364 Pages
by Routledge

364 Pages
by Routledge

364 Pages
by Routledge

At a time of extraordinary challenges confronting the world, this book analyses some of the profound changes occurring in the development of cities and regions. It discusses the uncertainties associated with the stalling of hyper-globalization and asks whether this creates opportunities for resurgent regional economies driven by local capabilities, resource efficiencies and domestic production.... Read more

Global reversal, regional revival? Ivan Turok, David Bailey, Jennifer Clark, Jun Du, Ugo Fratesi, Michael Fritsch, John Harrison, Tom Kemeny, Dieter Kogler, Arnoud Lagendijk, Tomasz Mickiewicz, Ernest Miguelez, Stefano Usai and Fiona Wishlade  Contesting European regions Michael Keating  Foregrounding the region Anssi Paasi and Jonathan Metzger  Towards a theory of regional diversification: combining insights from Evolutionary Economic Geography and Transition Studies Ron Boschma, Lars Coenen, Koen Frenken and Bernhard Truffer  Shifting horizons in local and regional development Andy Pike, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and John Tomaney  Transforming cities: does urbanization promote democratic change? Edward L. Glaeser and Bryce Millett Steinberg  Uneven and combined development Michael Dunford and Weidong Liu  The city as innovation machine Richard Florida, Patrick Adler and Charlotta Mellander  Global investments and regional development trajectories: the missing links Riccardo Crescenzi and Simona Iammarino  Geographical linkages in the financial services industry: a dialogue with organizational studies Eric Knight and Dariusz Wójcik  The interregional migration of human capital and its regional consequences: a review Alessandra Faggian, Isha Rajbhandari and Kathryn R. Dotzel  Can transport infrastructure change regions’ economic fortunes? Some evidence from Europe and China Chia-Lin Chen and Roger Vickerman  Future green economies and regional development: a research agenda David Gibbs and Kirstie O’Neill  Analysing the regional geography of poverty, austerity and inequality in Europe: a human cartographic perspective Dimitris Ballas, Danny Dorling and Benjamin Hennig

Biography

Ivan Turok is Executive Director, Economic Performance and Development Unit, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa; Honorary Professor, Universities of Cape Town and Glasgow



David Bailey is Professor of Industrial Strategy, Economics & Strategy Group, Aston University, UK



Jennifer Clark is Associate Professor of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA



Jun Du is Professor of Economics, Economics & Strategy Group, Aston Business School, Aston University, UK



Ugo Fratesi is Associate Professor of Regional Economics, Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy  



Michael Fritsch is Professor of Economics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany



John Harrison is Reader in Human Geography, Department of Geography, Loughborough University, UK



Tom Kemeny is Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Southampton, UK



Dieter Kogler is Lecturer in Economic Geography, University College Dublin, Ireland



Arnoud Lagendijk is Professor of Economic Geography, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands



Tomasz Mickiewicz is Professor of Economics, Aston University, Birmingham, UK



Ernest Miguelez is Junior Researcher, CNRS, GREThA-University of Bordeaux, France



Stefano Usai is Director, Centre for North South Economic Research (CRENoS), University of Cagliari, Italy



Fiona Wishlade is Director, European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, Scotland