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Book SynopsisProviding critical insight into the globalization of product conception, production, marketing and distribution, this Handbook comprehensively explores the functioning of global value chains (GVCs) and how they shape the global economy. It provides theoretical, analytical and empirically based policy-relevant tools to understand international production and trade in the modern global economy. Written by a multidisciplinary group of leading scholars, this Handbook offers expert guidance on GVC analysis and the relationship between GVCs and governance, power relations, gender, upgrading and international development. The contributors also provide insight into strategy, innovation and learning, highlighting the dynamism and resilience of GVCs, and critically reflect on how GVCs affect inequality and the nature of work and production. Comprising empirically rich and innovative research, this Handbook will be critical reading for advanced undergraduate and master's level students interested in international business, global industries, sustainable development and the governance of global production systems. Academics researching and teaching in these fields will also benefit from this book's broad and comprehensive approach to GVC analysis.Trade Review'Finally, an encyclopaedia of global value chains. This collection of essays establishes the state of the art in knowledge on the industrial form - the GVC - that has transformed capitalism for better and worse and which is at the centre of contemporary scholarship and policy debates on economic development, distributive justice and international trade. This is an essential collection of essays that covers the micro and macro dimensions of the global value chain, including implications for gender equality, technological innovation and social activism. I guarantee that I (and my students) will be using this volume as a go-to reference book for years to come.' --William Milberg, The New School for Social Research, US'This is the book on global value chains. With contributions from many leading lights of the GVC approach, and rising star early career academics, it provides a comprehensive understanding of the analysis of power, governance and distributive outcomes of globalisation in trade and production, and identifies key challenges for GVC research in the 21st century.' --Khalid Nadvi, University of Manchester, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook on Global Value Chains Stefano Ponte, Gary Gereffi, Gale Raj-Reichert Part I: Mapping, Measuring and Analyzing GVCs 1. Global Value Chain Mapping Stacey Frederick 2. Global Value Chain Analysis: A Primer Karina Fernandez-Stark, Gary Gereffi 3. Measuring Global Value Chains Timothy Sturgeon 4. Global Value Chains and Quantitative Macro-Comparative Sociology Matthew C. Mahutga 5. Modelling Global Value Chains: Approaches and Insights from Economics Davin Chor Part II: Governance, Power and Inequality 6. Governance and Power in Global Value Chains Stefano Ponte, Timothy Sturgeon and Mark Dallas 7. Governance and Upgrading in Global Cultural and Creative Value Chains Joonkoo Lee and Minjung Lee 8. Rents and Inequality in Global Value Chains Raphael Kaplinsky 9. On Value in Value Chains Elizabeth Havice, John Pickles 10. Global Value Chains and Uneven Development: A Disarticulations Perspective Marion Werner, Jennifer Bair 11. Contestation and Activism in Global Value Chains Florence Palpacuer 12. Bringing the Environment into GVC Analysis: Antecedents and Advances Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice 13. Sustainability, Global Value Chains and Green Capital Accumulation Stefano Ponte Part III: The Multiple Dimensions of GVC Upgrading 14. Economic Upgrading in Global Value Chains Gary Gereffi 15. Measuring and Analyzing Services in Global Value Chains Patrick Low 16. Social Upgrading Ariana Rossi 17. Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Value Chains Peter Lund-Thomsen 18. Livelihood Upgrading Jeff Neilson 19. Environmental Upgrading in Global Value Chains Valentina De Marchi, Eleonora Di Maria, Aarti Krishnan, Stefano Ponte 20. Gender Dynamics in Global Value Chains Stephanie Barrientos Part IV: Strategy, Innovation and Learning 21. Firm-level Strategy and Global Value Chains Mari Sako, Ezequiel Zylberberg 22. The Role of Transnational first-tier Suppliers in GVC Governance Gale Raj-Reichert 23. Innovation in Global Value Chains Rasmus Lema, Carlo Pietrobelli, Roberta Rabellotti 24. Local Firm-level Learning and Capability in Global Value Chain Cornelia Staritz, Lindsay Whitfield 25. Local Clusters and Global Value Chains Eleonora Di Maria, Valentina De Marchi, Gary Gereffi 26. International Business and Global Value Chains Noemi Sinkovics, Rudolf R. Sinkovics 27. Supply Chain Management and Global Value Chains Ruggero Golini, Matteo Kalchschmidt Part V: International Development and Public Policy 28. Compressed Development Timothy Sturgeon, D. Hugh Whittaker 29. GVCs and Development: Policy Formulation for Economic and Social Upgrading Penny Bamber, Karina Fernandez-Stark 30. Economic Upgrading through Global Value Chain Participation: Which Policies increase the Value added Gains? 31. Industrialization Paths and Industrial Policy for Developing Countries in Global Value Chains Victor Stolzenburg, Daria Taglioni, Deborah Winkler 32. International Trade Policy and Global Value Chains Shamel Azmeh 33. Public-Private Partnerships in Global Value Chains Ajmal Abdulsamad, Hernan Manson 34. The Roles of the State in Global Value Chains Rory Horner, Matthew Alford 35. International Development Organizations and Global Value Chains Frederick Mayer, Gary Gereffi Epilogue Gale Raj-Reichert, Gary Gereffi and Stefano Ponte Index

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Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking Handbook presents a state-of-the-art exploration of entropy, complexity, and spatial dynamics from fundamental theoretical, empirical and methodological perspectives. It considers how foundational theories can contribute to new advances, including novel modeling and empirical insights at different sectoral, spatial, and temporal scales.With the help of leading experts worldwide, the Handbook examines how and to what extent entropic and non-entropic forces and processes in complex spatial socio-economic systems shape and are shaped by their structure and dynamics. Moreover, considering current concerns that big data and related data-driven methods may signal an end to theory, this Handbook is intended to investigate the potential and possibilities for complexity science to engage, revitalize, and advance theory in spatial economics. Overall, this Handbook reaches beyond qualitative generalizations, contributing to the identification of fundamental structural and dynamic properties of the complex space-economy.Drawing upon diverse foundations and perspectives, the Handbook on Entropy, Complexity and Spatial Dynamics: A Rebirth of Theory? will be an essential resource for researchers and students of many fields and disciplines, including economics, urban planning and geography, regional science, information science, physics, and biology.Trade Review‘This book poses a critical question: Is entropy the universal principle to understand and model spatial economic systems, to get grip on the complexity of our modern, highly connected economy? We need proper theory to claim so. Building on seminal work from the past the authors take the audacious and rewarding effort to develop the theory and show its value in practice. If closed systems exhibit increasing order over time, an essential theoretical question is whether dynamic, networked, open systems have more order, lower entropy and higher resilience. As the book discusses, despite big data and advanced computational tooling, this is not necessarily the case. The authors help us to see why.’ -- Peter H. M. Vervest, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii 1 Reflections on entropy, complexity and spatial dynamics: the rebirth of theory? 1 Aura Reggiani, Laurie A. Schintler, Daniel Czamanski and Roberto Patuelli PART A ENTROPY, SPACE AND COMPLEXITY 2 Entropy in urban and regional modelling 20 Alan Wilson 3 Recent applications of entropy in social and environmental sciences 32 Kingsley E. Haynes, Fred Phillips and Miko Ching-Ying Yu 4 Entropy and complexity in urban and regional systems 46 J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. 5 Information theory of spatial network ensembles 61 Ginestra Bianconi 6 Entropy as a measure of agglomeration 97 Katarzyna Kopczewska 7 Entropy, agglomeration and economic structures in spatial analysis 118 Eleonora Cutrini 8 Spatial entropy, information and complexity 139 Michael Batty PART B COMPLEXITY OF URBAN EVOLUTION 9 Self-organization in complex urban systems 159 Brian J. L. Berry 10 Two centre-size distributions compared 165 John B. Parr 11 Spatial dynamics of complex urban systems within an evolutionary theory frame 175 Juste Raimbault and Denise Pumain 12 Integrating entropy in the topodynamic approach and the urban metric system 195 Luc-Normand Tellier 13 Gibrat’s law and the change in artificial land use within and between European cities 213 Paul Kilgarriff, Rémi Lemoy and Geoffrey Caruso 14 Endogenous growth policies for lagging cities and regions 234 Dani Broitman and Daniel Czamanski 15 Thom’s catastrophe theory and Turing’s morphogenesis for urban growth modelling 246 Olivier Bonin PART C COMPLEXITY AND RESILIENCE OF ECONOMIC SYSTEMS 16 Complex structures and relative invariance in economic dynamics 271 Roberto Scazzieri 17 Getting to a circular growth economy by harnessing circular and cumulative causation 287 Kieran P. Donaghy 18 Simple pricing rules in complex air transport systems 304 Marco Alderighi, Christophe Feder, Peter Nijkamp and Elena Irina Ungureanu 19 Complex tourism dynamics and fiscal sustainability 321 Akash Sedai and Francesca Medda 20 Industrial districts as the outcome of self-organisation in time and space 342 Oto Hudec, Vladimír Gazda, Martin Zoričák and Denis Horváth 21 Economic resilience and extensions to complexity, entropy and spatial dynamics 363 Adam Rose and Noah Dormady 22 An analysis of resilience in complex socioeconomic systems 383 Amitrajeet A. Batabyal and Karima Kourtit 23 Complexity, resilience and emergence in regional economic systems 400 Timothy F. Slaper and C. Scott Dempwolf 24 Resilience in complex networks 418 Alan T. Murray PART D SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX INTERACTIONS 25 Complex network analysis of socio-ecological systems 433 Andrea De Montis 26 Hierarchy, central place theory and computational modelling 454 John Östh, Aura Reggiani and Laurie A. Schintler 27 Comparing power laws and exponentials in simulations of gravitational growth 474 Diego Rybski and Yunfei Li 28 Heterogeneity and segregation of mobility patterns 486 Enrico Ubaldi, Bernardo Monechi, Claudio Chiappetta and Vittorio Loreto 29 Conceptual and operational models of complex spatial interaction 510 Tomaz Ponce Dentinho and António Felix Rodrigues 30 Decision-based modelling of complex spatial systems 538 Guenter Haag 31 A general model of dynamic spatial interactions 566 Justin Delloye and Isabelle Thomas Index 584

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Book SynopsisAddressing the role of regional clusters in the context of ongoing globalization, this timely book investigates the two seemingly competing trends of globalization and localization from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. International case studies offer pioneering insights into the internationalization process of regional clusters and the effect of this on regional as well as firm performance.Chapters discuss the link between localization in a regional cluster in a transition economy and firms’ internationalization, the internal/external relationships of clusters and radical innovations, and internationally organized resilience capacities of industries and regional clusters. The book highlights the role of clusters in wider networks including global value chains and the specific role of migrants in the internationalization patterns of regional clusters.Innovative and forward-looking, this book will be a helpful read for scholars and students of economic geography and innovation. The critical case studies examined will also help public policy and regional policy-makers.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: regional clusters and internationalization – complementary or contrasting fields of research? xv Nils Grashof, Dirk Fornahl and Julius Becker PART I RETHINKING CLUSTERS: CONCEPTUALIZATION OF CLUSTER INTERNATIONALIZATION 1 Strategic cluster coupling 2 Robert Hassink 2 From the machine learning region to the deep learning region: Tesla, DarkTrace and DeepMind as internationalized local to global cluster firms 20 Philip Cooke 3 Embedding cluster transformation in global sectoral resilience dynamics: conceptual considerations and the example of automotive production 44 Martina Fromhold-Eisebith PART II THE PROCESSES OF CLUSTER INTERNATIONALIZATION AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS 4 Migrants and cluster internationalization: case studies of Antwerp and Tel Aviv 71 Sebastian Henn and Susann Schäfer 5 Regional clusters in transition economies: solving institutional voids to generate internationalization advantages 93 Tine Lehmann and Nobina Roy PART III CLUSTER INTERNATIONALIZATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE 6 Macroeconomic impacts on firm performance and place-based cluster policies in the Netherlands 116 Jeroen van Haaren, Frank van Oort and Jan-Daan Maasland 7 Knowledge bases, innovation and multi-scalar relationships: which kind of territorial boundedness of industrial clusters? 151 Franz Tödtling and Alexander Auer 8 Radical innovations in clusters: the role of cluster internal and external relationships 177 Nils Grashof and Thomas Brenner Index

