Regional / urban economics Books
Taylor & Francis Ltd Urban Economics
Book SynopsisThis textbook offers a rigorous, calculus based presentation of the complexities of urban economics, which is suitable for students who are new to the subject. It focuses on structural details and explains the elements that make cities such highly productive entities, and also explores explores the mechanisms of labour productivity enhancement that are unique to cities. Written with a focus on location theory, key topics include: How cities are arranged; Housing prices; Urban transportation; Why some cities grow rapidly whilst others decline; How wages adjust to local costs of living; How suburbs function in relationship to the urban core; Public finance. This book will be essential reading for Urban Economics courses at both undergTable of ContentsThe City as a Trading Entity 2. Land Use for the Simplified City 3. Distinct Income Classes and Suburban Employment 4. Wages, Agglomeration and Migration 5. Basics of Location Economics 6. Growth of Cities 7. Transportation 8. Housing 9. The Public Sector 10. Populations, Slums and Planning
£82.64
Cambridge University Press Africa in Urban History
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£17.00
Cambridge University Press Sustaining High Growth in India
Book SynopsisThe growth rate of the Indian economy has plummeted sharply from 9 per cent in 2010 to below 5 per cent over 2012-14. It is essential to sustain a growth rate of 8 per cent or more over the next 20 years to eliminate poverty and reach a decent standard of living. There is an urgent need for research on the challenges facing India in reviving and sustaining high rates of economic growth, some of which are related to industrial policy, trade policy, infrastructure bottlenecks, inflation and macroeconomic issues, governance issues, demography and human capital. There is also a need for better industrial and human resource policies, higher investment and savings rates, higher exports and foreign investment inflows. This book studies the importance of growth, the role of industrial policy in sustaining it, and other critical issues regarding ways to revive and sustain higher growth in India across various sectors of the economy.Table of ContentsPreface Pravakar Sahoo; Introduction Pradeep Agrawal; Part I. Ensuring Macroeconomic Stability for Sustaining High Growth Rates: 1. Propagation mechanisms of inflation in India: an empirical investigation Ashima Goyal; 2. Managing food price inflation in India: demand projections and supply considerations Pradeep Agrawal; Part II. Promoting Industrial Development for Sustaining High Growth Rates: 3. Economic complexity as a determinant of industrialization of countries: the case of India Emanuele Pugliese, Guido L. Chiarotti, Andrea Zaccaria and Luciano Pietronero; 4. China's manufacturing success: lessons for India Pravakar Sahoo and Abhirup Bhunia; 5. Sustaining India's manufacturing sector growth in the face of increasing competition from Chinese imports Bishwanath Goldar and Yashobanta Parida; Part III. The International Economic Issues and Sustaining High Growth: 6. Global recession and Eurozone debt crisis: impact on exports of India and China Pami Dua and Divya Tuteja; 7. Changing global trade regime and emergence of mega FTAs: strategy for India's external sector sustainability Geethanjali Natraj, Abhirup Bhunia and Garima Sahdev; 8. Economic impact of foreign capital inflows in emerging Asia Pradeep Agrawal and Durairaj Kumarasamy; 9. FDI outflows from the BRIC countries: impact on domestic capital formation Nandita Dasgupta; Part IV. Infrastructure Bottlenecks to Sustaining High Growth: 10. Infrastructure, human capital and growth: a quantitative analysis for India Pradeep Agrawal; 11. Elementary education in India: a study of accessibility and quality Indrajit Bairagya and Radhika Saraf; 12. Education and economic growth – a comparative study of China and India Lakshmi K. Raut; Part V. Some Socio–Political Issues in Sustaining High Growth: 13. Demographic dividend and economic growth in India William Joe, Atish Kumar Dash and Pradeep Agrawal; 14. Social cohesion and uncertainties in economic growth: a pre- and post-reform analysis of India Tapas Mishra, Sushanta Mallick, Mamata Parhi and Prashant Gupta; 15. Does openness and democracy reduce corruption: results for South Asian nations and India Rukmani Gounder and Shrabani Saha; 16. Regional dynamics of rural credit and growth in India: exploring nonlinearity and convergence in growth patterns Sushanta Mallick, Banikanta Mishra and Tapas Mishra.
