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International handbook of urban policy : Volume 3: Issues in the developing world
Geyer, Hermanus S. (contributor) - 2011
This important Handbook reveals that most urban growth takes place in the less developed world and much of it … represents over-urbanization--that is, urbanization in which most migrants cannot effectively compete for employment, cannot find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851285
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International handbook of urban policy : Volume 2: Issues in the developed world
Geyer, Hermanus S. (contributor) - 2009
This Handbook brings together a range of viewpoints on a number of the burning issues affecting urban sustainability in North America and Europe at the beginning of the 21st century. H.S. Geyer and his contributors cover a wide spectrum of the urban policy issues that determine the growth and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851335
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International handbook of urban policy : Volume 1, Contentious global issues
Geyer, Hermanus S. (contributor) - 2007
This first Handbook in a series of three original reference works looks at globally contentious urban policy issues from a wide variety of different angles and perspectives. Matters related to urban densification, population mobility, urban inequality and sustainability are analysed in a manner...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850799
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Economic behavior and distributional choice : selected writings of Harold M. Hochman
Hochman, Harold M. - 2002
Economic Behavior and Distributional Choice brings together, for the first time, Harold M. Hochman's key papers on income redistribution and policy in one accessible volume. The introduction describes the genesis and development of a new direction in thinking, and the papers that follow cover...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473874
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Urban and regional prosperity in a globalised new economy
Meadows, G. Richard (contributor); Sugden, Roger (contributor) - Institute-Milwaukee Workshop on Urban and Regional … - 2003
There is currently a popular view that the world is undergoing profound changes in the fundamental relationships upon …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850624
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Handbook of creative cities
Mellander, Chorlotta (contributor);  … - 2011
With the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the "creative city" became the new hot topic among urban policymakers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851515
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The global urban competitiveness report-- 2010
Ni, Pengfei; Kresl, Peter Karl - 2010
world. This one-of-a-kind annual resource draws on a wealth of data sources, all of which are described and assessed. Using … rankings -- 5. Which cities are the most competitive in the world? -- 6. What are the characteristics of global urban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851105
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Towards a competitive, sustainable modern city
Kresl, Peter Karl (ed.) - 2020
sources of sustainable entrepreneurs and competitiveness / Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Arnaud Scaillerez -- 3 Urbanization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012416717
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Handbook of research on entrepreneurship and regional development : national and regional perspectives
Fritsch, Michael (ed.) - 2011
Recent research has found pronounced differences in the level of entrepreneurship and new business formation across various regions and nations. This timely Handbook reveals that the development of new ventures as well as their effects on overall economic growth are strongly shaped by their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850876
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International handbook of urban systems : studies of urbanization and migration in advanced and developing countries
Geyer, Hermanus S. (contributor) - 2002
This authoritative Handbook provides a comprehensive account of migration and economic development throughout the world …, in both developed and developing countries. Some of the world's most experienced researchers in this field look at how … all the major regions of the world over the past half century …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852112