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Book SynopsisThe learning region offers a new perspective on the dynamics of change which shape the economy. This book examines the transformation of the modern economy into one in which knowledge is the most important resource and learning the most important process for economic growth.In the modern economy, successful firms, as well as governments, are those which have control over and access to flows of information and knowledge of technologies, markets, and organizational and managerial practices. In order to examine this, the authors apply innovation, industrial network and institutional theories to the many factors which together constitute learning regions: regional innovation policy, geographical clusters of collaborating firms and the role of research centres in the innovative potential of regions. They find that the learning region paradigm opens new possibilities for research and policy and use case studies in Germany, Holland and Belgium to illustrate these possibilities. The authors also examine European Union and regional government policy on innovation and regional development. Finally, they examine inter-firm and intra-firm collaboration and regional business and innovation systems. This innovative new book will prove invaluable to regional scientists, economic geographers and regional planners.Trade Review'I recommend the book . . . the book succeeds in clarifying some important aspects of the very fuzzy concept of learning regions.' -- Roberta Capello, Papers in Regional Science'The book will serve as a valuable source for all readers interested in the relation between knowledge generation, learning and regions. It is very accessible even for readers who are not familiar with the current literature. In contrast to many edited collections, the structure of the book is coherent and goes beyond a mere gathering of individual papers. Indeed, the individual contributions sum up - with the valuable help of the excellent introduction and conclusion - to a 'whole' picture . . . the book provides a very readable account of the growing literature on knowledge, learning and regions. It also offers valuable material on policy concepts, examples of policy strategies as well as empirical material.' -- Helmut Gassler, Journal of Technology Transfer'. . . I would like to recommend the book to scholars and policymakers who are interested in learning, economic development and regional innovation policies in a broad sense.' -- Robert Hassink, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie'These are the papers from an international seminar held in March 1998, giving an interesting mix of theoretical, empirical and practical contributions.' -- Aslib Book GuideTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: The Learning Region Paradigm Explained Part II: Institutions and Policy Part III: Learning and Collaboration in Practice Part IV: Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisIn the post-industrial network economy, international gateway regions are becoming increasingly important. These gateway regions are the nodes (defined as a city or a city region) that act as saddle points between a region and the global economy. While gateway regions have existed ever since inter-regional trade was first practised, new non-trade networks, and the wider global economy, have made these regions more complex. The book includes discussions of infrastructure networks such as the internet and air transport, as well as networking activities such as long-distance scientific cooperation, financial networks and direct investments. The contributors have expertise in fields such as regional economics, economic geography, institutional economics and business administration.The book offers in-depth analysis of both existing and developing gateway regions in three sections: North America Asia-Pacific Europe Economists and researchers with an interest in regions, the knowledge economy and institutions will find this book of great value. It will also be of interest to economic geographers, regional planners and development agencies.Trade Review'. . . great value as an introduction to an important area of research given the current emphasis on new theories explaining the spatial structure of the world economy.' -- Roger Vickerman, University of Kent, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Gateways to the Continents and the World Part II: North American Gateway Regions Part III: Asia-Pacific Gateway Regions Part IV: European Gateway Regions Index

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the conception of economic development in modern regions, which has gone through a fundamental change since the early 1980s. Regions are today increasingly looked upon as independent market places that are connected via interregional and international trade and not as administrative units embodied in a national state.Two complementary theoretical frameworks explain the specialization of economic activity at the regional level. The traditional approach assumes that the comparative advantages of regions depend upon differences in the supply of lasting resources. In contrast the new complementary framework called the New Economic Geography, assumes that the dynamic interaction between geographical market potentials and rational firms in its own way creates the comparative advantage of regions. The contributors to this book examine the policy implications of the complementarity of the competing views in a variety of geographic and functional contexts. The first set of papers examines the effect of regional policy on firm locational decision-making. This leads to another set evaluating a variety of regional policy efforts. New and different methodological approaches are examined in another set of papers. The final part of the book focuses on new concepts.Economists, geographers and readers interested in regionalization, trade and development will find this book informative.Trade Review'Edward Elgar books are very well organized with a comfortable lay-out and easy to use for readers. . . I think the book is very valuable for students in regional economics as well as in economic geography. . . I enjoyed reading the book very much. . . and strongly recommend it to scholars, students and others interested in the field of regional development and policy.' -- Frans Boekema, The Economic Journal'The reader who sets him or herself the task of reading through the book will go away enriched by new specialized knowledge and methodology.' -- Ryszard Domanski, Geographia PolonicaTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Regional Policy and Location Part II: Evaluating Regional Policy Part III: Regional Policy: Methodological Approaches Part IV: New Concepts and Perspectives Index

