Economic Geography Books

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41. Beyond Territory

    Dynamic Geographies of Knowledge Creation, Diffusion and Innovation

    Edited by Harald Bathelt, Maryann Feldman, Dieter F. Kogler

    Series: Regions and Cities

    The main purpose of the book is to discuss new trends in the dynamic geography of innovation and argue that in an era of increasing globalization, two trends seem quite dominant: rigid territorial models of innovation, and localized configurations of innovative activities. The book brings together...

    Published June 22nd 2011 by Routledge
42. Tourism and Tibetan Culture in Transition

    A Place called Shangrila

    By Ashild Kolas

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    This book explores the relationship between tourism, culture and ethnic identity in Tibet in , focusing in particular on Shangrila, a Tibetan region in Southwest China, to show how local ‘Tibetan culture’ is reconstructed as a marketable commodity for tourists. It analyses the socio-economic...

    Published June 12th 2011 by Routledge
43. Knowledge Economy and the City

    Spaces of knowledge

    By Ali Madanipour

    Series: Regions and Cities

    This book explores the relationship between space and economy, the spatial expressions of the knowledge economy. The capitalist industrial economy produced its own space, which differed radically from its predecessor agrarian and mercantile economies. If a new knowledge-based economy is emerging,...

    Published May 23rd 2011 by Routledge
44. The Caucasus - An Introduction

    By Frederik Coene

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

    The Caucasus is one of the most complicated regions in the world: with many different peoples and political units, differing religious allegiances, and frequent conflicts, and where historically major world powers have clashed with each other. Until now there has been no single book for those...

    Published March 22nd 2011 by Routledge
45. Crime and Terrorism Risk

    Studies in Criminology and Criminal Justice

    Edited by Leslie W. Kennedy, Edmund F. McGarrell

    Crime and Terrorism Risk is a collection of original essays and articles that presents a broad overview of the issues related to the assessment and management of risk in the new security age. These original articles show how researchers, experts and the public are beginning to think about...

    Published February 27th 2011 by Routledge
46. East Asian Transformation

    On the Political Economy of Dynamism, Governance and Crisis

    By Jeffrey Henderson

    From the re-emergence of Japan as an industrial power in the 1950s through to the contemporary rise of China as a potential economic and political behemoth, the story of East Asian development has been central to any serious analysis of the dynamics and trajectory of the global political economy....

    Published February 9th 2011 by Routledge
47. Environment and Economy

    By Molly Scott Cato

    Series: Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts

    As environmental issues move to the centre of the political debate, more attention is being focused on the role our economy has played in creating the ecological crisis, and what a sustainable economy might look like. In spite of the success of the environmental movement in drawing attention to the...

    Published January 26th 2011 by Routledge
48. Water in Central Asia

    Past, Present, Future

    By Victor A. Dukhovny, Joop de Schutter

    Central Asia is the cluster of countries located in the basin of the "Great Aral Sea". It originates from the ancient civilizations of the IV-III millennium B.C. known as “Ariana” and is an important geopolitical centre today, where the USA, Russia, China, EU, Iran and India participate in the...

    Published January 24th 2011 by CRC Press
49. Political Economy of Tourism

    A Critical Perspective

    Edited by Jan Mosedale

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    Political economy, in its various guises and transfigurations, is a research philosophy that presents both social commentary and theoretical progress and is concerned with a number of different topics: politics, regulation and governance, production systems, social relations, inequality and...

    Published December 16th 2010 by Routledge
50. Global Political Ecology

    Edited by Richard Peet, Paul Robbins, Michael Watts

    The world is caught in the mesh of a series of environmental crises. So far attempts at resolving the deep basis of these have been superficial and disorganized. Global Political Ecology links the political economy of global capitalism with the political ecology of a series of environmental...

    Published December 12th 2010 by Routledge