£119.70
Cambridge University Press In the Shadow of the Mill
Book SynopsisThis book traces the sociospatial transformation of Ahmedabad''s worker neighbourhoods over the course of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries - during which the city witnessed dramatic and disturbing transformations. It follows the multiple histories of Ahmedabad''s labour landscapes from the times when the city acquired prominence as an important site of Gandhian political activity and as a key centre of the textile industry, through the decades of industrial collapse and periods of sectarian violence in the recent years. Taking the working-class neighbourhood as a scale of social practice, the question of urban change is examined along two axes of investigation: the transformation of local political configurations and forms of political mediation and the shifts in the social geography of the neighbourhood as reflected in the changing regimes of property.Table of ContentsList of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; 1. Setting the stage: A brief political history of Ahmedabad, 1920s to 2000s; Part I. Incarnations of the Political Intermediary: 2. The TLA and dadagiri: Mediation in the mill neighbourhoods; 3. The underground economy, the state and the political intermediary; 4. Civil society, 'social work' and political mediation; Part II. Property and Precarity: 5. Chawls without chimneys; 6. Violence, law and 'Ghettoisation'; 7. Security and tenancy at the margins of the city; Conclusion; Glossary; References; Index.
£80.75
Oxford University Press Current Debates in American Government
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£63.56
LUP - University of Michigan Press Detroit Is No Dry Bones The Eternal City of the
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Vergara is especially alert to changes in the urban landscape . . .perhaps more people will take a second, closer look at the wealth ofnative folk art we have all over town. And Vergara deserves thanks forrecording them and offering a serious critical appraisal.” — Detroit Metro Times
£999.99
Johns Hopkins University Press The Information Economy and American Cities
Book SynopsisNot just another glib cheer for the information economy, this book provides the kind of hard evidence needed to advocate effectively for change.Trade ReviewSprinkled with challenges to conventional wisdom, this book provides solid empirical documentation of sectoral change in U.S. metropolitan areas and makes an important contribution to the literature on the information economy. Choice 2003 An excellent analysis of the rise and role of the information sector-composed of producer services and advanced consumer services-in regional economic development... I enjoyed this book a great deal and highly recommend it to both researchers and practitioners working in the area of urban and regional policy. -- John I. Carruthers Regional Science and Urban Economics An accessible examination of the rise and importance of the information sector in the United States... A welcome contribution to an important area of study, offering an interdisciplinary and evidence-based account of fundamental changes in the American economy. -- Tim May and Beth Perry Journal of Regional Science 2004Table of ContentsContents:List of Tables and Figures Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Describing the Elephant: The Information Sector 2. Emergence of the Information Sector 3. The Information Sector in Metropolitan Economies 4. Metropolitan Income and Growth: The Roles of Specialization, Size, and Human Capital 5. Income Convergence and Poverty in Metropolitan Areas 6. Conclusion and Policy RecommendationsAppendix References Index
£38.00
Trillium Boomtown Columbus Ohios Sunbelt City and How
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£999.99
Urban Land Institute,U.S. Building Equitable Cities
Book SynopsisHow can cities promote economic mobility, advance equity, and drive growth? Through an analysis of best practices, proven policies, and case study examples, this volume offers practical insights into how communities can expand opportunity for more citizens and boost economic expansion. The book provides real world examples of successful place-based and people-based strategies.