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses the role of cooperation, networks and institutions in the context of regional innovation systems. It emphasises the importance of these factors in the emergence of local innovation systems, using detailed examples of clusters which have reached different stages of maturity. The authors address the topic from an empirical, theoretical and political perspective, and highlight the local mechanisms which are involved in the development of innovation systems. They offer a comprehensive overview of different approaches in the field and present numerous case studies which stress the influence of networks and local institutions. Significantly, they also introduce several new approaches to regional innovation systems, including contributions which explicitly discuss the design and potential of policy measures to promote regional development. The policy recommendations are based on sound theorising which, in turn, is based on extensive empirical research.This book is a valuable addition to a complex and growing literature which offers new perspectives and insights on cooperation, networks and institutions, and their role in the development of local systems of innovation. The combination of empirical, theoretical and policy-oriented approaches will ensure this book is essential reading for academics and policymakers in the fields of regional economics, innovation research and economic geography.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Towards a Political Perspective and Unifying Concept Part I: Theoretical Approaches 2. Local Culture and Regional Innovation Networks: Some Propositions 3. Entrepreneurial Activities in a Regional Context 4. The Role of Trust and Power in the Institutional Regulation of Territorial Business Systems 5. Cognitive Coordination, Institutions and Clusters: An Exploratory Discussion 6. Problems and Solutions in Knowledge Transfer 7. Learning Pathologies in Losing Areas: Towards a Definition of the Cognitive Obstacles to Local Development 8. On the Unit of Analysis in the Study of Networks Part II: Case Studies 9. Is Nanjing’s Concentration of IT Companies an Innovative Cluster? 10. TV Content Production in Media Regions: The Necessities and Difficulties of Public Policy Support for a Project-based Industry 11. How Many Networks in a Local Cluster? Textile Machine Production and Innovation in Brescia 12. ‘Lock-in’ of Regional Clusters: The Case of Offshore Engineering Part III: Policy Implications 13. Entrepreneurship Stimulation in Regional Innovation Systems – Public Promotion of University-based Start-ups in Germany 14. Cooperation and Knowledge-pooling in Clusters: Designing Territorial Competitiveness Policies 15. Policy Measures to Support the Emergence of Localised Industrial Clusters Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume contains the key innovative papers in economic geography, encompassing work on core-periphery structures of countries and on systems of cities. It includes theory papers on core-periphery structures, on urban systems and industrial urban structures, and on the dynamics of evolution of urban and industrial concentrations. It also includes empirical work, starting with a more recent literature based on the new economic geography, as well as key empirical papers on agglomeration economies, spatial concentration, and urban evolution.This insightful volume highlights the achievement of economic geography in recent years as well as providing strong econometric evidence to substantiate theoretical developments. It will be invaluable to researchers and practitioners alike.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction J. Vernon Henderson PART I THE ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY OF REGIONS 1. Paul Krugman (1991), ‘Increasing Returns and Economic Geography’ 2. Anthony J. Venables (1996), ‘Equilibrium Locations of Vertically Linked Industries’ 3. Diego Puga (1999), ‘The Rise and Fall of Regional Inequalities’ 4. Gianmarco Ottaviano, Takatoshi Tabuchi and Jacques-François Thisse (2002), ‘Agglomeration and Trade Revisited’ 5. Masahisa Fujita and Jacques-François Thisse (2003), ‘Does Geographical Agglomeration Foster Economic Growth? And Who Gains and Loses From It?’ PART II SYSTEMS OF CITIES 6. Robert W. Helsley and William C. Strange (1990), ‘Matching and Agglomeration Economies in a System of Cities’ 7. Vernon Henderson and Randy Becker (2000), ‘Political Economy of City Sizes and Formation’ 8. Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga (2001), ‘Nursery Cities: Urban Diversity, Process Innovation, and the Life Cycle of Products’ 9. Duncan Black and Vernon Henderson (1999), ‘A Theory of Urban Growth’ 10. Masahisa Fujita, Paul Krugman and Tomoya Mori (1999), ‘On the Evolution of Hierarchical Urban Systems’ PART III OTHER APPROACHES TO GEOGRAPHY AND AGGLOMERATION 11. W. Brian Arthur (1990), ‘“Silicon Valley” Locational Clusters: When Do Increasing Returns Imply Monopoly?’ 12. Xavier Gabaix (1999), ‘Zipf’s Law for Cities: An Explanation’ PART IV ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY AND EMPIRICS 13. Gordon H. Hanson (1997), ‘Increasing Returns, Trade and the Regional Structure of Wages’ 14. Donald R. Davis and David E. Weinstein (2003), ‘Market Access, Economic Geography and Comparative Advantage: An Empirical Test’ 15. Francesco Caselli and Wilbur John Coleman II (2001), ‘The U.S. Structural Transformation and Regional Convergence: A Reinterpretation’ 16. Donald R. Davis and David E. Weinstein (2002), ‘Bones, Bombs, and Break Points: The Geography of Economic Activity’ PART V URBAN SCALE ECONOMIES, AND INDUSTRIAL CONCENTRATION 17. Adam B. Jaffe, Manuel Trajtenberg and Rebecca Henderson (1993), ‘Geographic Localization of Knowledge Spillovers as Evidenced by Patent Citations’ 18. Glenn Ellison and Edward L. Glaeser (1997), ‘Geographic Concentration in U.S. Manufacturing Industries: A Dartboard Approach’ 19. J. Vernon Henderson (2003), ‘Marshall’s Scale Economies’ 20. Stuart S. Rosenthal and William C. Strange (2003), ‘Geography, Industrial Organization, and Agglomeration’ PART VI SYSTEMS OF CITIES EVIDENCE 21. Jonathan Eaton and Zvi Eckstein (1997), ‘Cities and Growth: Theory and Evidence from France and Japan’ 22. Duncan Black and Vernon Henderson (2003), ‘Urban Evolution in the USA’ 23. Yannis M. Ioannides and Henry G. Overman (2003), ‘Zipf’s Law for Cities: An Empirical Examination’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique Handbook examines the impacts on, and responses to, economic geography explicitly from the perspective of the behaviour, mechanics, systems and experiences of different firms in various types of industries. The industry studies approach allows the authors to explain why the economic geography of these different industries exhibits such particular and diverse characteristics. The sectors and industries covered include: traditional heavy industry and engineering creative and cultural industries knowledge sectors natural resource-based and environmental sectors knowledge, networks and communications issues. The Handbook of Industry Studies and Economic Geography will strongly appeal to students, scholars and researchers interested in all aspects of industrial location and economic geography.Trade Review’Economic geography and industrial economics have traditionally been two distinct fields of scholarship separated by entirely disparate literatures, methodologies and research agendas. No more. With publication of this path breaking collection of meticulously crafted studies, the editors have forged economic geography and industrial economics into a coherent and compelling singular field of scholarship. Neither economic geography nor industrial economics can subsequently be considered in isolation but will need to be analyzed in the integrated framework introduced in this book.’ -- David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, BloomingtonTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Relationships between Economic Geography and Industries: Theory, Empirics and Modes of Analysis Frank Giarattani, Geoffrey J.G. Hewings and Philip McCann PART I: HEAVY INDUSTRIES 1. Steel Industry Restructuring and Location Frank Giarratani, Ravi Madhavan and Gene Gruver 2. The Evolving Geography of the U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry Thomas Klier and James M. Rubenstein 3. The Changing Geography of the European Auto Industry Gill Bentley, David Bailey and Stewart MacNeill PART II: CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES 4. Project-Based Industries and Craft-Like Production: Structure, Location, and Performance Peter B. Doeringer, Pacey Foster, Stephan Manning and David Terkla 5. Innovation, Industry Evolution, and Cross-Sectoral Skill Transfer in the Video Game Industry: A Three Country Study Yuko Aoyama and Hiro Izushi 6. Spatial Divisions of Labor: How Key Worker Profiles Vary for the Same Industry in Different Regions Ann Markusen and Ann Gadwa Nicodemus 7. Museums in the Neighbourhood: The Local Economic Impact of Museums Stephen Sheppard PART III: HIGH TECHNOLOGY SECTORS 8. Spinoff Regions: Entrepreneurial Emergence and Regional Development in Second Tier High-Technology Regions: Observations from the Oregon and Idaho Electronics Sectors Heike Mayer 9. Location, Control and Firm Innovation: The Case of the Mobile Handset Industry Ram Mudambi 10. How Has Information Technology Use Shaped the Geography of Economic Activity? Chris Forman 11. R&D, Knowledge, Economic Growth and the Transatlantic Productivity Gap Raquel Ortega-Argilés PART IV: RESOURCE-BASED SECTORS 12. The Changing Structure of the Global Agribusiness Sector Ruth Rama and Catalina Martínez 13. Social Capital and the Development of Industrial Clusters: The Northwest Ohio Greenhouse Cluster Michael C. Carroll and Neil Reid 14. Computational Structure for Linking Life Cycle Assessment and Input-Output Modeling: A Case Study on Urban Recycling and Remanufacturing Joyce Cooper, Randall Jackson and Nancey Green Leigh 15. The Importance of the Water Management Sector in Dutch Agriculture and the Wider Economy Frank Bruinsma and Mark Bokhorst PART V: KNOWLEDGE- AND NETWORK-BASED ACTIVITIES 16. The Geography of Research and Development Activity in the US Kristy Buzard and Gerald Carlino 17. Offshore Assembly and Service Industries in Latin America Elsie L Echeverri-Carroll 18. The Global Air Transport Industry: A Comparative Analysis of Network Structures in Major Continental Regions Aisling Reynolds-Feighan 19. Innovation in New Zealand: Issues of Firm Size, Local Market Size and Economic Geography Hong Shangqin, Philip McCann and Les Oxley 20. They are Industrial Districts, but Not As We Know Them! Fiorenza Belussi and Lisa De Propris Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book explores original and alternative directions for economic geography following the revolution precipitated by the advent of so-called 'new economic geography' (NEG). Whilst, to some extent, the volume could be regarded as part of the inevitable creative destruction of NEG theory, it does promote the continuing role of theoretical and empirical contributions within spatial economic analysis, in which the rationale of scientific analysis and economic logic maintain a central place. With contributions from leading experts in the field, the book presents a comprehensive analysis of the extent to which NEG theory is supported in the real world. By exploring whether NEG theory can be effectively applied to provide practical insights, the authors highlight novel approaches, emerging trends, and promising new lines of enquiry in the wake of advances made by NEG.Rigorous yet engaging, this book will be an essential tool for academics and researchers specialising in regional studies, urban and spatial economics and economic geography. It will also have widespread appeal amongst policymakers involved in planning and land use.Trade Review'This book is a serious attempt to cover all of the relevant subdisciplines in the geographical economics framework. . . I would recommend the book to students of economic geography, regional economics, and related disciplines.' -- Frans Boekema, Journal of Regional Science'. . . this book is empirically and theoretically comprehensive in its scope. The nearly eighteen authors who have contributed to this book present a truly transatlantic perspective on NEG. . . this volume will be extremely useful to those dealing with rigorous modelling to examine spatial issues in economics, geography and planning.' -- Rajiv Thakur, Regional Science Policy and Practice'I recommend the book. . . The papers of a high quality, well written and organized; empirical analyses are based on the most advanced empirical techniques, and the reader enjoys their application.' -- Roberta Capello, Growth and Change'A very interesting volume indeed, recommended reading for everyone interested in theorizing space in economics or working in the empirical spatial-economic research arena.' -- Economic Geography Research GroupTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Bernard Fingleton 1. New Economic Geography: Some Preliminaries Bernard Fingleton 2. Models of ‘New Economic Geography’: Factor Mobility vs. Vertical Linkages Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano 3. Testing the ‘New Economic Geography’: A Comparative Analysis Based on EU Regional Data Bernard Fingleton 4. From Theory to Estimation and Back: The Empirical Relevance of the New Economic Geography Steven Brakman and Harry Garretsen 5. Agglomeration and Growth in the NEG: A Critical Assessment Fabio Cerina and Francesco Pigliaru 6. Sinking the Iceberg? On the Treatment of Transport Costs in New Economic Geography Bernard Fingleton and Philip McCann 7. Specialization and Regional Size John Dewhurst and Philip McCann 8. A Non-parametric Analysis of Productivity, Efficiency and Technical Change in EU Regional Manufacturing, 1986–2002 Mark Roberts, John S.L. McCombie and Alvaro Angeriz 9. A Methodology for Evaluating Regional Political Economy Paul Plummer and Eric Sheppard 10. FDI: A Difficult Connection between Theory and Empirics Anna Soci 11. Agglomeration and Internet Exchange Points: An Exploration of the Internet Morphology Alessio D’Ignazio and Emanuele Giovannetti 12. Explaining the Scarce Returns of European Structural Policies from a New Economic Geography Perspective Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Ugo Fratesi Index

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Book SynopsisApplied Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography aims to further advance empirical methodologies in evolutionary economics, with a special emphasis on geography and firm location. It does so by bringing together a select group of leading scholars including economists, geographers and sociologists, all of whom share an interest in explaining the uneven distribution of economic activities in space and the historical processes that have produced these patterns. Methodological advances in three domains are examined in detail: demographic techniques, which allow for systematic analysis of the spatial evolution of industries social network analysis providing new tools to analyse the geography of networks at different spatial levels spatial econometric techniques, which are used to understand the growth dynamics of cities and regions. The book also contains two case studies on the evolution of high-tech regions and a policy chapter on evolutionary planning of transportation networks.This book will be warmly welcomed by evolutionary economists, industrial organisation scholars and researchers interested in policy science, the economics of innovation and economic geography.Trade Review'. . . I recommend the book wholeheartedly to both economics and geography scholars interested in evolutionary economic thinking in a spatial perspective.' -- Robert Hassink, Journal of Regional Science'The book contains some valuable insights into the historical development of industries and regions, as well as a theoretically informed exploration of social networks and innovation. . .' -- Simon Turner, Economic Geography Research Group'Frenken has edited a volume that provides stimulating and wide-ranging information on the current state of evolutionary and spatial thought areas of economics. Its high standards and the variety of themes and methods that are represented make the volume excellently suited to encourage further reflection on the strengths and weaknesses of evolutionary economics from a geographic perspective, thereby contributing to the adoption of the evolutionary approach in economic geography.' -- Eike W. Schamp, Economic GeographyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Applications of Evolutionary Economic Geography Ron A. Boschma and Koen Frenken PART I: ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2. The Cambridge High-Tech Cluster: An Evolutionary Perspective Elizabeth Garnsey and Paul Heffernan 3. Sophia-Antipolis as a ‘Reverse’ Science Park: From Exogenous to Endogenous Development Michel Quéré PART II: INDUSTRIAL DYNAMICS 4. The Evolution of Geographic Structure in New Industries Steven Klepper 5. Constructing Entrepreneurial Opportunity: Environmental Movements and the Transformation of Regional Regulatory Regimes Brandon Lee and Wesley Sine 6. Absorptive Capacity and Foreign Spillovers: A Stochastic Frontier Approach Jojo Jacob and Bart Los PART III: NETWORK ANALYSIS 7. Informational Complexity and the Flow of Knowledge Across Social Boundaries Olav Sorenson, Jan W. Rivkin and Lee Fleming 8. Networks and Heterogeneous Performance of Cluster Firms Elisa Giuliani 9. Social Networks and the Economics of Networks Daniel Birke PART IV: SPATIAL SYSTEMS 10. Diversity, Stability and Regional Growth in the United States, 1975–2002 Jürgen Essletzbichler 11. Inter-regional Knowledge Flows in Europe: An Econometric Analysis Mario A. Maggioni and T. Erika Uberti 12. Explaining the Territorial Adoption of New Technologies: A Spatial Econometric Approach Andrea Bonaccorsi, Lucia Piscitello and Cristina Rossi PART V: PLANNING 13. Evolutionary Urban Transportation Planning? An Exploration Luca Bertolini Index

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Book SynopsisOne of the most notable changes in the world economy during the past three decades has been the diverging trends in the growth of the developing countries. Compared to East Asian countries that have integrated well into the global economy, those of Sub-Saharan Africa have remained stagnant and have become the world's least developed area. The policies and programmes of international organizations have failed to improve the situation while the global economy becomes dominated by trans-national corporations. A review of the suitability of globalization as an economic strategy for these under-developed countries is therefore needed. Focusing on the impact of globalization and on the constraints imposed by the changes in the world's production and trade, this book examines the opportunities open to the least developed countries as they design their strategies to accelerate growth and alleviate poverty. As the world's awareness of issues concerning globalization grows, this study will provide valuable insights.Table of ContentsI: Diverging Views on Globalization II: Globalization and the Marginalization of the Least Developed Countries III: Has Globalization been "Pro-Poor"? IV: Have the Policies of Economic Development been "Pro-Poor"? V: Trade and Growth Policies for Poverty Reduction: The Lessons of the "East Asian Miracle" for the LDCs VI: Will Africa be Left Behind? a: Appendices: a.1: The Impact of Off-shoring and the Transfer of Capital from Developed to Developing Countries: A Diagrammatic Illustration a.2: The Saving Trap and the Big Push: The Theory and its Traps

