"This book covers a multitude of newly developed hardware and software technology advancements in urban and spatial planning and architecture, drawing on the most current research and studies of field practitioners who offer solutions and recommendations for further growth, specifically in urban...

Long seen as artificial barriers inherited from decolonisation, West African borders now lie at the heart of policies designed to encourage regional trade and combat political instability. This rediscovery of the peripheries of the nation state has fostered a proliferation of institutional...

This compact and authoritative book brings together the topical themes of networks and governance to advance understanding of the determinants of local economic development in the context of increasingly global relationships

1. Introduction -- 2. Exploring the reasons behind the adoption of international norms -- 3. Closing the implementation gap with Transnational Experience and Expertise Networks -- 4. Local Content policies: aiding or harming internationalization? -- 5. The international norm on world-class...

Ein Blick auf die Welt -- Konfrontation statt Kooperation in der Welt vor Covid-19: Vom Systemwettbewerb zum Systemkonflikt -- Ökonomische Einordnungen zu Covid-19: Globalisierung im Lockdown -- Transformation im Systemkonflikt: Die Stunde der Hierarchien -- Perspektiven der Globalisierung:...