£17.95
Random House Canada Sideways
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE WRITERS' TRUST SHAUGHNESSY COHEN PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITINGFrom the Globe and Mail tech reporter who revealed countless controversies while following the Sidewalk Labs fiasco in Toronto, an uncompromising investigation into the bigger story and what the Google sister company's failure there reveals about Big Tech, data privacy and the monetization of everything.When former New York deputy mayor Dan Doctoroff landed in Toronto, promising a revolution in better living through technology, the locals were starstruck. In 2017 a small parcel of land on the city's woefully underdeveloped lakeshore was available for development, and with Google co-founder Larry Page and his trusted chairman Eric Schmidt leaning into Sidewalk Labs' pitch for the long-forsaken property—with Doctoroff as the urban-planning company's CEO—Sidewalk's bid crushed the competition. But as
£23.16
Vintage Canada Sideways
Book SynopsisFrom the tech reporter who most closely pursued the Sidewalk Labs fiasco in Toronto, an uncompromising look into what the Google sister company's failure in urban development reveals about Big Tech, data and the monetization of everything.When former New York deputy mayor Dan Doctoroff landed in Toronto, promising a revolution in better living through technology, the locals were starstruck. In 2017, a small parcel of land on the city's underdeveloped lakeshore was available for development, and with Google co-founder Larry Page and chairman Eric Schmidt leaning into Sidewalk Labs' pitch for the long-forsaken property—with Doctoroff as the urban-planning company's CEO—Sidewalk's bid crushed the competition. But as soon as the bid was won, cracks appeared in the partnership between Doctoroff's team and Waterfront Toronto, the government-sponsored organization behind the contest. Hundreds more acres of undeveloped former port lands kept creeping into Sidewalk's plans, and questions were emerging about how much the public would benefit from the company's vision for a high-tech neighbourhood—and the data it could harvest from residents. The ensuing fight to reel in the power of Sidewalk Labs became a crucible moment for the worldwide battle for digital rights and against the extension of a digital behemoth's corporate might into the physical world. In the tradition of boardroom dramas like Bad Blood and Super Pumped, Sideways signals to the world that all may not be lost in the effort to contain the rapidly growing power of Big Tech.
£12.41
McGraw-Hill Education Loose Leaf for Urban Economics
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£174.60
Johns Hopkins University Press Anchoring Innovation Districts
Book SynopsisAs universities transform cities with their innovation districts, what works in these new public-private partnerships?In recent years, the successful revitalization of urban areas has turned them into magnets for those looking for opportunities in a fast-paced and rapidly unfolding technology-based economy. After the economic crisis of 2008, many colleges and universities attempted to generate alternative sources of revenue and pursued aggressive economic development strategies. Some universities even began to actively invest resources in the rebirth (and rebranding) of urban cores, encouraging the development of entrepreneurial, technology-oriented innovation districts. In Anchoring Innovation Districts, Costas Spirou explains that these districts have emerged as geographic clusters of technology startups, business incubators, and accelerators. They aim to take advantage of intellectual capital, commercialize knowledge, and give their associated institutions a way to enter into the maTrade ReviewA very engaging, rich account of universities' efforts to engage in urban redevelopment while enhancing their core research, teaching and knowledge transfer missions....Prof. Spirou has managed to write a book that can be valuable to local policy makers, university managers and many local stakeholders interested in bringing about change in their communities.—Higher Education QuarterlyTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. The New Entrepreneurial UniversityChapter 2. The University as Innovator and Urban LeaderChapter 3. Anchoring a Redevelopment Renaissance: Tech Square in AtlantaChapter 4. The Most Innovative Square Mile on the Planet: Kendall Square in BostonChapter 5. Leveraging for Innovation in Philadelphia: The University City ConnectionsChapter 6. Innovation in the Valley of the Sun: PHX Core and BeyondChapter 7. Furthering the Local Innovation Ecosystem in Pensacola and ChattanoogaChapter 8. Open Innovation, Higher Education, and Urban ChangeReferencesIndex
£43.00
Rowman & Littlefield Skipjack The Story of Americas Last Sailing
