Regional / urban economics

With the rise of wealth inequalities, our cities are changing dramatically.

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Given the reality of China's economic development and urbanization, this book studies the development of the private sector and the process of regional urbanization in the Yangtze River Delta region to provide a path for new urbanization throughout China.

This book describes the evolution of the community development sector over the past 50 years, and it presents a framework and road map for how community development organizations can advance their mission through strategic partnerships that utilize their core competencies.

The world has still to emerge fully from the housing-triggered Global Financial Crisis, but housing crises are not new.

The industrialisation of China prompted the biggest commodity boom of modern times.

Endogenous growth theory has significantly impacted most of the developing and developed countries, shifting priorities of industrial policies towards innovation.

This book is a concise treatise of the alternative paradigms used in BRICS countries to tackle urban housing shortages.

This book analyzes three points: employment conditions for migrant workers, the impact of industrialization as part of industrial clusters upon surrounding and outlying villages, and the labour market in industrial clusters.

This book examines the relationship between urban migrant movements, struggles and digitality which transforms public space and generates mobile commons.

Through a close examination of India's policies, economic system, social systems and politics, this study explores the numerous perspectives and debates on India's urbanization.

The Economics of Urban Diversity explores ethnic and religious minorities in urban economies.

Can a bold investment in education turn around the economy of an entire city?

The past few decades have witnessed the economic and geopolitical rise of a number of large middle-income countries around the world.

This two-volume book explores how the great buildings of England bear witness to a thousand years of the nation's history.

This book aims at meeting the growing demand in the field by introducing the basic spatial econometrics methodologies to a wide variety of researchers.

The author examines the two most advanced eco-city projects: the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City in China, and Masdar City in Abu Dhabi.

The contributors illustrate what twin analytical and practical challenges emerge from juxtaposing cultural, economic, historical, postcolonial, virtual, architectural, literary, security and political stances to the concept of the 'global city'.

The sixth edition of Urban Land Economics full update to the popular and well-established text examining economics as applied to property.

Unal uses Turkey as a case study to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of land and labor markets in spreading economic opportunities within agriculture and its ability to reduce rural poverty.

The purpose of this book is to provide a key text on urban economics in a global context.

Latin American and Caribbean countries are the most urban in the developing world and have very high home ownership rates.

By the dawn of the 21st century, more than half of the world's population was living in urban areas.

The term 'housing crisis' has recently been associated with rising foreclosure rates and tottering financial institutions, particularly in the US and Europe.

Efforts to promote the economic development of individual localities engage the attention of academics, students and professionals.

Efforts to promote the economic development of individual localities engage the attention of academics, students and professionals.

In large cities in developed countries, the share of manufacotruing has declined drastically in the last decades and the share of service has grown as many manufacturing firms have closed or moved to lower-cost locations.

In large cities in developed countries, the share of manufacotruing has declined drastically in the last decades and the share of service has grown as many manufacturing firms have closed or moved to lower-cost locations.

In this volume, we examine the challenges and opportunities created by global migration at the start of the 21st century.

In this volume, we examine the challenges and opportunities created by global migration at the start of the 21st century.

This book examines some of the evolving challenges faced by EU regional policy in light of enlargement and to assess some of the approaches and trends in terms of territorial development policy and practice that are emerging out of this process.

This book examines some of the evolving challenges faced by EU regional policy in light of enlargement and to assess some of the approaches and trends in terms of territorial development policy and practice that are emerging out of this process.

The Handbook of Local and Regional Development provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for local and regional development.

The Handbook of Local and Regional Development provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for local and regional development.

There is little doubt that in recent years, enterprise has been considered an essential approach in the alleviation of deprivation existing in the developed world.

There is little doubt that in recent years, enterprise has been considered an essential approach in the alleviation of deprivation existing in the developed world.

This book explores the relationship between space and economy, the spatial expressions of the knowledge economy.

This book explores the relationship between space and economy, the spatial expressions of the knowledge economy.

The main purpose of the book is to discuss new trends in the dynamic geography of innovation and argue that in an era of increasing globalization, two trends seem quite dominant: rigid territorial models of innovation, and localized configurations of innovative activities.

The main purpose of the book is to discuss new trends in the dynamic geography of innovation and argue that in an era of increasing globalization, two trends seem quite dominant: rigid territorial models of innovation, and localized configurations of innovative activities.

What does the transition to a Low Carbon Britain mean for the future development of cities and regions across the country?

What does the transition to a Low Carbon Britain mean for the future development of cities and regions across the country?

The persistence of poverty hurts us all, and attacking poverty is a major policy objective everywhere.

First published in 1992, this Routledge Revival sees the reissue of a truly original exploration of the nature of urbanization and capitalism.

First published in 1992, this Routledge Revival sees the reissue of a truly original exploration of the nature of urbanization and capitalism.

This book meticulously elaborates on the theory of public goods supply, delving into government supply, market (private) supply, voluntary supply, and multi-stakeholder cooperative supply mechanisms.

In the past decade, urban regeneration policy makers and practitioners have faced a number of difficult challenges, such as sustainability, budgetary constraints, demands for community involvement and rapid urbanization in the Global South.

In the past decade, urban regeneration policy makers and practitioners have faced a number of difficult challenges, such as sustainability, budgetary constraints, demands for community involvement and rapid urbanization in the Global South.

Urban regions have come under increasing pressure to adapt to the imperatives of mobility, including greater freedom of travel, rising trade volumes and global economic networks.

Urban regions have come under increasing pressure to adapt to the imperatives of mobility, including greater freedom of travel, rising trade volumes and global economic networks.