Regional areas are key building blocks of society in many countries. This compilation uses Australian case study examples to demonstrate how regional areas are uniquely well-placed to contribute to national goals in innovation, infrastructure provision, water and food security, environmental...

Rethinking Regional Innovation and Change brings together papers from leading international scholars in the field of regional development and policy. The contributors examine the interactions between path-dependent developments, institutions, and governance structures that influence regional...

Theoretische Grundlagen -- Untersuchungsdesign und Methodik -- Gesamtwirtschaftliches Umfeld und Entwicklung des Wirtschaftsbereichs -- Standorte und Standortwahl -- Dynamische Entwicklung der rä urn lichen Cluster -- Räumliche Wirkung und Netzwerke bei ausgesuchten Standortfaktoren --...

The book offers practical and theoretical insights in regional externalities. Regional externalities are a specific subset of externalities that can be defined as externalities where space plays a dominant role. This class of externalities can be divided into three categories: (1) externalities...

The book spans a scientific research program elegantly developed by Roberto Camagni, an eminent regional scientist, who has offered ground-breaking ideas in regional and urban economics throughout his academic career. In addition to bringing together a selection of Professor Camagni’s most...

‘Jérôme gives us cues about what future research should address - first, why successful and wealthy clusters can also be places of poverty, social exclusion and rising inequality, and second, what policies are best to prevent this from happening.’ -Elisa Giuliani, University of Pisa, Italy...

Applying the principles of Optimal Control Theory to the problem of regional allocation of investment can be a useful tool for demonstrating how the trade-off between regional equity and overall efficiency can be overcome. This book poses the following questions: are spatial inequalities harmful...

Neben der demografischen Entwicklung in Deutschland führen auch allgemeine Tendenzen am Arbeitsmarkt dazu, dass sich vielerorts Regionen entvölkern. Die Auswirkungen regionaler Schrumpfungsprozesse betreffen nahezu alle Bereiche einer Region, wie beispielsweise Wirtschafts- und...

Einführung: Begriff und Bedeutungsgewinn der Regionalökonomik -- Standortanalyse in der Praxis -- Klassische regionale Entwicklungstheorien -- Agglomerationseffekte -- Clustertheorie -- Clusterkonzepte in der Praxis – eine Bestandsaufnahme -- Die Kreative Klasse -- Regionales Engagement von...

The book brings together contributions by scholars from several countries and different “sister” disciplines (Economic Geography, Urban and Regional Economics, Innovation Studies) with different approaches to the same crucial issue: how geography, culture and institutions influence regional...