Book SynopsisIn Skipjack, Christopher White spends a pivotal year with three memorable captains as they battle man and nature to control the fate of their island villages and oyster fleet. Through these lively characters, White paints a vivid picture of life on a skipjack, a wooden oystering sailboat.Trade Review[An] evocative portrait of the nation's most beautiful and poignant vocational anachronism. It's an action-packed tale, complete with waterborne grudge matches, on-deck shootouts, fierce winter storms and suspenseful escapes. * The Washington Post *[A] colorful, comprehensive, and valuable piece of Americana. -- Peter Matthiessen, novelist and non-fiction writer, twice winner of the National Book AwardThe world has almost run out of fish, as modern technology strips our oceans bare. Christopher White’s Skipjack is a compelling story about how the wisdom of the past can help us protect the future of our fisheries. If you savor seafood, White’s chronicle of the gritty life aboard America’s last sailboat fishing fleet is a tale you need to hear. -- Trevor Corson, he author of Secret Life of Lobsters and The Story of SushiWell written, and carefully researched…. Chris White’s brilliant use of the waterman’s vernacular and his intimate knowledge of multiple generations of watermen combine to make this an excellent treatise on a culture that is clearly disappearing. -- Gilbert M. Grosvenor, former editor and Chairman of National Geographic SocietyAt a time when the last great wildernesses are melting or going up in smoke, it’s comforting to know that these watermen still exist-and that a writer as insightful and lyrical as Christopher White is on hand to document their fiercely independent way of life. -- George Reiger, Wanderer on My Native Shore, and former Conservation Editor, Field & StreamThe author spent a year with the captains of three skipjacks, as they balanced politics and tradition, environmental and economic issues in their struggle to harvest oysters from their wooden sailboats. * Wooden Boat *A stunning portrait...(White's) keen eye and lively prose together draw a clear image of a place where work, nature, and a deep connection to regional history are interwoven. Join the author as he rides along with the last vestiges of a great American tradition. * National Fisherman *Exciting and poignant as a few aging men and boats struggle to keep a remarkable way of life alive just a little longer. * Bay Journal *Table of ContentsPrologue Chapter 1: A Waterman's Summer Chapter 2: At the Races Chapter 3: November, Howell Point Chapter 4: The Water Trades Chapter 5: December, Gum Thickets Chapter 6: To the Shucking House Chapter 7: January, Six Foot Knoll Chapter 8: The Oyster Wars Chapter 9: February, the Deep Chapter 10: The Second Death Chapter 11: March, Black Walnut Sands Epilogue Author's Note Acknowledgments
£13.99
John Wiley & Sons Place Productivity and Prosperity Revisiting SpatiallyTargeted Policies for Regional Development
Book SynopsisDevelops a framework for thinking through spatially-targeted policies and assessing their social value, while presenting new evidence on key empirical issues.
£999.99
Arcadia Publishing White Plains in the 20th Century
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£19.99
University of Akron Press The Pioneer Route and Electric Railways of
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£30.77
GINGKO Urban Histories of Rajasthan: Religion, Politics
Book SynopsisDescriptions in literature of premodern Indian cities have included a diversity of peoples found in the streets and markets, evoking a sense of wealth and abundance, and connection to regional and global networks of trade and production. But they also raise questions on how the residents lived together and negotiated their differences: which differences mattered, when and to whom? How did state actions and policies affect urban society and the lives of various communities? How and why did conflict occur in urban spaces? In considering these questions, this book explores the histories of urban communities in the three cities of Ajmer, Nagaur and Pushkar in Rajasthan, between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. The focus of this study is on everyday life and contextualising religious practices and conflicts by considering patterns of patronage and looking at conflict more broadly within society. Various archival documents are examined, from family and institutional records to state registers, and the findings demonstrate the complex and sometimes contradictory ways religion intersected with the political, economic and social realms. Negotiations and shared norms meant that many patronage patterns and processes persisted, albeit in altered forms, and it was the robustness of these structures that contributed to the resilience of urban spaces and society in precolonial Rajasthan.Trade Review‘This book is an outstanding contribution to early modern Indian social history. It masterfully interprets ethno-religious encounters through lenses of political economy, uncovering the interplay between kingships, religious institutions, and community politics and governance.’ Milinda Banerjee, Lecturer in Modern History, University of St Andrews; ‘Through comparative readings of Rajasthani and Persian sources, Elizabeth Thelen presents Persianate South Asia via quotidian provincial practice rather than cosmopolitan courtly ideals. By eschewing literary texts in favour of everyday documents – wills and contracts, petitions and grants – she reveals the criteria of conflict between different communities no less than the mechanisms of coexistence that promoted urban stability. This is a subtle yet penetrating reappraisal of major themes in Mughal social history.’ Nile Green, Ibn Khaldun Endowed Chair in World History, UCLA; ‘Thelen mines the bureaucratic archive in the Marwari language to excavate histories of patronage, competition, and conflict on the ground. Her equal felicity with Persian documents, deeds and narratives allows her to build on this history of urban life by highlighting parallel hierarchies of patronage across the Marwari and Persian archives. The result is an extraordinary first book on everyday coexistence and conflict between various urban groups in the early modern era, that are rarely studied together even though they inhabit the same urban environment’. Ramya Sreenivasan, Associate Professor at the Department of History, University of Pennsylvania
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