Economic geography

This is a book about the simultaneous location, production and distri- bution decisions of a firm entering a competitive market whose spatial nature is describable by a network in which the market either achieves an equilibrium or is equilibrium tending.

Este libro tiene como objetivo ofrecer una radiografía actualizada de la sociedad valenciana que ayude a comprender los aspectos básicos de su estructura y las dinámicas seguidas durante las últimas décadas.

This book offers readers a spatial understanding of happiness and subjective well-being.

This book is a valuable work of reference for the study of sea power, especially in China.

This book discusses the risks, challenges, and opportunities of cross-border work and life from a multidisciplinary and multilevel perspective, including (a) the individual, (b) the social and organizational, and (c) the regional levels, taking into consideration the diverse and multilayered social, economic, technological, and jurisdictional issues involved.

A comprehensive examination of the nature, causes, and consequences of internal migration in developing countriesDespite the key role of rural-urban migration in structural transformation and the persistence of lower living standards in the countryside, active policies to reduce, or even reverse, movement into towns are common in major developing regions.

This unique book focuses on the hybridization of grassroots participation in planning, implementing, and developing gender-responsive budgeting.

The worst chemical disaster ever could be happening right now.

This book explores how and why Tokyo has been divided over time in terms of living conditions.

We are witnessing an unprecedented global outbreak of COVID-19, which has been devastating in its consequences.

This book discusses how tourism between neighboring countries like Poland and Germany is hindered despite the Schengen Treaty.

Amongst intellectuals and activists, neoliberalism has become a potent signifier for the kind of free-market thinking that has dominated politics for the past three decades.

In this book we study the economic impact of the container traffic at one of the most important port in the Mediterranean: the Port of Algeciras Bay (PAB).

This book examines three fundamental factors that influence the economic growth and development of the world's 93 smallest economies, which together produced 1% of global GDP.

This encyclopedia is the most comprehensive and updated source of reference in tourism research and practice.

This book builds on case studies in depopulating and shrinking areas in Northern Europe.

Environmental issues now loom large on the social, political, and business agenda.

This book examines why the differences in comparative economic development across the world have a geographical pattern.

This book is about the renaissance of cities in the twenty first century and their increasing role as centers of creative economic activity.

This contributed volume studies and explains the effect of agglomeration on a firm's innovation and performance.

The book analyzes the financialization of the Brazilian territory to identify its main actors, technical systems and processes.

This book explores how and why Tokyo has been divided over time in terms of living conditions.

Physical distance and time are considered basic dimensions not only of a physical system but of an economic system as well.

We are witnessing an unprecedented global outbreak of COVID-19, which has been devastating in its consequences.

The book focuses on food security highlighting the role of indigenous knowledge and scientific research in addressing the plight of poor small-scale agricultural producers.

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.

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.

This book will highlight the role of CE in the sustainability field as it is expressed in the various fields and disciplines and its contribution to building a sustainable society by providing a better understanding of the relevant social and cultural structures and the need for cross-disciplinary knowledge and diverse skills.

This book presents a series of studies on the socio-economic impacts of tourism, with a special focus on the determinants of tourism competitiveness at the destination level.

This volume comprehensively discusses marine bioprospecting and its applications in the marine bioeconomy, specifically in clean energy generation, and in biomedical, industrial and agricultural sectors.

Sustainable capitalism is more than a response to the environmental crisis.

This is the first comprehensive history and economic analysis of the Fertile Crescent during the 19th century, a region currently encompassing Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and a small part of Turkey.

This book is part of a five-volume set that explores sustainability in textile industry practices globally.

Metropolitan areas with a high concentration of headquarters from diverse industries stand out as influential, dynamic economies.

This book discusses how tourism between neighboring countries like Poland and Germany is hindered despite the Schengen Treaty.

For small-scale fisheries around the world, the Blue Growth and Blue Economy initiatives may provide sustainable development, but only insofar as they align with the global consensus enshrined in the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

Der Band betrachtet am Beispiel des Lebensmittelmarkts die drei Teilkontexte Produktion, Marktentnahme und Konsum in ihren wechselseitigen Handlungsbezügen sowie die Rolle von Macht und Wissen für die Koordination von Warenketten.

Taking the Chinese context seriously, this book provides critical reflections and policy-informed accounts of how and why old industrial cities generate uneven resilience in the face of crisis.

This handbook presents a collection of high-quality, authoritative scientific contributions on cross-border migration, written by a carefully selected group of recognized migration experts from around the globe.

This book explores how Japanese cities have transformed since the 1950s by describing housing and urban planning policies, urbanization processes, and maps with GIS analysis.

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

This book paints a wide canvas of the immense global economic potential of ten most important cash generating crops spread over Asia, Africa and Latin America, namely, Arecanut, Cashew Nut, Coconut, Cinchona, Cocoa, Coffee, Tea, Oil Palm, Rubber and Wattle.

While creativity plays an important role in the advancement of computer science, great ideas are built on a foundation of practical experience and knowledge.

"e;Places of Power: Political Economies of Landscape Change"e; asks how politics and economics transform the landscapes we inhabit.

Capitalism and its Discontents presents a series of interpretative essays on a number of key modern and contemporary Latin American novels and films.

This book focuses on geospatial information in living spaces, providing many examples of its collection and use as well as discussing the problems of how it is used and its future prospects.