Regional / urban economics

Creativity has become part of the language of regeneration experts, urban planners and government policy makers attempting to revive the economic and cultural life of cities in the 21st century.

Creativity has become part of the language of regeneration experts, urban planners and government policy makers attempting to revive the economic and cultural life of cities in the 21st century.

Become empowered to build and maintain smarter cities At its core, a smart city is a collection of technological responses to the growing demands, challenges, and complexities of improving the quality of life for billions of people now living in urban centers across the world.

Become empowered to build and maintain smarter cities At its core, a smart city is a collection of technological responses to the growing demands, challenges, and complexities of improving the quality of life for billions of people now living in urban centers across the world.

This Element analyzes how concepts and practices associated with the ''modern city'' were received, transformed, and contested in Asia.

This book introduces a theory for how the state shapes private governance, leveraging data from informal markets in Lagos, Nigeria.

This book introduces a theory for how the state shapes private governance, leveraging data from informal markets in Lagos, Nigeria.

Focuses on various aspects of urbanisation in India and its impact on socio-economic variables.

This Element examines the modern city as a propertied space, defining real estate as a technology possession.

This Element examines the modern city as a propertied space, defining real estate as a technology possession.

Examines international grievance mechanisms for those suffering environmental/social harm resulting from multilateral development financing.

We analyze how human rights are made democratically and how they can be made with respect to environmental matters.

Explore the prospects for a deliberative approach to global governance that puts inclusive and transformative communication at the heart.

Explore the prospects for a deliberative approach to global governance that puts inclusive and transformative communication at the heart.

Examines international grievance mechanisms for those suffering environmental/social harm resulting from multilateral development financing.

Reviews the entrepreneurial, firm-specific and external environment-specific aspects that influence the key lifecycle stages of high-tech start-ups.

Explores the political impacts of ethnic diversity and the growth of the middle class in urban Africa.

Explores the political impacts of ethnic diversity and the growth of the middle class in urban Africa.

An overview of the forms of agency in urban climate politics, discussing their strengths, limitations, and the power dynamics between them.

Provides guidelines for assessing the sustainability of urban systems including theory, methods and case studies.

Provides guidelines for assessing the sustainability of urban systems including theory, methods and case studies.

An overview of the forms of agency in urban climate politics, discussing their strengths, limitations, and the power dynamics between them.

An original and empirically grounded analysis of the Gulf monarchies and their role in shaping the political economy of the Middle East.

An original and empirically grounded analysis of the Gulf monarchies and their role in shaping the political economy of the Middle East.

Research volume on urban energy transition that will have wide interdisciplinary appeal to researchers in energy, urban and environmental studies.

This up-to-date third edition provides an accessible introduction to urban and geographical economics using real world examples and key models.

This up-to-date third edition provides an accessible introduction to urban and geographical economics using real world examples and key models.

Investigates implications of domestic debt on consumption and growth, and studies separation of debt and monetary management.

Studies the question of achieving and sustaining high rates of growth and economic development in India.

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.

The first critical, interdisciplinary handbook in which leading experts critically debate crucial questions around the corporation.

The first critical, interdisciplinary handbook in which leading experts critically debate crucial questions around the corporation.

Affordable Housing in the United States addresses the issue of affordability of housing, or the lack thereof, going beyond conventional policy discussions to consider fundamental questions such as: What makes housing affordable and for whom is it affordable?

The book examines how globalised urban labour and property markets are produced by agrarian actors, institutions, spaces and territories.

An innovative study of the political decentralization of Iran and the failure of elected local government to democratize the authoritarian regime.

An innovative study of the political decentralization of Iran and the failure of elected local government to democratize the authoritarian regime.

Presents a historical ethnography of two workers'' neighbourhoods in Ahmedabad, a city in Western India.

Inner city slums, migrant settlements, construction workers, highlight informal work as underpinning urban poverty and marginalization.

This book investigates the relationship between the firm and the territory, emphasizing the micro-organizational dimension and the interactions between actors at territorial levels.

This book investigates the relationship between the firm and the territory, emphasizing the micro-organizational dimension and the interactions between actors at territorial levels.

Housing is a fundamental need and universal part of human living that shapes our lives in profound ways that go far beyond basic sheltering.

Housing is a fundamental need and universal part of human living that shapes our lives in profound ways that go far beyond basic sheltering.

This is a book about how to manage the processes involved in a construction project towards a sustainable and regenerative endproduct.

This is a book about how to manage the processes involved in a construction project towards a sustainable and regenerative endproduct.

Recent years have seen a gathering interest in the importance of real estate development to the growth and development of cities.

Recent years have seen a gathering interest in the importance of real estate development to the growth and development of cities.

This book explores the changing approaches to urban common good in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989.

This book explores the changing approaches to urban common good in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989.

Housing and neighbourhoods have an important contribution to make to our wellbeing and our sense of our place in the world.