Economic geography

Over 100 scientists, architects, journalists, artists and activists address creatively the unprecedented challenges facing an Urban Planet.

Over 100 scientists, architects, journalists, artists and activists address creatively the unprecedented challenges facing an Urban Planet.

Diagnosis of the Brazilian Crisis delves into the complexities of Brazil's socio-economic challenges during a turbulent period of its history, offering a critical perspective on the role and responsibility of intellectuals in times of national crisis.

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

An unprecedented global account of the emergence of modern economic growth and its spread across the world from 1700 to 1870.

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

Using the theoretical framework of new economic geography and the research methods of GIS and econometrics, this book analyzes the impact of high-speed railway development on China's economic distribution, population mobility and regional integration.

A striking and famous feature of the English landscape, Dartmoor is a beautiful place, with a sense of wildness and mystery.

Is there enough water on this planet for a global population that will shortly double its present size?

Mainland Southeast Asia is one of the world's key regions for trafficking of illegal goods.

Is there enough water on this planet for a global population that will shortly double its present size?

This book provides a wider understanding of the geographies of the platform economy, focusing on the critical perspectives that have emerged on this new economic and digital context.

Tourists are today urged to visit the 'birthplace of the Industrial Revolution', packaged as part of 'a glorious heritage'.

From Cotton Belt to Sunbelt investigates the effects of federal policy on the American South from 1938 until 1980 and charts the close relationship between federal efforts to reform the South and the evolution of activist government in the modern United States.

The Western powers established the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank after World War II as "e;"e;permanent machinery"e;"e; to anchor the Bretton Woods system.

Addressing the big questions about how technological change is transforming economies and societiesRapid technological change-likely to accelerate as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic-is reshaping economies and how they grow.

In the last ten to fifteen years, the Latin American and Caribbean region has undergone the most significant transformation of economic policy since World War II.

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In the spring of 2007, National Geographic warned, "e;The oceans are in deep blue trouble.

Topics include the transformation of the work force in nineteenth-century Montreal (Bettina Bradbury), feminization of skill in the British garment industry (Allison Kaye), the relationship between work and family for Japanese immigrant women in Canada (Audrey Kobayashi), experiences of women during a labour dispute in Ontario (Joy Parr), contemporary restructuring of the labour force in the United States (Susan Christopherson) and in an urban context in Montreal (Damaris Rose and Paul Villeneuve), the effect of gentrification on women's work roles (Liz Bondi), inequality in the work force (Sylvia Gold), and theoretical issues involved in understanding women in the contemporary city (Linda Peake).

Getting It Right is the first "e;insider's"e; account of this period of regional development in Canada.

The contributors explore four central themes: the locational impacts of the openness of the Canadian economy, Canada's relatively simple economic geography in terms of regional variations in resources and urban development, the problems of keeping pace with rapid advances in technology, and the role of government in maintaining a national market and assisting economic development.

This book offers a practice-based approach to developing strategies for utilizing broadband telecommunications for rural economic development.

In what ways are cities central to the evolution of contemporary global capitalism?

In what ways are cities central to the evolution of contemporary global capitalism?

The concealment of income, wealth and profits in tax havens has brought the topic of offshoring into public debate, but as John Urry shows in this important new book offshoring is a much more pervasive feature of contemporary societies.

The concealment of income, wealth and profits in tax havens has brought the topic of offshoring into public debate, but as John Urry shows in this important new book offshoring is a much more pervasive feature of contemporary societies.

As health care concerns grow in the U.

Britain was once the leading economy in Europe; it is now the most unequal.

With almost half a million people and more than six times as many sheep, Tasmania has a rich history of wool production.

The phenomenon of international seaport administration is the subject of this book.

From the Foreword: `The chief aim of this book is to present the reader with an integrated system of methods dealing with geographical statistics (`geostatistics') and their applications.

How do recent trends toward globalization affect the Caribbean, a region whose suppliers, production, markets, and politics have been globalized for centuries?

This book explains the history of the gravity model of international trade and takes stock of recent methodological and theoretical advances.

This book explains the history of the gravity model of international trade and takes stock of recent methodological and theoretical advances.

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

Global perspective on how institutional factors facilitate or hamper the flows of information and knowledge.

Bogart puts the current policy debate over urban sprawl into a broader analytical context.

A comprehensive analysis of natural resource use and economic development in poor countries, first published in 2005.

An economic analysis of the costs and benefits of deforestation in the Amazon.

With a critical focus on US-Latin American encounters, the book analyses geopolitical issues from a post-colonial perspective.

This reader introduces students to examples of the most important research in the field of economic geography.

This insightful account demonstrates that capitalism in China has a history and a geography, and combines perspectives from both to demonstrate that regional economic restructuring in South China is far from an economic 'miracle's.

A Companion to Economic Geography presents students of human geography with an essential collection of original essays providing a key to understanding this important subdiscipline.

Sustainable catering aspires to reduce the environmental impacts of foodservice by serving nutritional, safe and environmentally friendly meals, and Italy has embraced the adoption of environmentally friendly diets and the minimization of food waste by introducing the minimum environmental criteria.

In recent years there has been increased focus on understanding the dynamic relationships among entrepreneurship, policymaking and economic growth.

Macroeconomic adjustment and sectoral reforms have strongly modified the framework for rural development in Central America.

Handbook of Industrial Organization Volume 4 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters.

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

This book emphasizes the need for experimenting with more deliberate and rigorous policy processes to attain balanced regional development, which can promote both equity and efficiency in India's development discourse.