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Book SynopsisIn an increasingly globalised world, place and provenance matter like never before. The law relating to Geographical Indications (GIs) regulates designations which signal this provenance. While Champagne, Prosciutto di Parma, Café de Colombia and Darjeeling are familiar designations, the relevant legal regimes have existed at the margins for over a century. In recent years, a critical mass of scholarship has emerged and this book celebrates its coming of age. Its objective is to facilitate an interdisciplinary conversation, by providing sure-footed guidance across contested terrain as well as enabling future avenues of enquiry to emerge.The distinctive feature of this volume is that it reflects a multi-disciplinary conversation between legal scholars, policy makers, legal practitioners, historians, geographers, sociologists, economists and anthropologists. Experienced contributors from across these domains have thematically explored: (1) the history and conceptual underpinnings of the GI as a legal category; (2) the effectiveness of international protection regimes; (3) the practical operation of domestic protection systems; and (4) long-unresolved as well as emerging critical issues. Specific topics include a detailed interrogation of the history and functions of terroir; the present state as well as future potential of international GI protection, including the Lisbon Agreement, 2015; conflicts between trade marks and GIs; the potential for GIs to contribute to rural or territorial development as well as sustain traditional or Indigenous knowledge; and the vexed question of generic use.This book is therefore intended for all those with an interest in GIs across a range of disciplinary backgrounds. Students, scholars, policy makers and practitioners will find this Handbook to be an invaluable resource.Contributors include: E. Barham, D. Barjolle, L. Bérard, D.S. Gangjee, D. Gervais, M. Geuze, B. Goebel, M. Groeschl, M. Handler, C. Heath, D. Marie-Vivien, J.M.C. Martín, P. Mukhopadhyay, D. Rangnekar, B. Sherman, A. Stanziani, S. Stern, A. Taubman, L. Wiseman, H. ZhengTrade Review‘This handbook is intended for all those readers with an interest in GIs across a range of disciplinary backgrounds. Students, academics, policy makers and practitioners we think will find the work to be an invaluable resource and we are all, as usual, most grateful to Edward Elgar Publishing for the high standard and services they continue to offer us. Thank you very much, Elgar, for these specialist library titles and to Dev Gangjee and his team for this contribution to the IP library.’ -- The Barrister MagazineTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Timeless Signs or Signs of the Times? Dev S. Gangjee PART I HISTORY AND CONCEPTS 2. French Collective Wine Branding in the Nineteenth-Twentieth Centuries Alessandro Stanziani 3. ‘Translating Terroir’ Revisited: The Global Challenge of French AOC Labeling Elizabeth Barham 4. Terroir and the Sense of Place Laurence Bérard PART II INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 5. Geographical Indications under WIPO-Administered Treaties Matthijs Geuze 6. Geographical Indications under TRIPS Daniel Gervais 7. Rethinking GI Extension Michael Handler 8. International Protection of Geographical Indications: The WTO Multilateral Register Negotiations José Manuel Cortés Martín 9. Thinking Locally, Acting Globally: How Trade Negotiations over Geographical Indications Improvise ‘Fair Trade’ Rules Antony Taubman PART III DOMESTIC PROTECTION MODELS 10. A History of Australia’s Wine Geographical Indications Legislation Stephen Stern 11. A Comparative Analysis of GIs for Handicrafts: The Link to Origin in Culture as Well as Nature? Delphine Marie-Vivien 12. Geographical Indications Protection in China Haiyan Zheng PART IV CRITICAL ISSUES 13. Learning to Love my PET – The Long Road to Resolving Conflicts between Trade Marks and Geographical Indications Burkhart Goebel and Manuela Groeschl 14. The Budweiser Cases: Geographical Indications v. Trade Marks Christopher Heath 15. Geographical Indications and Protected Designations of Origin: Intellectual Property Tools for Rural Development Objectives Dominique Barjolle 16. Social Gains from the GI for Feni: Will Market Size or Concentration Dominate Outcomes? Dwijen Rangnekar and Pranab Mukhopadhyay 17. From Terroir to Pangkarra: Geographical indications of Origin and Indigenous Knowledge Brad Sherman and Leanne Wiseman 18. Genericide: The Death of a Geographical Indication? Dev S. Gangjee Index

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Book SynopsisThis wide-ranging Handbook is the first major compilation of the theoretical and empirical research that is forging the new and exciting paradigm of evolutionary economic geography. The book's distinguished contributors set out the theoretical, methodological and empirical foundations of an evolutionary perspective on the economic landscape. In so doing, they explore the interplay between organizational dynamics, industrial dynamics and space; analyze the nature and spatial evolution of networks; address the evolution of institutions in territorial contexts; and explore the evolution of agglomerations and clusters. This original reference work will undoubtedly play an important and formative role in influencing the future research agenda of evolutionary economic geography. It will strongly appeal to scholars, researchers and students in economic geography, regional economics, evolutionary economics, industrial economics, management and organizational studies, and related fields. Contributors: C. Antonelli, R. Boschma, G. Bottazzi, S. Breschi, U. Cantner, G. Cioccarelli, P. Cooke, M.S. Dahl, B. Dalum, C. de Laurentis, S. Denicolai, P. Dindo, J. Essletzbichler, L. Fleming, K. Frenken, E. Giuliani, J. Glückler, H. Graf, R. Hassink, S. Iammarino, J. Lambooy, C. Lenzi, F. Lissoni, A. Malmberg, R. Martin, P. Maskell, P. McCann, C.R. Ostergaard, D.L. Rigby, J.W. Rivkin, E.W. Schamp, J. Simmie, O. Sorenson, U. Staber, E. Stam, S. Strambach, P. Sunley, A. Vezzulli, A. ZucchellaTrade Review‘The Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography is a comprehensive collection of topics in the newly emerging paradigm of evolutionary economic geography. . . The introduction, like those in any good collection, links up the papers in this Handbook by the basis of an evolutionary thinking behind the wide scales of topics. . . the 24 articles included in The Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography have a wide coverage of varying angles, all of which shed light on this emerging paradigm from different aspects. . . this book has definitely achieved its goal of ''playing a formative role in influencing the future research agenda in this area''. It is therefore highly recommended to researchers who want to dip further into evolutionary economic geography or those who simply want to get an overall profile of its development.’ -- Tian Miao, Growth and Change’[T]he Handbook is a very significant achievement in that it provides a thorough and detailed overview of the EEG project through the insights of its leading thinkers and practitioners. As such, it is crucial reading both for scholars who are already using evolutionary ideas in their research and for ones curious about what EEG is and why other economic geographers and regional scientists should pay attention to it.’ -- James T. Murphy, Journal of Regional Science‘The Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography represents an important and authoritative statement of the ''state of the art'' in the field of EEG. It can be recommended as key resource for researchers in economic geography and spatial economics.’ -- Danny Mackinnon, Regional StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The New Paradigm of Evolutionary Economic Geography 1. The Aims and Scope of Evolutionary Economic Geography Ron Boschma and Ron Martin PART I: CONCEPTUAL CHALLENGES IN EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 2. Generalized Darwinism and Evolutionary Economic Geography Jürgen Essletzbichler and David L. Rigby 3. The Place of Path Dependence in an Evolutionary Perspective on the Economic Landscape Ron Martin and Peter Sunley 4. Complexity Thinking and Evolutionary Economic Geography Ron Martin and Peter Sunley 5. The Spatial Evolution of Innovation Networks: A Proximity Perspective Ron Boschma and Koen Frenken PART II: FIRM DYNAMICS, INDUSTRIAL DYNAMICS AND SPATIAL CLUSTERING 6. Entrepreneurship, Evolution and Geography Erik Stam 7. Pecuniary Externalities and the Localized Generation of Technological Knowledge Cristiano Antonelli 8. The Relationship between Multinational Firms and Innovative Clusters Simona Iammarino and Philip McCann 9. Emergence of Regional Clusters: The Role of Spinoffs in the Early Growth Process Michael S. Dahl, Christian R. Østergaard and Bent Dalum 10. A Social-Evolutionary Perspective on Regional Clusters Udo Staber 11. Evolutionary Economic Geography: Regional Systems of Innovation and High-tech Clusters Philip Cooke and Carla de Laurentis PART III: NETWORK EVOLUTION AND GEOGRAPHY 12. Clusters, Networks and Economic Development: An Evolutionary Economics Perspective Elisa Giuliani 13. Reputation, Trust and Relational Centrality in Local Networks: An Evolutionary Geography Perspective Stefano Denicolai, Antonella Zucchella and Gabriele Cioccarelli 14. The Evolution of a Strategic Alliance Network: Exploring the Case of Stock Photography Johannes Glückler 15. Complexity, Networks and Knowledge Flows Olav Sorenson, Jan W. Rivkin and Lee Fleming 16. The Geography of Knowledge Spillovers: The Role of Inventors’ Mobility Across Firms and in Space Stefano Breschi, Camilla Lenzi, Francesco Lissoni and Andrea Vezzulli 17. Growth, Development and Structural Change of Innovator Networks: The Case of Jena Uwe Cantner and Holger Graf PART IV: INSTITUTIONS, CO-EVOLUTION AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 18. An Evolutionary Approach to Localized Learning and Spatial Clustering Anders Malmberg and Peter Maskell 19. Path Dependence and Path Plasticity: The Co-evolution of Institutions and Innovation – the German Customized Business Software Industry Simone Strambach 20. On the Notion of Co-evolution in Economic Geography Eike W. Schamp 21. Locked in Decline? On the Role of Regional Lock-ins in Old Industrial Areas Robert Hassink PART V: STRUCTURAL CHANGE, AGGLOMERATION EXTERNALITIES AND REGIONAL BRANCHING 22. The Evolution of Spatial Patterns over Long Time-Horizons: The Relation with Technology and Economic Development Jan Lambooy 23. The Information Economy and its Spatial Evolution in English Cities James Simmie 24. An Evolutionary Model of Firms’ Location with Technological Externalities Giulio Bottazzi and Pietro Dindo Index

