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The Asian Mediterranean : port cities and trading networks in China, Japan and South Asia, 13th-21st century
Gipouloux, François - 2011
pt. 1. Two models of expansion without borders : the European Mediterraneans -- pt. 2. Early outlines of an Asian Mediterranean : the predominance of tributary trade -- pt. 3. The overlapping of Western and Asian trading networks -- pt. 4. The arena of re-globalisation : the second birth of the...
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Urban poverty in China
Wu, Fulong (contributor) - 2010
generation and continuance of urban poverty in China. It is argued that the urban Chinese are not a homogenous social group, but …China's new urban poverty : an introduction -- Poverty incidence and determinants -- Poverty groups : livelihood and …
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Household finance
Haliassos, Michael - 2015
Since its emergence in the 1980s, the subject of Household Finance has rapidly grown into a critical area of economic focus. Research, policy and practitioner interest has increased as household portfolios have become more complicated in response to financial innovation and new challenges in...
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Feminist economics
Benería, Lourdes - 2011
System: Production, Reproduction, and Migrant Labor in South China', Feminist Economics, 13 (3/4), July/October, 239 …/2), January/April, 247-69 -- Fiona MacPhail and Xiao-yuan Dong (2007), 'Women's Market Work and Household Status in Rural China … Rural Reforms in China: A Case Study of Population Control and Land Rights Policies in Northern Liaoning', Feminist …
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Creative cities, cultural clusters and local economic development
Cooke, Philip N. (contributor);  … - 2008
This book analyses the economic development of cities from the 'cultural economy' and 'creative industry' perspectives, examining and differentiating them as two related but distinct segments of contemporary city economies. The authors argue that although they are normally conflated, the first...
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Incentives, regulations and plans : the role of states and nation-states in smart growth planning
Knaap, Gerrit-Jan (contributor) - 2007
This unique book allows readers to compare analyses of how North American states and European nation-states use incentives, regulations or plans to approach a core set of universal land use issues such as: containing sprawl, mixed use development, transit oriented development, affordable...
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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...
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Sustainable cities : diversity, economic growth and social cohesion
Janssens, Madeleine (contributor) - 2009
This book focuses on cities, their relationships with each other and the disparities between them. Analysing cities as the places where diversity is especially apparent, where cultural richness is experienced and where conflicts often erupt, it illustrates how cultures and cultural diversity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850845
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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...
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Clusters and globalisation : the development of urban and regional economies
Pitelis, Christos (contributor);  … - 2006
Clusters and Globalisation brings together scholars with different perspectives and theoretical groundings, and from different disciplines, to consider conceptual arguments and case study material. In doing so the volume identifies key characteristics and requirements of the forms of cluster...
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