El libro, de un lado, realiza un gran esfuerzo de sistematizacin conceptual crtica, sobre las definiciones de fronteras, regin y las interacciones con el Estado-Nacin.
Poverty as Subsistence explores the "e;propertizing"e; land reform policy that the World Bank advocated throughout the transitioning countries of Eurasia, expecting poverty reduction to result from distributing property titles over agricultural land to local (rural) populations.
This study combines in one volume a history and sociopolitical analysis of the group now called the Ralliement des Creditistes, and thus explores the dynamics of a contemporary social and political phenomenon - right-wing protest.
This study investigates how an increase in the price of petroleum and natural gas would alter commodity prices in Ontario, and then estimates the effects on production and employment.
The Second Edition of Economic Theory and the Cities has been revised and expanded with both the graduate student and the practicing professional in mind.
The book deals with complexity, imprecision, human valuation, and uncertainty in spatial analysis and planning, providing a systematic exposure of a new philosophical and theoretical foundation for spatial analysis and planning under imprecision.
This book showcases the discussion about megaprojects carried out at the MeRIT (Megaproject Research Interdisciplinary Team) workshop 2023: the crisis, discontinuity, rising prices, and supply chains disruption force radical reflection for those involved in megaprojects.
*Winner of the Enlightened Economist Prize 2019**Winner of Debut Writer of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020**Longlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2019*'Extreme Economies is a revelation - and a must-read.
The study of urban political economy needs no justification, for cities are the heart (and arguably the soul) of our civilization, and their political and economic conditions are the linchpins of its existence.
This book unravels the complex mechanisms involved in global real estate capital markets, enabling the reader to understand how they have grown and evolved, how they function, what determines market pricing, and how the public and private debt and equity markets are linked to each other.
La Tesis tiene los siguientes campos de desarrollo: el primero aborda la evolucin terica y conceptual de las categoras de anlisis referidas al Espacio, la Regin, la Frontera y la Integracin en el marco de una visin territorial del desarrollo en sub espacios nacionales que confluyen formando un Espacio Regional Fronterizo; el segundo discurre examinando, en dos escenarios que el Per comparte con Bolivia y Ecuador, la dimensin real del proceso hasta demostrar tangiblemente una dinmica econmica, social y poltica propia de dichos espacios; el tercer eje examina el rol del Estado en la administracin y gestin de aquellos procesos tanto desde una plataforma unilateral como en sus expresiones de carcter multilateral, dentro de las cuales se subraya la participacin de la subregin andina.
Like many other cities in the United States, Grand Rapids, Michigan has struggled with redeveloping its economic identity after the devastation of the Great Recession of 2008.
A fascinating read, this book will give readers an insight and a clearer understanding of the bases of what prompted the author to write this critique on South African mining and its true operational reflections.
This book provides an invaluable overview of neoliberalising trends in urban policies and governance by presenting novel perspectives on municipal entrepreneurship support policies.
In Small Business and the City, Rafael Gomez, Andre Isakov, and Matt Semansky highlight the power of small-scale entrepreneurship to transform local neighbourhoods and the cities they inhabit.
In Small Business and the City, Rafael Gomez, Andre Isakov, and Matt Semansky highlight the power of small-scale entrepreneurship to transform local neighbourhoods and the cities they inhabit.
Some cities seem destined to become major financial capitals, yet never do—Seville, for instance, was the centre of Spain's opulent New World Empire, but failed to become a financial metropolis.
Some cities seem destined to become major financial capitals, yet never do—Seville, for instance, was the centre of Spain's opulent New World Empire, but failed to become a financial metropolis.
This edited collection provides an alternative discourse on cities evolving with physically and virtually networked communities-the 'digital polis'-and offers a variety of perspectives from the humanities, media studies, geography, architecture, and urban studies.
