Economic Geography Books

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11. Universities, Innovation and the Economy

    By Helen Lawton-Smith

    Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks

    Universities are increasingly expected to be at the heart of networked structures contributing to society in meaningful and measurable ways through research, the teaching and development of experts, and knowledge innovation. While there is nothing new in universities’ links with industry, what is...

    Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
12. Complex Adaptive Innovation Systems

    Relatedness and Transversality in the Evolving Region

    By Philip Cooke

    Series: Regions and Cities

    Leading up to the financial crisis of 2008 and onwards, the shortcomings of traditional models of regional economic and environmental development had become increasingly evident. Rooted in the idea that ‘policy’ is an encumbrance to free markets, the stress on supply-side smoothing measures such as...

    Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge
13. The Advanced Econometrics of Tourism Demand

    By Haiyan Song, Stephen F. Witt, Gang Li

    Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism

    Tourism demand is the foundation on which all tourism-related business decisions ultimately rest. Governments and companies such as airlines, tour operators, hotels, cruise ship lines, and recreation facility providers are interested in the demand for their products by tourists. The success of many...

    Published March 15th 2012 by Routledge
14. Promoting Silicon Valleys in Latin America

    Lessons from Costa Rica

    By Luciano Ciravegna

    Series: Regions and Cities

    The spectacular economic performance of China, East Asia and India during the last ten years has ignited some profound changes in the world economy. The share of global demand, investments, trade and production of the traditional industrialized powers, the US, Europe and Japan, has gradually yet...

    Published March 12th 2012 by Routledge
15. Creating Knowledge Locations in Cities

    Innovation and Integration Challenges

    By Willem van Winden, Luis de Carvalho, Erwin van Tuijl, Jeroen van Haaren, Leo van den Berg

    Series: Regions and Cities

    Based on a clear and comprehensive literature review, this book contains an analysis of five knowledge locations in Europe and one in South Korea. The case studies in the book cover several European countries (Ireland, Finland, Germany, Spain, The Netherlands). The cases are well grounded in the...

    Published February 27th 2012 by Routledge
16. The International Migration of Health Workers

    Edited by John Connell

    Series: Routledge Research in Population and Migration

    This volume provides the first detailed overview of the growing phenomenon of the international migration of skilled health workers. The contributors focus on who migrates, why they migrate, what the outcomes are for them and their extended families, what their experiences in the workforce are, and...

    Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
17. Branding Cities

    Cosmopolitanism, Parochialism, and Social Change

    Edited by Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Eleonore Kofman, Catherine Kevin

    Series: Routledge Advances in Geography

    Fierce competitiveness between established and emerging major cities, such as Berlin, London, Shanghai and Sydney, has led to a pressure to excel as desirable locations for business, cultural activities, highly skilled migrants and tourists. At the same time, the transformation of settled and new...

    Published February 2nd 2012 by Routledge
18. Food Practices in Transition

    Changing Food Consumption, Retail and Production in the Age of Reflexive Modernity

    Edited by Gert Spaargaren, Peter Oosterveer, Anne Loeber

    Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainability Transitions

    This edited volume presents and reflects upon empirical evidence of ‘sustainability’-induced and -related transition in food practices. The material collected in the various chapters contributes to our understanding of the ways in which ideas and preferences, sociotechnological developments and...

    Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
19. Selling Ethnic Neighborhoods

    The Rise of Neighborhoods as Places of Leisure and Consumption

    Edited by Volkan Aytar, Jan Rath

    Series: Routledge Advances in Geography

    While ethnic neighborhoods are usually associated with poverty, crime and social problems, they have also emerged as places of leisure and consumption, providing opportunities for numerous entrepreneurs and employees. Local and national governments and other regulatory actors, as well as the media,...

    Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
20. Just Growth

    Inclusion and Prosperity in America's Metropolitan Regions

    By Chris Benner, Manuel Pastor

    Series: Regions and Cities

    Breaking new ground in its innovative blend of quantitative and qualitative methods, the book essentially argues that another sort of growth is indeed possible. While offering specific insights for regional leaders and analysts of metropolitan areas, the authors also draw a broader – and quite...

    Published December 18th 2011 by Routledge