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Book SynopsisThis original and instructive new book defines and explores the concept of knowledge as the talent, skills, know-how and understanding embodied in individuals. The distinguished contributors advance the current research frontier in three novel directions which focus on: the role of human capital and talent for creativity, entrepreneurship and regional development; the role of institutions for the behavior of firms and entrepreneurs; and the influence of the global context on the location, export and innovation behavior of firms in a knowledge economy. They also address critical questions that underpin the emerging knowledge economy: Why does human capital and talent tend to agglomerate in large urban regions? How does this agglomeration affect the location of different types of economic activities? How does this agglomeration affect regional growth? Presenting the state of the art in the field of knowledge economics, this book will prove a stimulating and challenging read for scholars and researchers with an interest in economics, business and management, and regional and urban studies. Contributors: M. Andersson, C. Autant-Bernard, P. Billand, G.A.S. Cook, U. Grasjo, J.J. Gutierrez, T. Hatori, B. Johansson, S. Johansson, C. Karlsson, K. Kobayashi, H. Loof, N. Massard, K. Matsushima, P. Nijkamp, D. Nilsson, K. Nystrom, M. Olsson, N.R. Pandit, M. Sahin, R.J. Stimson, R.R. Stough, A. TodirasTrade Review’As a collection of good papers by respectable authors in regional science, this book makes insightful reading.’ -- Roel Rutten, Environment and Planning B‘Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson and Roger R. Stough have collected a set of important articles on some of the most important factors determining the growth of contemporary regional economies. The focus of the book is on important growth determinants that are almost never mentioned in the standard analyses of economic growth. Entrepreneurship is discussed from theoretical as well as empirical points of view. The role of social capital as well as institutional governance are highlighted in chapters that ought to be read by all economists interested in the economic growth and development of regions.’ -- Åke E. Andersson, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden‘This is an exceptional work that is the result of an outstanding selection of the best papers on agglomeration and innovation given at the 10th anniversary of the Udevalla conference. It is the finest set of conference papers I have seen in the past 25 years. These are artfully woven together into three primary areas. The first focuses on the role of knowledge and innovation in entrepreneurship, the second incorporates the institutional environment, while the third looks at the international context. I recommend this collection to academics, students and all who are interested in the role of creativity and innovation in entrepreneurial development. Not only are these the very best researchers in the field, but the materials are presented in a clear and concise manner, making it an outstanding base for advanced courses in this area. This work combines some of the best writings by top-notch authors sharing the sharpest insight into the complex area of the role of human capital in structuring agglomerative advantages. I take my hat off to the fine editorial work represented in this volume.’ -- Kingsley E. Haynes, George Mason University, US‘The book provides a remarkable contribution on the role of human capital as major creator of knowledge, interpreted as abilities, capabilities, methods, creativity and persistency in identifying and solving problems by collecting, selecting, interpreting and applying existing knowledge and information. The laws of increasing returns to human capital - among which are urban agglomerations as magnets which attract persons who embody knowledge - are conceptually searched and empirically verified. The book answers questions such as: Why do highly educated people, i.e. the carriers of human capital, tend to concentrate in large agglomerations?; What are the agglomerative forces?; and How does this agglomeration of human capital impact different types of economic activities and in particular their location behaviour? Important normative implications are thus derived from such a collected effort.’ -- Roberta Capello, Politecnico di Milano, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction – Human Capital and Agglomeration Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson and Roger R. Stough PART I: HUMAN CAPITAL AND TALENT 2. Knowledge, Creativity and Regional Development Charlie Karlsson and Börje Johansson 3. Innovation and Space – from Externalities to Networks Corinne Autant-Bernard, Pascal Billand and Nadine Massard 4. The Development Potential of Urban Migrant Entrepreneurship – New Opportunity Seekers in the Netherlands Mediha Sahin, Alina Todiras and Peter Nijkamp 5. Innovation in Low- and Medium-Technology Manufacturing – The Role of Networks and Non-R&D Inputs Juan Julio Gutierrez 6. Endogenous Factors in Regional Performance: A Review of Research in Australia Robert J. Stimson 7. Free versus Monitored Job Search in Sweden Michael Olsson PART II: INSTITUTIONS 8. Regional Institutional Environment and New Firm Formation Kristina Nyström 9. Knowledge, Political Innovation and Referendum Tsuyoshi Hatori and Kiyoshi Kobayashi 10. Economic Evaluation of Pre- and Post-Discounting Fee Systems Kakuya Matsushima and Kiyoshi Kobayashi PART III: THE GLOBAL CONTEXT 11. Clustering and the Location of Multinational Enterprises: An Exploration of Financial Services in London Gary A.S. Cook and Naresh R. Pandit 12. Globalization and Distribution of Exports Börje Johansson and Désirée Nilsson 13. Firm Performance and International Trade – Evidence from a Small Open Economy Martin Andersson, Sara Johansson and Hans Lööf 14. Imports, R&D and Local Patent Production Urban Gråsjö Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume comprises a selection of key papers which map out the latest developments in various aspects of spatial economics and economic geography. Edited by a leading authority in the field, this collection brings together papers which reflect both the depth of analysis and also the diversity of the different lines of enquiry regarding issues of Innovation and Geography, Cities and Clustering, Labour and Land Markets, and Empirics. Together these seminal pieces represent the 'state-of-the-art' in the field of spatial economics and economic geography and therefore provide an ideal base on which further analyses will build.Along with an original introduction by Professor McCann, this volume will be of relevance to academics, researchers and students interested in the field of spatial economics and economic geography.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Philip McCann PART I KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION AND GEOGRAPHY 1. Luc Anselin, Attila Varga and Zoltan Acs (1997), ‘Local Geographic Spillovers between University Research and High Technology Innovations’ 2. Ron Boschma (2005), ‘Proximity and Innovation. A Critical Assessment’ 3. Gerald A. Carlino, Satyajit Chatterjee and Robert M. Hunt (2007), ‘Urban Density and the Rate of Invention’ 4. Riccardo Crescenzi, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Michael Storper (2007), ‘The Territorial Dynamics of Innovation: A Europe–United States Comparative Analysis’ 5. Koen Frenken, Frank Van Oort and Thijs Verburg (2007), ‘Related Variety, Unrelated Variety and Regional Economic Growth’ 6. Richard Shearmur and Mario Polèse (2007), ‘Do Local Factors Explain Local Employment Growth? Evidence from Canada, 1971–2001’ PART II CITIES AND CLUSTERING 7. Gilles Duranton (2007), ‘Urban Evolutions: The Fast, the Slow, and the Still’ 8. Glenn Ellison, Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr (2010), ‘What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns’ 9. Ian R. Gordon and Philip McCann (2000), ‘Industrial Clusters: Complexes, Agglomeration and/or Social Networks?’ 10. Edward L. Glaeser and Joshua D. Gottlieb (2006), ‘Urban Resurgence and the Consumer City’ 11. J. Vernon Henderson and Hyoung Gun Wang (2007), ‘Urbanization and City Growth: The Role of Institutions’ 12. Michael Storper and Anthony J. Venables (2004), ‘Buzz: Face-to-Face Contact and the Urban Economy’ PART III LABOUR AND LAND MARKETS 13. Alessandra Faggian and Philip McCann (2009), ‘Human Capital, Graduate Migration and Innovation in British Regions’ 14. Edward L. Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko and Raven E. Saks (2005), ‘Why Have Housing Prices Gone Up?’ 15. Charlotta Mellander, Richard Florida and Kevin Stolarick (2011), ‘Here to Stay – The Effects of Community Satisfaction on the Decision to Stay’ 16. John M. Quigley and Steven Raphael (2005), ‘Regulation and the High Cost of Housing in California’ 17. Jordan Rappaport (2007), ‘Moving to Nice Weather’ 18. Jesse M. Shapiro (2006), ‘Smart Cities: Quality of Life, Productivity, and the Growth Effects of Human Capital’ PART IV EMPIRICS [140 pp] 19. J. Paul Elhorst (2010), ‘Applied Spatial Econometrics: Raising the Bar’ 20. Germà Bel and Xavier Fageda (2008), ‘Getting there Fast: Globalization, Intercontinental Flights and Location of Headquarters’ 21. Bernard Fingleton and Manfred M. Fischer (2010), ‘Neoclassical Theory Versus New Economic Geography: Competing Explanations of Cross-Regional Variation in Economic Development’ 22. Andrew F. Haughwout (2002), ‘Public Infrastructure Investments, Productivity and Welfare in Fixed Geographic Areas’ 23. Patricia C. Melo, Daniel J. Graham and Robert B. Noland (2009), ‘A Meta-Analysis of Estimates of Urban Agglomeration Economies’ 24. Dani Rodrik, Arvind Subramanian and Francesco Trebbi (2004), ‘Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions Over Geography and Integration in Economic Development’

