This book provides an insightful and critical assessment of the state of Canadian water governance and policy.

An unprecedented global account of the emergence of modern economic growth and its spread across the world from 1870 to the present.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

In recent years, Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) have been a key issue both in the scientific community and in public debates.

This volume approaches China's Belt and Road Initiative as a process of culturalization, one that started with the Silk Road and continued over the millennium.

This thesis deals with Rare Earth Elements (REE), especially with neodymium used in permanent magnets, from a very scientific basis by providing basic research data.

This book illustrates and explains the consequences of neoliberal reform on rural economies.

This book presents new research on policy innovations that promote the development of the circular water economy.

How do we place value on goods - and, importantly, why?

This book explains the economic rationale for the clustering of firms and households.

This book focuses on the implementation of slum upgrading projects and the last generation of citywide programmes that define the future urban configuration of informal settlements, from a citywide perspective, in the Earth's tropical region.

Utilising the contemporary China-Pakistan relationship, economic theory and history, this book evaluates if China can spark Pakistan''s growth.

This volume defines and analyzes the Blue Economy, a system that encompasses all the economic activities which are happening in and around the ocean within a sustainable development framework, with focus on countries in Asia.

Until quite recently, the Japanese inspired a kind of puzzled awe.

This book offers a detailed examination of the main sources of Chile's water, its principle consumers, the gap between supply and demand, hydrological droughts, and future projected impacts of climate change.

Housing has always had a close association with the lives refugees lead in exile and the settlement of refugees is, at its core, a housing issue.

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

This book provides a multidimensional analysis of Iran's struggle for development between 1970 and 2020.

How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world historyAre mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality?

Why our addiction to debt caused the global financial crisis and is the root of our financial woesAdair Turner became chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority just as the global financial crisis struck in 2008, and he played a leading role in redesigning global financial regulation.

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Jan Lambooy retired in October 2002.

Employing a practice theoretical approach, this study centers on how German multinational enterprises transfer three selected production-related training practices to their subsidiaries in emerging economies: onboarding of new employees, shop floor inducting of machine operators, and German-style dual apprenticeship training for specialized technicians.

Focusing on maritime security, this book discusses Blue Economy and Smart sea transport systems in the context of the Indian Ocean rim countries and the multifaceted challenges that they are likely to face while attempting to develop such systems.

Over the past few years, large-scale land acquisitions in Africa have stoked controversy, making headlines in media reports across the world.

This book presents extensions to current commodity-flow models to analyze the economic and environmental impacts of recent structural changes, such as fragmentation of production and lengthening supply chains.

Condensed into a detailed analysis and a selection of continent-wide datasets, this revised edition of World Population & Human Capital in the Twenty-First Century addresses the role of educational attainment in global population trends and models.

Human societies face a threatening future of resource scarcity and environmental damages.

The Myth of Capitalism tells the story of how America has gone from an open, competitive marketplace to an economy where a few very powerful companies dominate key industries that affect our daily lives.

Doreen Massey was a creative scholar, inspiring teacher and restless activist.

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

This volume is devoted to the geographical-or spatial-aspects of population research in regional science, spanning spatial demographic methods for population composition and migration to studies of internal and international migration to investigations of the role of population in related fields such as climate change and economic growth.

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

This volume focuses on frontiers in regional research and identifies trends and future developments in the areas of innovation, regional growth and migration.

The book offers a critical evaluation of Qatar's path from oil- and gas-based industries to a knowledge-based economy.

Amrei Biedermann und Anna-Lena Ripperger untersuchen das Phänomen Urban Gardening unter Bezugnahme auf relevante Konzepte der Kritischen Stadtgeographie.

Handbook of International Economics, Sixth Edition provides a definitive reference for researchers and advanced graduate students.