Mit der New Economic Geography (NEG) kann die Verteilung von Unternehmen und Arbeitskräften auf Regionen modellhaft diskutiert werden. In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, welche räumlichen Verteilungen der mobilen Arbeitskräfte und Unternehmen in einem NEG-Modellansatz resultieren, wenn die...

This book derives from research and fieldwork in the rural and tribal hinterland of India, particularly in the mineral rich states. It looks at the nuances of land and resource politics and summarizes the long-standing land acquisition and mining debate. It discusses the relevant theoretical...

"This book analyses the political and economic causes, mechanisms and impacts of the industrial tree plantation boom in China. In the past two decades, the industrial tree plantation sector has been expanding rapidly in China, especially in Guangxi Province. Based on extensive primary data, this...

Since the global financial crisis, the world has seen a stark rise in financial investment in farming and agricultural production. Indeed, finance has been identified as one of the main causes of the so-called "global land rush". Agriculture and land represent safe investment opportunities and...

"This book derives from research and fieldwork in the rural and tribal hinterlands of India, particularly in the mineral-rich states. It looks at the nuances of land and resource politics and summarizes the long-standing land acquisition and mining debate. It discusses the relevant theoretical...

1 China’s Agriculture in the 1930s: An Overview -- 2 John Lossing Buck and Land Utilization in China -- 3 Calamities and Conflict Affecting Rural China 1929–1933 -- 4 The Discovery and Restoration of Buck’s Original Data -- 5 Reliability of John Lossing Buck’s Land Utilization Survey...