{"product_id":"handbook-on-the-geographies-of-regions-and-territories-9781785365799","title":"Handbook on the Geographies of Regions and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis major international Handbook offers the most up-to-date and original viewpoints on critical debates relating to the rapidly transforming geographies of regions and territories, as well as related key concepts such as place, scale, networks and regionalism.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis interdisciplinary Handbook brings together renowned specialists who have extensively theorized these spatial concepts and contributed to rich empirical research in disciplines such as geography, sociology, political science and international relations. It offers fresh, cutting-edge, and contextual insights on the significance of regions and territories in today’s dynamic world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a timely and vital resource for both students and researchers of human geography and regional studies. Political geographers and international relations scholars will also benefit from reading the Handbook as it offers a comprehensive yet accessible examination of the geography of regions and territories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors include:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Agnew, B.T. Asheim, S. Ayres, A. Beer, I. Braverman, G. Bristow, J. Bryson, I. Calzada, R. Castriota, J. Clark, A. Cochrane, R. Comunian, K.R. Cox, M. Deciancio, K. Dodds, M. Dunford, L. England, J.N. Entrikin, D. Gibbs, M. Glass, J. Harrison, A. Hemmings, Y. Herrera, R. Huggins, B. Jessop, A.E.G. Jonas, A. Jones, M. Jones, R. Jones, J.M. Kanai, D. Kofanov, D.F. Kogler, W. Liu, J. Loughlin, F. Mattheis, S. Moisio, R.L. Monte-Mór, C. Nine, A. Paasi, M. Pace, K. Peters, P. Riggirozzi, D. Rwehumbiza, S. Schindler, A. Shirikov, C. Sohn, D. Storey, N.-L. Sum, K. Terlouw, P. Thompson, I. Turok, L. Van Langenhove, A. Whittle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'As a keyword, the region is one of the more difficult ones to define. This fascinating anthology does an admirable job presenting a multi facetted and colourful palette of definitions of and debates on the concept. The Handbook assembles classical and up-to-date, tested and groundbreaking conceptual and empirical writing on the region and regionalism and will serve as an invaluable resource to students of the matter world wide.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Roger Keil, York University, Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:  Preface  1. New Consolidated Regional Geographies Anssi Paasi, John Harrison and Martin Jones  Part I  History, Theory and Key Concepts 2. Evolution of the Regional Concept John Agnew  3. Territory and Territoriality David Storey  4. Geography of Experience: Place and Region J. Nicholas Entrikin  5. Scale and Territory, and the Difference Capitalism Makes Kevin Cox  6. New Regionalism Gillian Bristow  7. Relational Thinking and the Region Allan Cochrane  8. The TPSN Schema: Moving Beyond Territories and Regions Bob Jessop  Part II Region, Territory and Economy 9. Economic Regionalization Andrew Jones  10. Regional Innovation and Growth Theory: Behavioural and Institutional Approaches Robert Huggins and Piers Thompson  11. Learning Regions – a Strategy for Economic Development in Less Developed Regions? Bjørn T. Asheim  12. Divisions of Labour, Technology and the Transformation of Work: Worker to Robot or Self-employment and the Gig Economy? John R. Bryson  13. The Geography of Knowledge Creation: Technological Relatedness and Regional Smart Specialization Strategies Dieter F. Kogler and Adam Whittle  14. Creative Regions: from Creative Place-making to Creative Human Capital Roberta Comunian and Lauren England  15. Sustainable Regions David Gibbs  Part III Region, Politics and Identity 16. Territory and Governance John Loughlin  17. Territorial Rights and Justice Cara Nine  18. Regional Governance and Democracy Sarah Ayres  19. Political Regionalism: Devolution, Metropolitanization and the Right to Decide Igor Calzada  20. Regions and Cultural Representation Rhys Jones  21. Regional Identities: Quested and Questioned Kees Terlouw  22. Military-to-Wildlife Geographies: Bureaucracies of Cleanup and Conservation in Vieques Irus Braverman  Part IV Urbanization and New Forms of Spatiality 23. City-Regions and City-Regionalism Sami Moisio and Andrew E.G. Jonas  24. Cross-Border Regions Christophe Sohn  25. Comparing Regionalism at Supra-National Level from the Perspective of a Statehood Theory of Regions Luk van Langenhove  26. Regional Urbanization: Emerging Approaches and Debates J. Miguel Kanai and Seth Schindler  27. Extended Urbanization: Implications for Urban and Regional Theory Roberto Monte-Mór and Rodrigo Castriota  28. The Twenty-first Century Rediscovery of Regional Planning in the Global South Seth Schindler, J. Miguel Kanai and Deusdedit Rwehumbiza  29. African Urbanization: Will Compact Cities Deliver Shared and Sustainable Prosperity? Ivan Turok  Part V Regions and Regionalisms in Contexts 30. The ‘Europe of the Regions’ Julian Clark and Alun Jones  31. Mediterranean ‘Regionalism’ Michelle Pace  32. Sovereignty and Regionalism in Eurasia Dmitrii Kofanov, Anton Shirikov and Yoshiko M. Herrera  33. Chinese regionalism Michael Dunford and Weidong Liu  34. The Production of a Trans-Regional Scale: China’s ‘One Belt One Road’ Imaginary Ngai-Ling Sum  35. Australasian Regionalism Andrew Beer  36. African Regionalism Frank Mattheis  37. North American Regionalism Michael R. Glass  38. Region Building, Autonomy and Regionalism in South America Pia Riggirozzi and Melisa Deciancio  39. Arctic and Antarctic Regionalism Klaus Dodds and Alan D. Hemmings  40. Ocean Regions Kimberley Peters  Index","brand":"Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412199612759,"sku":"9781785365799","price":195.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/handbook-on-the-geographies-of-regions-and-territories-9781785365799","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}