Regional Development

This book is designed to broaden and deepen the understanding of the current and future structure and geography of the information technology industry in the Asia Pacific region...

The ideas contained in the smart specialisation agenda have until now been primarily conceptual in nature. The Empirical and Institutional Dimensions of Smart Specialisation draws together some of the leading regional economists and scientists in Europe to analyse how smart specialisation is working..

The issue of Polish-Ukrainian relations at the international and trans-border level gained particular importance at the moment of expansion of the European Union to the east, and announcement of the assumptions of the European Neighbourhood Policy in 2004. In this book the authors examine the issue ..

Originally published in French as Le territoire européen; des racines aux enjeux globaux, this book reflects the enormous changes that Europe has experienced in the past half century. In a period of immense upheaval, the continent has experienced increased integration, largely through the developmen..

First published in 1991 this text provides an incisive analysis of theories concerning the origins of economic inequality between nations. Central to the author’s investigation is the concept of underdevelopment, and a focus on successive Western ‘systems of conceptualisation’ of the relationship be..

Capital cities that are not the dominant economic centers of their nations – so-called ‘secondary capital cities’ (SCCs) – tend to be overlooked in the fields of economic geography and political science. This book aims to address this gap by presenting the dynamics that influence policy and economic..

How has the recession impacted on firms, people and places? How have local and regional authorities responded? This book aims to answer these questions by offering an overview of the impacts of the recession on people and places and how it has affected local authorities in the UK and other OECD coun..

How has the recession impacted on firms, people and places? How have local and regional authorities responded? This book aims to answer these questions by offering an overview of the impacts of the recession on people and places and how it has affected local authorities in the UK and other OECD coun..

This book explains the recurrence of regional planning and of initiatives in regional governance, in a wide range of advanced industrial countries...

A critical look at regional development and governance, examining the causes of the South-East domination and comparing each region in terms of its characteristics and its experience of devolution...

A critical look at regional development and governance, examining the causes of the South-East domination and comparing each region in terms of its characteristics and its experience of devolution...

This book looks at the economy of Scotland from every angle – from the oil and gas sector to the labour market and education; from the country’s financial sector to inequality and poverty, bringing together a team of experts in their fields to provide an assessment of the current state of the nation..