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Book Synopsis'. . . provides a good overview of the issues in economic geography both in terms of theory and applications. This is a good book for starters, who want to find a direction within economic geography, and are looking for a book that provides a brief, but interesting, outlook of the main topics investigated in economic geography.'- Vítor Braga, Economic Geography Research GroupThis well-researched book provides a concise contribution to a large-scale debate on economic globalization. Martin Sokol introduces key theoretical approaches that help us to understand how economies work, why they suffer recessions and crises, and why economic inequalities at various levels are growing in the context of globalization. He introduces key economic geography concepts and theories, demonstrating their application to our contemporary globalizing world. The role that economic geography may play in informing policy making is highlighted, and debates surrounding the recent global financial and economic crisis are expounded. This highly accessible book will prove an essential reference tool for academics, students and researchers focusing on geography, economics, planning and regional development, development studies, international politics and international business. Policy makers and practitioners in local, regional and national authorities, international bodies and non-governmental organizations will also find this book to be an invaluable resource. Contents: Introduction 1. Economic Globalisation, Inequality and Instability 2. What is Economic Geography About? 3. Key Approaches in Economic Geography 4. Neo-classical Approach, Location Theory and Beyond 5. Marxist-inspired Approaches and Uneven Development 6. Alternative Approaches and New Economic Geography 7. Economic Geographies of the Contemporary World 8. Economic Geography and Policy Challenges Appendix: Useful Journals and Internet Sources Bibliography IndexTrade Review'Telling it like it is in a direct and engaging style, this is a book without preconceptions. It is a vital intervention that makes sense of the sorry state of the contemporary global economy and its formative geographies and shows what is involved in constructing an alternative.' --Roger Lee, Queen Mary University of London, UKThis introductory text is about economic geography and globalization in all their different stripes and colours. It introduces clearly the subject matters in economic geography through a wide range of important conceptual lenses and theoretical perspectives. It does so without a facts-based rendition of what globalization actually is. Instead, Sokol offers a refreshingly light touch on the various approaches in understanding contemporary economic geographies and applies these conceptual insights, in a helpful and straightforward manner, to our appreciation of such key challenges of globalization as inequality, instability, and uneven development. It is both wide in coverage and contemporary in relevance. The text will be well adopted in courses on economic geography, global studies, development studies, and international political economy. --Henry Yeung, National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Economic Globalisation, Inequality and Instability 2. What is Economic Geography About? 3. Key Approaches in Economic Geography 4. Neo-classical Approach, Location Theory and Beyond 5. Marxist-inspired Approaches and Uneven Development 6. Alternative Approaches and New Economic Geography 7. Economic Geographies of the Contemporary World 8. Economic Geography and Policy Challenges Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis'. . . provides a good overview of the issues in economic geography both in terms of theory and applications. This is a good book for starters, who want to find a direction within economic geography, and are looking for a book that provides a brief, but interesting, outlook of the main topics investigated in economic geography.'- Vítor Braga, Economic Geography Research GroupThis well-researched book provides a concise contribution to a large-scale debate on economic globalization. Martin Sokol introduces key theoretical approaches that help us to understand how economies work, why they suffer recessions and crises, and why economic inequalities at various levels are growing in the context of globalization. He introduces key economic geography concepts and theories, demonstrating their application to our contemporary globalizing world. The role that economic geography may play in informing policy making is highlighted, and debates surrounding the recent global financial and economic crisis are expounded. This highly accessible book will prove an essential reference tool for academics, students and researchers focusing on geography, economics, planning and regional development, development studies, international politics and international business. Policy makers and practitioners in local, regional and national authorities, international bodies and non-governmental organizations will also find this book to be an invaluable resource. Contents: Introduction 1. Economic Globalisation, Inequality and Instability 2. What is Economic Geography About? 3. Key Approaches in Economic Geography 4. Neo-classical Approach, Location Theory and Beyond 5. Marxist-inspired Approaches and Uneven Development 6. Alternative Approaches and New Economic Geography 7. Economic Geographies of the Contemporary World 8. Economic Geography and Policy Challenges Appendix: Useful Journals and Internet Sources Bibliography IndexTrade Review'Telling it like it is in a direct and engaging style, this is a book without preconceptions. It is a vital intervention that makes sense of the sorry state of the contemporary global economy and its formative geographies and shows what is involved in constructing an alternative.' --Roger Lee, Queen Mary University of London, UKThis introductory text is about economic geography and globalization in all their different stripes and colours. It introduces clearly the subject matters in economic geography through a wide range of important conceptual lenses and theoretical perspectives. It does so without a facts-based rendition of what globalization actually is. Instead, Sokol offers a refreshingly light touch on the various approaches in understanding contemporary economic geographies and applies these conceptual insights, in a helpful and straightforward manner, to our appreciation of such key challenges of globalization as inequality, instability, and uneven development. It is both wide in coverage and contemporary in relevance. The text will be well adopted in courses on economic geography, global studies, development studies, and international political economy. --Henry Yeung, National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Economic Globalisation, Inequality and Instability 2. What is Economic Geography About? 3. Key Approaches in Economic Geography 4. Neo-classical Approach, Location Theory and Beyond 5. Marxist-inspired Approaches and Uneven Development 6. Alternative Approaches and New Economic Geography 7. Economic Geographies of the Contemporary World 8. Economic Geography and Policy Challenges Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis wide-ranging Handbook is the first major compilation of the theoretical and empirical research that is forging the new and exciting paradigm of evolutionary economic geography. The book's distinguished contributors set out the theoretical, methodological and empirical foundations of an evolutionary perspective on the economic landscape. In so doing, they explore the interplay between organizational dynamics, industrial dynamics and space; analyze the nature and spatial evolution of networks; address the evolution of institutions in territorial contexts; and explore the evolution of agglomerations and clusters. This original reference work will undoubtedly play an important and formative role in influencing the future research agenda of evolutionary economic geography. It will strongly appeal to scholars, researchers and students in economic geography, regional economics, evolutionary economics, industrial economics, management and organizational studies, and related fields. Contributors: C. Antonelli, R. Boschma, G. Bottazzi, S. Breschi, U. Cantner, G. Cioccarelli, P. Cooke, M.S. Dahl, B. Dalum, C. de Laurentis, S. Denicolai, P. Dindo, J. Essletzbichler, L. Fleming, K. Frenken, E. Giuliani, J. Glückler, H. Graf, R. Hassink, S. Iammarino, J. Lambooy, C. Lenzi, F. Lissoni, A. Malmberg, R. Martin, P. Maskell, P. McCann, C.R. Ostergaard, D.L. Rigby, J.W. Rivkin, E.W. Schamp, J. Simmie, O. Sorenson, U. Staber, E. Stam, S. Strambach, P. Sunley, A. Vezzulli, A. ZucchellaTrade Review‘The Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography is a comprehensive collection of topics in the newly emerging paradigm of evolutionary economic geography. . . The introduction, like those in any good collection, links up the papers in this Handbook by the basis of an evolutionary thinking behind the wide scales of topics. . . the 24 articles included in The Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography have a wide coverage of varying angles, all of which shed light on this emerging paradigm from different aspects. . . this book has definitely achieved its goal of ''playing a formative role in influencing the future research agenda in this area''. It is therefore highly recommended to researchers who want to dip further into evolutionary economic geography or those who simply want to get an overall profile of its development.’ -- Tian Miao, Growth and Change’[T]he Handbook is a very significant achievement in that it provides a thorough and detailed overview of the EEG project through the insights of its leading thinkers and practitioners. As such, it is crucial reading both for scholars who are already using evolutionary ideas in their research and for ones curious about what EEG is and why other economic geographers and regional scientists should pay attention to it.’ -- James T. Murphy, Journal of Regional Science‘The Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography represents an important and authoritative statement of the ''state of the art'' in the field of EEG. It can be recommended as key resource for researchers in economic geography and spatial economics.’ -- Danny Mackinnon, Regional StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The New Paradigm of Evolutionary Economic Geography 1. The Aims and Scope of Evolutionary Economic Geography Ron Boschma and Ron Martin PART I: CONCEPTUAL CHALLENGES IN EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 2. Generalized Darwinism and Evolutionary Economic Geography Jürgen Essletzbichler and David L. Rigby 3. The Place of Path Dependence in an Evolutionary Perspective on the Economic Landscape Ron Martin and Peter Sunley 4. Complexity Thinking and Evolutionary Economic Geography Ron Martin and Peter Sunley 5. The Spatial Evolution of Innovation Networks: A Proximity Perspective Ron Boschma and Koen Frenken PART II: FIRM DYNAMICS, INDUSTRIAL DYNAMICS AND SPATIAL CLUSTERING 6. Entrepreneurship, Evolution and Geography Erik Stam 7. Pecuniary Externalities and the Localized Generation of Technological Knowledge Cristiano Antonelli 8. The Relationship between Multinational Firms and Innovative Clusters Simona Iammarino and Philip McCann 9. Emergence of Regional Clusters: The Role of Spinoffs in the Early Growth Process Michael S. Dahl, Christian R. Østergaard and Bent Dalum 10. A Social-Evolutionary Perspective on Regional Clusters Udo Staber 11. Evolutionary Economic Geography: Regional Systems of Innovation and High-tech Clusters Philip Cooke and Carla de Laurentis PART III: NETWORK EVOLUTION AND GEOGRAPHY 12. Clusters, Networks and Economic Development: An Evolutionary Economics Perspective Elisa Giuliani 13. Reputation, Trust and Relational Centrality in Local Networks: An Evolutionary Geography Perspective Stefano Denicolai, Antonella Zucchella and Gabriele Cioccarelli 14. The Evolution of a Strategic Alliance Network: Exploring the Case of Stock Photography Johannes Glückler 15. Complexity, Networks and Knowledge Flows Olav Sorenson, Jan W. Rivkin and Lee Fleming 16. The Geography of Knowledge Spillovers: The Role of Inventors’ Mobility Across Firms and in Space Stefano Breschi, Camilla Lenzi, Francesco Lissoni and Andrea Vezzulli 17. Growth, Development and Structural Change of Innovator Networks: The Case of Jena Uwe Cantner and Holger Graf PART IV: INSTITUTIONS, CO-EVOLUTION AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 18. An Evolutionary Approach to Localized Learning and Spatial Clustering Anders Malmberg and Peter Maskell 19. Path Dependence and Path Plasticity: The Co-evolution of Institutions and Innovation – the German Customized Business Software Industry Simone Strambach 20. On the Notion of Co-evolution in Economic Geography Eike W. Schamp 21. Locked in Decline? On the Role of Regional Lock-ins in Old Industrial Areas Robert Hassink PART V: STRUCTURAL CHANGE, AGGLOMERATION EXTERNALITIES AND REGIONAL BRANCHING 22. The Evolution of Spatial Patterns over Long Time-Horizons: The Relation with Technology and Economic Development Jan Lambooy 23. The Information Economy and its Spatial Evolution in English Cities James Simmie 24. An Evolutionary Model of Firms’ Location with Technological Externalities Giulio Bottazzi and Pietro Dindo Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent years a growing number of social scientists have become increasingly interested in the study of location problems. This interest has been fostered by the integration of national economies within broader spaces such as the EU or NAFTA as well as by their impact on the development of regions and cities. Another important reason for this attention is the growing awareness among economists that a comprehensive economic theory can no longer put space aside. Most economic activities are distributed over space, and for such activities space moulds the very nature of competition between firms. This major collection of classic articles demonstrates the important contribution of location theory and will be an essential source of reference for students or researchers of modern regional science or economic theory.Trade Review’This comprehensive collection brings together the classic articles in the field and is an essential source of reference for those engaged in the study and research of modern regional science.’- Public Administration, Development, and EnvironmentTable of ContentsVolume I The location theory of the firm - continuous location models, network location models; household location and land use - the location of households and residential equilibrium, land use models; spatial competition and central places theories - location models of spatial competition, location models of central places. Volume II General equlibrium in space - interregional and intercity trade models, general equilibrium models of location with land; the spatial organization of public services - the location of public facilities, local public goods and land capitalization; operational models of location.

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Book SynopsisDigital information and data flows permeate every aspect of our society. Within this context, design extensively avails itself of the technological bounty of advanced digital tools. Yet beyond these tools, the fluidity of digital information and the seemingly immaterial nature of communication dominate most discussions. Understanding the contemporary networks of information and communication as inherently geographic, Geographies of Information attempts to realign design’s relationship to information and communication technologies (ICTs) by expounding on their multiscalar complexities and contextual intricacies. From the impact of digital social media on political action and the rise of predictive technologies in speculative real estate to new ways of mapping temporal conditions of a site and the evolving role of information in how designers see, understand, and act on space, ICTs exert critical influence. This issue of New Geographies examines the forms, imprints, places, and territories of ICTs through spatially grounded and nuanced accounts of the hybrid conditions that ICTs generate, the scales at which they operate, and how this production of space is manifested in both advanced and emerging economies.

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Book SynopsisSustainable capitalism knowledge is often assumed for exclusively association with information about some forms of environmental crises. When we speak of sustainable, and unsustainable, we speak of a systemic crisis of both long-term dimension in the economy and business models, on all levels. We talk of local to the global crisis, with detrimental effects on humans and the environment, as well as economic organizations, of various kinds, often forfeiting any economic, social, and environmental future. The long-term crisis is a crisis of long-term investment, but it is also a crisis of human and ecological capital. The authors propose a new conceptual business model, polycentric at many levels. This research is an attempt to contribute to the global alliance for such sustainable capitalism in the making. In part, this is an ambitious undertaking, as the authors analyzed vital United Nations (UN) documents on sustainable development, as part of what they advocate as sustainable capitalism, as a systemic response to existing shortcomings of the present model. This text attempts to educate global stakeholders about the importance, the rationale, and the pathway to introduce sustainable capitalism into global economics and business models.

