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  • Globalization and Regional Growth in Europe

    Past Trends and Future Scenarios

    by Roberta Capello, Ugo Fratesi, Laura Resmini ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    After a description of the new forms of globalization currently shaping our world, and of their possible spatial effects, the book highlights which European regions have in the past succeeded in taking advantage of globalization trends and identifies the major reasons for their success. The book also offers a prospective analysis utilizing scenarios based on different assumptions of how ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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  • Gateshead Through Time

    by Nick Neave ...
    Series series Through Time
    Gateshead was once described as the dirty lane leading to NewcastleA", and over the years it has often been portrayed as the 'poor relative' in comparison to its larger and more glamorous neighbor Newcastle, across the river Tyne. In fact Gateshead has a long and proud industrial and social history, much of which has sadly gone, but in recent years there has been a revival in Gateshead's social ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Women and the Informal Economy in Urban Africa

    From the Margins to the Centre

    by Mary Njeri Kinyanjui ...
    Series series Africa Now
    In this highly original work, Mary Njeri Kinyanjui explores the trajectory of women's movement from the margins of urbanization into the centres of business activities in Nairobi and its accompanying implications for urban planning.While women in much of Africa have struggled to gain urban citizenship and continue to be weighed down by poor education, low income and confinement to domestic ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Transforming Cities with Transit

    Transit and Land-Use Integration for Sustainable Urban Development

    by Hiroaki Suzuki, Robert Cervero, Kanako Iuchi ...
    Series series Urban Development
    'Transforming Cities with Transit' explores the complex process of transit and land-use integration in rapidly growing cities in developing countries. As one of the most promising strategies for advancing environmental sustainability, economic competitiveness, and socially inclusive development in fast-growing cities, transit and land-use integration is increasingly being embraced by policy-makers ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Reengineering the University

    How to Be Mission Centered, Market Smart, and Margin Conscious

    by William F. Massy ...
    How can colleges and universities improve efficiency while preserving academic values?Winner of the Typographic Jacket of the Washington PublishersHigher education expert William F. Massy’s decades as a professor, senior university officer, and consultant have left him with a passionate belief in the need for reform in America’s traditional universities. In Reengineering the University, he ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Arsenic Mitigation in Rural Bangladesh

    A Policy-Mix for Supplying Safe Water in Badly Affected Areas of Meherpur District

    by Wardatul Akmam ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Based on micro-level empirical research, this book uniquely addresses the problem of arsenic contamination in ground water in Bangladesh in a comprehensive way. At the outset, the book puts forward the opinions of experts regarding the cause of arsenic contamination in ground water in Bangladesh, followed by sample surveys depicting socioeconomic and arsenic-related situations in three arsenic ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • China's Emerging Cities

    The Making of New Urbanism

    Edited by Fulong Wu ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary China Series
    With urbanism becoming the key driver of socio-economic change in China, this book provides much needed up-to-date material on Chinese urban development.Demonstrating how it transcends the centrally-planned model of economic growth, and assessing the extent to which it has gone beyond the common wisdom of Chinese ‘gradualism’, the book covers a wide range of important topics, including:local land ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Spatial Economic Modelling of Megathrust Earthquake in Japan

    Impacts, Reconstruction, and Regional Revitalization

    Edited by Suminori Tokunaga, Budy P. Resosudarmo ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book presents an evaluation of the impacts of megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis on regional economies and subsequent reconstruction, as well as regional revitalization by the spatial economic model and dynamic macro and regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. The cases examined are the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Indian Ocean Tsunami. The study constructs three models ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Changing Space Economy of City-Regions

    The Gauteng City-Region, South Africa

    Edited by Koech Cheruiyot ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book addresses the South African Space Economy and its stark disparities and dualisms through an assessment of the Gauteng City-Region – the largest economic agglomeration in the country and on a continent bedevilled by a myriad of development challenges. The book’s focus on understanding the overall character of Gauteng City-Region’s Space Economy – through data mining/analysis and mapping – ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Investing in China through Free Trade Zones

    by Lorenzo Riccardi ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book introduces the new China (Shanghai) Free-Trade Zone one year after its launch. It examines in depth the economic, strategic and political effects of Chinese economic and financial reform. The results of the analysis are further clarified by comparing Shanghai with analogous counterparts in Singapore and Hong Kong. China has developed a number of special and free-trade zones but the new ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Reforming Pensions in Developing and Transition Countries

    Edited by K. Hujo ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book moves beyond technical studies of pension systems by addressing the political economy of pension reform in different contexts. It provides insights into key issues related to pension policy and its developmental implications, drawing on selected country studies in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Little Data Book on Gender in Africa 2012/2013

    by World Bank ...
    Series series Africa Development Indicators
    The Little Data Book on Gender in Africa 2012/13 provides a summary collection of gender statistics on Africa available in one volume. It contains 60 indicators, covering 53 African countries. Additional data may be found on the companion CD-ROM or online, covering about 1,700 indicators from 1961 to 2011. Key themes are : • Basic demographic indicators • Education • Health • Labor force ... Read more

    $8.69 USD