Regional Development Books

New and Published Books

1. The University and the City

   By John Goddard, Paul Vallance

   Series: Regions and Cities

   Universities are being seen as key urban institutions by researchers and policy makers around the world. They are global players with significant local direct and indirect impacts – on employment, the built environment, business innovation and the wider society. The University and the City explores...

   Published January 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Urban and Regional Development Trajectories in Contemporary Capitalism

   By Flavia Martinelli, Frank Moulaert, Andreas Novy

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

   This book re-evaluates a rich scientific heritage of space- and history-sensitive development theories and produces an integrated methodology for the comparative analysis of urban and regional trajectories within a globalized world. The main argument put forward is that current mainstream analyses...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
3. Spatial-Economic Metamorphosis of a Nebula City

   Schiphol and the Schiphol Region During the 20th Century

   By Abderrahman El Makhloufi

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography

   This book analyses the long term spatial-economic metamorphosis of Schiphol and the Schiphol region as archetypal for a wider international phenomenon of urban development of metropolises across the world. It study the origins and course of urban development process by identifying and explaining...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
4. Social Development and Social Work

   Learning from Africa

   Edited by Alice Butterfield, Tasse Abye

   Africa has a long experience with reducing poverty and vulnerability. In the contemporary period, social development and social work are at the forefront of dealing with abject poverty and some of the world’s most difficult problems. This book brings research in Africa to the forefront so that...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Bioregional Economy

   Land, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

   By Molly Scott Cato

   In a world of climate change and declining oil supplies, what is the plan for the provisioning of resources? Green economists suggest a need to replace the globalised economy, and its extended supply chains, with a more ‘local’ economy. But what does this mean in more concrete terms? How large is a...

   Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge
6. A Tale of Two Crises

   A Mutidisciplinary Analysis

   Edited by Seetharam Kallidaikurichi

   Some analysts looked at the 1997/98 East Asian crisis not as one crisis but as a combination of crises, beginning with a crisis of confidence and evolving into a currency crisis, a financial crisis, an economic crisis, a social crisis and a political crisis. This book is a ...

   Published November 7th 2012 by Routledge
7. Universities, Cities and Regions

   Loci for Knowledge and Innovation Creation

   Edited by Roberta Capello, Agnieszka Olechnicka, Grzegorz Gorzelak

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   Regions and cities are the natural loci where knowledge is created, and where it can be easily turned into a commercial product. Regions are territories where, under certain socio-economic conditions, a strong sense of belonging and mutual trust develops the ability to transform information and...

   Published November 5th 2012 by Routledge
8. Globalizing Regional Development in East Asia

   Production Networks, Clusters, and Entrepreneurship

   Edited by Henry Wai-chung Yeung

   Series: Regions and Cities

   Significant historical and geographical differences account for the many processes and trajectories of regional development in East Asia. These historical and geographical specificities in East Asia have prompted serious re-examination of existing theories in regional development, and in particular...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge
9. The Chinese City

   By Weiping Wu, Piper Gaubatz

   China’s cities are home to 10 percent of the world’s population today. They display unprecedented dynamism under the country’s surging economic power. Their remarkable transformation builds on immense traditions, having lived through feudal dynasties, semicolonialism, and socialist commands....

   Published October 11th 2012 by Routledge
10. Re-framing Regional Development

    Evolution, Innovation and Transition

    Edited by Philip Cooke

    Series: Regions and Cities

    Turbulence characterises the current global scene. This book uses complementary theoretical approaches to understand and help prescribe policies to ‘re-frame’ the regional development problem in turbulent times. These approaches are: evolutionary complexity; evolutionary economic geography;...

    Published October 4th 2012 by Routledge