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Book SynopsisThis book is part of a five-volume set that explores sustainability in textile industry practices globally. Case studies are provided that cover the theoretical and practical implications of sustainable textile issues, including environmental footprints of textile manufacturing, consumer behavior, eco-design in clothing and apparels, supply chain sustainability, the chemistry of textile manufacturing, waste management and textile economics. The set will be of interest to researchers, engineers, industrialists, R&D managers and students working in textile chemistry, economics, materials science, and sustainable consumption and production. This volume discusses novel trends and concepts in sustainable textile design, including innovative topics such as doodling and upcycling in clothing and apparel design for sustainable fashion initiatives. Along with strategies for repurposing fashion sustainability, the book also covers university interventions for the development of proper and environmentally friendly design practices. Specific technologies addressed include UV applications, laser treatments for dyeing, refined surface design techniques for products such as leather. Table of ContentsChapter1: Sustainable textile designs made from renewable biodegradable sustainable natural abaca fibers.- Chapter2: Analysis of zero waste patternmaking approaches for application to apparel.- Chapter3: Factors that affect sustainability in the textile design industry in Kadoma. Zimbabwe.- Chapter4: Contributions to sustainable textile design with natural textile design with natural raffia fibers.- Chapter5: Innovative sustainable apparel design: Application of CAD and redesign process.- Chapter6: Bacteria working to create sustainable textile materials and textile colorants leading to sustainable textile design.- Chapter7: Sustainable clothing designs for fashion– Design strategies and its implementation possibilities.- Chapter8: Contribution of UV technology to sustainable textile production and design.- Chapter9: Repurposing design process.- Chapter10: Doodlage: reinventing fashion vis sustainable design.- Chapter11: Sustainability in textile design with laser technology.- Chapter12: University intervention in inculcating design practices for sustainable fashion

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the present conflictual relationship between the economy, the environment, and society. The current mainstream economic model is analysed from the perspective of the founding economists to review its suitability to tackle issues of sustainable development. The problems of redistribution and social justice are debated at length; alongside those concerning the giant state, degrowth, and a vision of sustainability that is founded on the idea of a self-regulating free market economy. Business cycle sustainability, anti-crisis therapy, technological unemployment, the natural rate of interest, and the Bruntland matrix are also examined.This book aims to present a holistic approach to sustainable development where social, ecological, and economic components are balanced. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in this topic.Table of ContentsChapter 1. First Steps In Perverting Sustainability.- Chapter 2. In Search Of A Lost Lesson.- Chapter 3. How To Conceive The Brundtland Agenda In The Context Of The Nominal Economy’s Imperialism.- Chapter 4. Social Pressure.- Chapter 5. Degrowth - A Logical Inadequacy?.- Chapter 6. Nature – The Highlight Of The Theory Of Sustainability.- Chapter 7. General Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisIn this volume, the contributors discuss some of the most remarkable global warming effects in Argentina and examine policies that Latin American countries could follow to achieve their individual climate goals. Climate change is one of the most pressing issues today. However, after many years of climate negotiations, the world has failed to introduce a common global policy. Differences in countries' climate agendas have led to unsuccessful efforts. Countries willing to pursue a climate policy have sought alternative strategies to mitigate and adapt to global warming's consequences within their jurisdiction. In this context, Latin American countries' role in shaping the regional climate agenda is yet to be explored. The book covers some papers from the well-received "First Workshop on Environmental Economics and Energy" in Argentina. Using data from Argentina, the contributors analyze the effects of global warming on agricultural yields and the impact of extreme weather on human health. From a global perspective, the contributors also describe the interactions between a reduction in carbon emissions, carbon emissions intensity, and economic growth; the role that trade policies can play to reduce carbon emissions; and the paradoxes that arise from promoting renewable energies in the region. The contributors also address the relationship between sustainability and economic growth; the private sector's role in shaping policies and providing sustainable solutions; and the Latin American challenges for the next generation. The book will be of interest to policy-makers, academics, researchers, and professionals worldwide working in climate change impacts and policy. It will also appeal to a general audience interested in climate change economics, its consequences, and the steps that countries in Latin America can take to move forward.Trade Review“Readers who are not trained in quantitative research will benefit from the book because the explanations and interpretations provided by the authors are comprehensible and, in most cases, also plausible. … The book provides valuable insights and demonstrates that convincing findings on the Global South … . Social scientists trained in qualitative research will be motivated to use these findings as a starting point … .” (Sören Scholvin, European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Issue 112, 2021)Table of ContentsChapter 1) IntroductionChapter 2) The impact of extreme temperatures on mortality risks in Argentina – by Christian Garcia and Mariano Javier RabassaChapter 3) Mitigation and adaptation processes in crop yields. The case of soybeans in Argentina - by Hildegart Ahumada and Magdalena CornejoChapter 4) Beyond the Question “Is there Carbon Decoupling": Decoupling Rankings - by Mariana Conte GrandChapter 5) How could trade liberalization on environmental goods and services reduce CO2 Emissions? Decomposing Scale, Technique and Composition effects in a CGE approach - by María Priscila Ramos and Omar Osvaldo Chisari.Chapter 6) Carbon taxes and renewable energy: a discussion about the Green paradox - by María Elisa Belfiori.Chapter 7) Climate change and sustainable development goals - by María Eugenia Di Paola.Chapter 8) Climate change and Argentina: policy issues - by Carlos Gentile, Maria Elisa Belfiori and Mariano Javier Rabassa.Chapter 9) Concluding remarks - by Maria Elisa Belfiori and Mariano Javier Rabassa

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Book SynopsisThis book presents extensions to current commodity-flow models to analyze the economic and environmental impacts of recent structural changes, such as fragmentation of production and lengthening supply chains. The extensions enable augmented commodity-flow models to analyze the vulnerability of supply chains and regions to climate change and extreme weather events. The models allow the explicit treatment of trade in intermediate goods; the so-called “new economic geography” behavioral foundations for production and inter-industry and interregional trade; endogenous determination of capital investment and employment; and changes in emissions associated with production, consumption and freight movement. Presenting a modeling framework and simulations that are based on a thirty-year, spatial time-series of inter-industry and interstate trade in the US, this unique book is a valuable resource for regional scientists, economic geographers and transportation modelers, as well as environmental and atmospheric scientists.Table of ContentsSee attachments

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Book SynopsisThis book is a rare collection of reflective and reflexive stories that reveal how seasoned academics, agents of grassroots social change, leaders and journalists transformed and shaped the development landscape in eastern and southern Africa. Whereas practical experiences are crucial assets and resources for shaping the academic environment and development practice landscape, most of the existing literature recommended as key learning materials in tertiary institutions is rarely in synch with the practical realities of development practice. The shared individual lived experiences from academic endeavours and fieldwork provide hands-on tools for students and emerging practitioners who might be involved in or are currently facilitating development work. The thrust of the book, therefore, is to demystify the day-to-day experiences of development practitioners while contributing to learning pathways or strategies for achieving viable solutions to the myriad of challenges, which grassroots communities face. The relevance of the book as a crucial resource for students pursuing development-oriented degree programmes in colleges and universities is obvious. Without any doubt, the compilation will be handy in the implementation of diverse development-oriented transformation agenda at academic, programming and policy levels.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2: FIELD RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION CHAPTER 3: BUILDING CAPACITY FOR DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAMMES CHAPTER 4: CULTURE, GENDER DYNAMICS AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONCHAPTER 5: STORIES from Rural Development programmes CHAPTER 6: SYNTHESIS CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSION

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a unified approach to the problem of inequality, combining results from a variety of research fields – the human life cycle, group dynamics, networks, markets, and economic geography. Its main message is that inequality emerges as the natural result of mechanisms operating both in individual human development and in social interaction. It posits that inequality is not an anomalous deviation from a naturally egalitarian social structure; quite to the contrary, inequality is to be expected as part of the human condition. The author states that the growth of inequality, on the other hand, is not a natural law – the level and character of inequality can be affected by collective decisions. This perspective on human inequality has potentially far-reaching consequences both for the political philosophy of inequality and for public policy-making.This book is of interest to a wide interdisciplinary social science readership, including public policy, decision sciences, economic geography, and life course studies. Trade Review“The Origins of Inequality. Mechanisms, Models, Policy is a thoughtful and thought-provoking survey of studies on the causes, conditions and factors associated with inequality. Viewed as a survey it is quite comprehensive and suitable for independent study as well as for classroom use. … Molander aims at — and to a large extent succeeds in — making sense of the processes that result in inequalities. … Molander makes a strong case to the contrary. The case is well worth studying in detail.” (Hannu Nurmi, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Vol. 20, 2022)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.Chapter 2: Preliminaries.Chapter 3: Life-cycle development.Chapter 4: Interaction within and between groups.Chapter 5: Spatial inequality.Chapter 6: Static versus dynamic inequality – mathematical analysis.Chapter 7: Philosophical and political considerations.Chapter 8: Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the interrelations between nature and humans, in particular on those segments of societies that have been left behind (marginal groups). Nature is both the friend of humans and their adversary, depending on the way people treat and use it. Consequently, the book adopts a wide perspective of marginality: nature that has been marginalized by man (ecological marginality), but also social groups marginalized by politics, economic interests, and value judgements imbedded in culture. Many chapters deal specifically with issues in Nepal, but along with the other chapters with case studies from Southeast Asia and other regions, they demonstrate that the major man-nature problems are the same everywhere and can only be solved by constructive politics through clear regulations, convincing actions and general acceptance.Table of Contents​Part I Introduction1 Natural disasters, marginal regions and labor migration Pushkar K Pradhan and Walter LeimgruberPart II Human interference and natural systems2 Environmental un-sustainability or the cost of civilization Walter Leimgruber3 Climate change and health impacts on vulnerable communities: the case of kala-azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis) in Nepal Bandana Pradhan and Birgit Kuna4 Cryosphere changes, cascading disasters, and societies – a case in Langtang valley Binaya Pasakhala, Amina Maharjan, Sabarnee Tuladhar, Arabinda MishraPart III Geomorphological and Water issues: Nepal and Brazil5 Urbanization and soil erosion in the Kathmandu Valley, NepalChhabi L Chidi6 Assessing terrain hazards for sustainable human settlements in Chāngunārāyan municipality of the Kathmandu Valley, NepalKrishna Karkee, Shakti Gurung and Anish Joshi 7 River ecology services and riparian communities in the Tāmākoshi River Basin, central NepalUttam S Shrestha and Saruna Amatya Shrestha8 Traditional water supply systems and Sponge City Concept toward improving environmental marginalization in Kirtipur municipality, NepalGyanu R Maharjan 9 Everyday water use: vulnerability and resistance in Kathmandu Valley, NepalShobha Shrestha and Devi P Poudel 10 Marginalized urban rivers: between local governance and environmental justiceIvaldo Lima Part IV Economy and society: Nepal and Southeast Asia11 Empowerment of Dalit Women’s Groups through micro-finance and social capital in NepalChikako Aoki and Pushkar K Pradhan 12 Informal marketing and livelihood of marginal communities in urban Kathmandu Valley, NepalPuspa Sharma 13 Farmers’ access to agriculture development services in eastern hills of Nepal: a case of the Tinjure-Milke Watershed RegionShyam P. Wagle14 People’s accessibility and periodic markets in the Tankhuwākholā watershed, eastern hills of NepalShambhu P. Khatiwada15 Human-elephant conflict impact toward marginalized community of Ulu TembelingJamalunlaili Abdullah and Mohd Ruzed Embong16 Sedentarization program and everyday resistance to state intervention in Vietnam’s uplandDoo-Chul Kim and Quy Le Ngoc Phuong Part V Regional policy issues17 Accessibility and governance systems in local development: measuring marginality in the Mid-Marsyāngdi River Basin, NepalBalkrishna Baral 18 Cohesion policy in the struggle against the marginalization of the inner peripheries - Polish experience and recommendationsPawel Churski, Anna Dubownik, Czeslaw Adamiak & Barbara Szyda19 Between two empires: the Jiftlik marginal lands in the Jordan Valley and the Jiftlik Ottoman Saraya and British Police Post 1890-1948Rivka Yermiash and Ruth KarkPart VI Conclusion20 Humans and nature: conflict or cooperation?Pushkar K Pradhan, Walter Leimgruber

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Book SynopsisThis book puts Indian garment workers and their organisations at the centre of the analysis. Taking the Bangalore export-garment cluster as a case study, the book explores the conditions that enable but also constrain the capacities of garment workers’ unions to build collective power vis-à-vis employers and thereby improve their conditions. Drawing on theoretical concepts from labour geography, relational economic geography, and Global Production Network (GPN) analysis, the book highlights, on the one hand, how the complex labour control regime in the Bangalore export-garment cluster poses manifold challenges and constraints for workers’ and unions’ collective agency. On the other hand, the book illustrates the various networked agency strategies that local garment unions in Bangalore have developed over the years to overcome these constraints by tapping into coalitional power resources from worker, consumer and labour rights organisations in the Global North.This book is therefore highly relevant for economic geographers and other scholars interested in dynamics of labour and development in GPNs as well as for unionists and labour rights activists committed to improving working conditions in the global garment industry.This is an open access book.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part II: Theoretical Framework.- Chapter 2. Situating This Study Within Geographical Debates On Labour In Gpns.- Chapter 3. A Relational, Practice-Oriented Approach To Labour Control Regimes And Union Agency In Gpns.- Part III: Research Design & Methodology.- Chapter 4. Research Design & Methodology.- Part IV: Introduction Of Empirical Case.- Chapter 5. Situating The Bangalore Export Cluster Within The Garment Gpn.- Part V: Empirical Analysis.- Chapter 6. Labour Control Regime In The Bangalore Export Garment Cluster.- Chapter 7. Union Agency In The Bangalore Export Garment Cluster.- Part VI: Theoretical Contributions And Conclusion.- Chapter 8. Theoretical Contributions Of This Study.- Chapter 9. Conclusion: Lessons For Building Sustained Union Power In Garment Production Countries.

