Regional / urban economics

The Oxford Handbook of Urban Planning is an authoritative volume on planning, a long-established professional social science discipline in the U.

This volume embodies a problem-driven and theoretically informed approach to bridging frontier research in urban economics and urban/regional planning.

What do economists know about land-and how they know?

The social impact of the Internet and new digital technologies is irrefutable, especially for adolescents.

The social impact of the Internet and new digital technologies is irrefutable, especially for adolescents.

Every city, region and state wants to do better---or at the very least, not do worse.

Every city, region and state wants to do better---or at the very least, not do worse.

The Manhattan skyline is one of the great wonders of the modern world.

The Manhattan skyline is one of the great wonders of the modern world.

Coming Home to New Orleans documents grassroots rebuilding efforts in New Orleans neighborhoods after hurricane Katrina, and draws lessons on their contribution to the post-disaster recovery of cities.

India is not only the world's largest and fiercely independent democracy, but also an emerging economic giant.

The so-called miraculous economic development in the southern half of the Korean peninsula has transformed from basically an agrarian economy to that of a major industrial power in a very short time period, and it is now considered one of a dozen or so of industrialized countries in the world.

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.

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 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.

Exploring the ways in which an integrated landscape vision can help deliver regional, national, and international agendas, this book investigates how a new idea of landscape can reimagine governance, policy, economics, culture, identity, health, transport, and development priorities by connecting in a more powerful and meaningful way with local aspirations and demands.

While sharing some characteristics with other middle-income countries, South Africa is a country with a unique economic history and distinctive economic features.

While sharing some characteristics with other middle-income countries, South Africa is a country with a unique economic history and distinctive economic features.

Accounts of corruption in Africa and the Global South are generally overly simplistic and macro-oriented, and commonly disconnect everyday (petty) corruption from political (grand) corruption.

Accounts of corruption in Africa and the Global South are generally overly simplistic and macro-oriented, and commonly disconnect everyday (petty) corruption from political (grand) corruption.

With cities acting as magnets for population concentration and economic growth, urban planning takes a center stage.

Urbanization is one of the most important phenomena in economic development.

Urbanization is one of the most important phenomena in economic development.

How does public transport work in an African city under neoliberalism?

How does public transport work in an African city under neoliberalism?

The economy has been brutal to American workers for several decades.

The economy has been brutal to American workers for several decades.

When Michael Bloomberg handed over the city to Bill de Blasio, New York and the country were experiencing record levels of income inequality.

When Michael Bloomberg handed over the city to Bill de Blasio, New York and the country were experiencing record levels of income inequality.

In the last quarter century, a new form of iconic architecture has appeared throughout the world's major cities.

In the last quarter century, a new form of iconic architecture has appeared throughout the world's major cities.

The so-called miraculous economic development in the southern half of the Korean peninsula has transformed from basically an agrarian economy to that of a major industrial power in a very short time period, and it is now considered one of a dozen or so of industrialized countries in the world.

Reigning theories of urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change.

Reigning theories of urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change.

In 150 years Italy transformed itself from a poor and backward country into one where living standards are among the highest in the world.

That some cities are vibrant while others are in decline is starkly apparent.

That some cities are vibrant while others are in decline is starkly apparent.

'A latter-day Canterbury Tales .

Spatial Regression Analysis Using Eigenvector Spatial Filtering provides theoretical foundations and guides practical implementation of the Moran eigenvector spatial filtering (MESF) technique.

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This book examines the role of the evaluation models in decision-making processes for the construction of circular cities in the digital revolution.

Through the analysis of Indian metropolises, this volume critiques the reality of "e;entrepreneurial governance"e; that has emerged as a major urban development practice in cities of the global south.

This volume gathers the latest advances and innovations in the triple helix of university-industry-government relations, as presented by leading international researchers at the II International Triple Helix Summit 2018, held in Dubai, UAE on November 10-13, 2018, which brought together experts, practitioners and academics across disciplines that address the dynamics of government, industry and academia.

This book addresses the issue of smart and sustainable development in the Mediterranean (MED) region, a distinct part of the world, full of challenges and risks but also opportunities.

Replete with case studies, Waking the Asian Pacific Cooperative Potential applies a novel theoretical framework to aid in understanding meaningful change in cooperative firms, mutual firms, collectives, and communes, focusing in particular on the underexamined Asia Pacific region.

This book analyses the effectiveness of policies adopted in cluster promotion, using complexity thinking and evolutionary economic geography approaches.

Spatial Regression Analysis Using Eigenvector Spatial Filtering provides theoretical foundations and guides practical implementation of the Moran eigenvector spatial filtering (MESF) technique.

This book provides an interdisciplinary lens for exploring, assessing, and coming to new understandings of smart cities and regions, focusing on the six dimensions of sensing, awareness, learning, openness, innovation, and disruption.

Microeconomic Modeling in Urban Science proposes an interdisciplinary framework for the analysis of urban systems.

This book offers a selection of the best articles presented at the CUPUM (Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management) Conference, held in the second week of July 2017 at the University of South Australia in Adelaide.