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Book SynopsisIt is time to leave capitalism behind. In Prosperity without Greed, Sahra Wagenknecht shows that we live in a system of economic feudalism that has nothing to do with a free market economy, where the innovations we require to solve myriad important societal problems are not forthcoming. How can it be, Wagenknecht asks, that technological developments financed by the taxpayer end up enriching private companies even if those companies’ activities violate public interests? Through clear analysis and concrete proposals, Wagenknecht suggestss new forms of ownership and sketches the outlines of an innovative and just economy that instead promotes and rewards talent, real performance, and start-ups with groundbreaking ideas.

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Book SynopsisSince its inception over two millennia ago, the spice trade has connected and transformed the environments, politics, cultures, and cuisines of vastly different societies around the world. The ‘magical’ qualities of spices mean they offer more than a mere food flavoring, often evoking memories of childhood events or specific festivals. Although spices are frequently found in our kitchen cupboards, how they get there has something of a mythical allure. In this ethnographically rich and insightful study, the authors embark on a journey of demystification that starts in the Sino-Vietnamese uplands with three spices – star anise, black cardamom, and cassia (cinnamon) – and ends on dining tables across the globe. This book foregrounds the experiences of ethnic minority farmers cultivating these spices, highlighting nuanced entanglements among livelihoods, environment, ethnic identity, and external pressures, as well as other factors at play. It then investigates the complex commodity chains that move and transform these spices from upland smallholdings and forests in this frontier to global markets, mapping the flows of spices, identifying the numerous actors involved, and teasing out critical power imbalances. Finally, it focuses on value-creation and the commoditization of these spices across a spectrum of people and places. This rich and carefully integrated volume offers new insights into upland frontier livelihoods and the ongoing implications of the contemporary agrarian transition. Moreover, it bridges the gap in our knowledge regarding how these specific spices, cultivated for centuries in the mountainous Sino-Vietnamese uplands, become everyday ingredients in Global North food, cosmetics, and medicines. Links to online resources, including story maps, provide further insights and visual highlights.

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Book SynopsisThis book reviews the structure, applications, technologies, governance, environmental sustainability, smart communities, gender space and other issues related to smart cities. The book is divided into four parts. The first one entails the conceptual background, growth and development. The second part presents diverse issues on smart cities in terms of environmental sustainability, the role of the community, and gender space, among others. The third part revolves around economic and technological issues, and the fourth is a compilation of case studies in connection with smart cities. This collection of diverse issues from different locations presents a holistic view of smart cities contributed by authors who have undertaken research projects and implemented their own unique perspectives and methods. A variety of innovative concepts such as digital governance, polycentric structures, geodata repositories, geoweb services and advanced geospatial technologies in smart city planning, urban microclimatic parameters, and urban heat islands provide invaluable knowledge for researchers and practitioners in these fields.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Smart Cities for Sustainable Development : An Introduction Part 1: Smart Cities: Conceptual Background, Growth and Development Chapter 2: Monocentric City Plans to Polycentric Structures Chapter 3: Intelligent Communities - Towards a New Ontology of Practice Chapter 4: Digital Governance for Smart City and Future Community Construction: From Concept to Application Chapter 5: Smart cities or Smart People: The Role of Stakeholders to Achieve Integrative Vision Chapter 6: Smart City Initiatives in Japan: Their Achievements and Remaining Issues Part 2: Smart Cities: A Dimensional Look Chapter 7: Smart Cities and Urban Deprived Communities: A Reflection on the Need to Re-think Chapter 8: Environmental Sustainability of Smart Cities: Cues from Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City Movement Chapter 9: Linking Sustainability of Smart Cities to Education and Health: A Study in Smart City Mission, India Chapter 10: Celebration of Public Festivals Towards Sustainable Development: A Perceptual Study Chapter 11: Gendered Spaces: A Spatial Perspective of Women’s Fear of Violence and Smart Cities Rhetoric Part 3: Economic and Technological Issues Chapter 12: Crowdsourcing for Sustainable Smart Cities and their ICT Practices Chapter 13: Online Geodata Repositories, Geoweb Services and Emerging Geospatial Technologies in Smart City Planning Chapter 14: Assessment of Urban Microclimatic Parameters in Various Urban Landscape Settings using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Chapter 15: Foreign Investment in Energy – Mix: An Assessment of Sustainable Indian Cities Chapter 16: Understanding Economic Activities of Smart and Amrut Cities of Telangana State Part 4: Indian Smart Cities: Some Case Studies Chapter 17: Urban Heat Island (UHI) Assessment using the Satellite Data: A Case Study of Varanasi city, India Chapter 18: SWOT Analysis to Determine the Feasibility for Guwahati Smart City in North East India Chapter 19: Smart City Surat: A Case Study for Urban Health System and Climate Resilience Chapter 20: Industrial Pollution and Soil Quality: A Case Study from Industrial Area, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India Chapter 21: Analyzing Urban Extension and Land Use Changes in Kalimpong Municipality, West Bengal Using Remote Sensing and GIS Chapter 22: A Comparative Analysis of Emerging Water Consumption Pattern in Indian Smart Cities

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Book SynopsisUpdated and revised to include theoretical and other developments, bibliographical additions, new photographs and illustrations, and expanded name and subject indexes, the fourth edition of All Possible Worlds: A History of Geographical Ideas is the most complete and comprehensive book of its kind. The text also features a layout and readability that make the material easy to navigate and understand. The book investigates the ways in which the subject of geography has been recognized, perceived, and evaluated, from its early acknowledgment in ancient Greece to its disciplined form in today''s world of shared ideas and mass communication. Strong continuities knit the Classical Period to the Age of Exploration, then carry students on through Varenius to Humboldt and Ritter--revealing the emergence of the new geography of the Modern Period. The history of American geography--developed in seven of the twenty chapters--is strongly emphasized pursuant to the formal origins of geography in Trade Review"Since its first appearance in 1972, All Possible Worlds has become an indispensable reference text for courses in the history of geography. Offering a broad historical sweep of the scholarly record from classical, medieval, and modern times, it also affords succinct summary accounts of twentieth-century geography and geographers in North America and in a wide range of countries. This new edition, carefully revised and updated by Geoffrey Martin, with its ample illustrations and expanded index, promises a welcome maintenance of this highly laudable contribution to cross-cultural understanding in the practice of geography internationally."--Anne Buttimer, President of the International Geographical Union, 2000-2004"What a pleasure! All Possible Worlds is back. Geoffrey Martin's work is a wonderful 'tour de force'-a clear panorama of the evolution of geography from Greece to the present with a fair view on its emerging trends both in the English-speaking world and elsewhere."--Paul Claval, University of Paris, Sorbonne"This book--a study in the history of geographical thought--sweeps majestically from the ancient Greeks to the present. It has been published in four languages other then English and has been the most comprehensive work on the subject since its inception in 1972 when I first used it as the text in my 'Nature of Geography' course. This is essential reading for all geographers."--Peter Nash, University of Waterloo, Canada"After thirty-odd years, All Possible Worlds remains without peer: a uniquely valuable treasure for anyone curious about the evolution of geographic thought and achievement throughout the world from ancient times to a troubled present. Perhaps what is most remarkable about this chronicle is the judicious manner with which the author deals with endlessly contentious philosophies and methodologies. We have here an essential item for the library of every serious geographer."--Wilbur Zelinsky, The Pennsylvanuia State UniversityTable of ContentsPREFACE; PART ONE: CLASSICAL; PART TWO: MODERN

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the growing trend for housing models that shrink private living space and seeks to understand the implications of these shrinking domestic worlds. Small spaces have become big business. Reducing the size of our homes, and the amount of stuff within them, is increasingly sold as a catch-all solution to the stresses of modern life and the need to reduce our carbon footprint. Shrinking living space is being repackaged in a neoliberal capitalist context as a lifestyle choice rather than the consequence of diminishing choice in the face of what has become a long-term housing crisis'. What does this mean for how we live in the long term, and is there a dark side to the promise of a simpler, more sustainable home life? Shrinking Domesticities brings together research from across the social sciences, planning and architecture to explore these issues. From co-living developments to the Tiny House Movement, self-storage units to practices of de-stuffification', and dTable of ContentsIntroduction;1 Co-living Housing-as-a-Service and COVID-19: Micro-housing and Institutional Precarity-Tegan Bergan & Rae Dufty-Jones; 2 Shifting Domesticities in the Metropole Hotel-Jeffrey Kruth; 3 Political Narratives of Shrinking Domesticities in Helsinki and Vienna-Johanna Lilius, Michael Friesenecker & Maximilian Krankl;4 Shrinking aspirations: the potential impact of Build to Rent models on housing transitions-Daniel Durrant & Frances Brill; 5 Glamorising the materiality of ‘living small’: De-stuffocation, storage, and tiny living aesthetics-Jen Owen; 6 Freedom or dispossession? Imaginaries of small, mobile living in the film Nomadland-Harris, E., Nowicki, M. and White, T.; 7 Decent Homes in Compact Living? Conventional Ideals in Unconventional Contexts-Anne Hedegaard Winther; 8 The Tiny Home Lifestyle (THL): A contemporary response to the neoliberalisation of housing-Megan Carras; 9 Understanding tiny house sustainabilities through the lens of frictions-Hilton Penfold., Gordon Waitt and Pauline McGuirk; 10 Meshing with Your Home: Seeking trouble in sharing dwelled spaces-Lauren Wagner & Clemens Driessen; 11 Minimalist lifestyles: Performance, animism and desire for degrowth-Miriam Meissner; 12 Tiny Houses and the Economics of Sufficiency: How ‘Shrinking Domesticities’ fit within the Degrowth Paradigm-Samuel Alexander and Heather Shearer; 13 Tiny Living as an Everyday Practice of Sufficiency: Some Experiences of Tiny House Owners in Germany-Petra Lütke & Louisa Elbracht; 14 The Tiny House Movement: Ecology, survival and inequality-Jenny Pickerill, Adam Barker & Jingjing Wang; 15 Cluster apartments: living with less as model for lived solidarity?-Manuel Lutz; 16 Heterotopia: A New Perspective on Female-led Tiny House Projects-Alice Wilson; Conclusion

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