The Algarve faces unprecedented challenges resulting from increase of urban sprawl and population density along its coastal perimeters. A growing loss of ecosystems and natural landscapes have led to major asymmetries between the interior of the Algarve and the littoral areas. The depletion of...

The state-of-the-art and evolution of the epistemology and practice of regional science, regional policy and regional planning -- Advances in the theory of regional development processes -- Neo-modern perspectives on regional policy and policy evaluation -- Neo-modern regional planning practice:...

Chapter One Global Urban Competitiveness Ranking 2018-2019 -- Chapter Two The Planet of Cities toward Diverse Agglomeration, Global Connection and Extensive Sharing -- Chapter Three Global Industry and City Evolution Patterns -- Chapter Four Analysis on the Economic Competitiveness of Global...

Chapter 1: A.A. Batabyal (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA), Y. Higano (University of Tsukuba, Japan), and P. Nijkamp (JADS, The Netherlands) Introduction to “Rural-urban dichotomies and spatial development in Asia.” -- Chapter 2: Yana Rodgers, (Rutgers University, USA) Domestic...

Contents: Part I: Methodology and disaster impact analysis -- 1. Blessing in disguise - long-run benefits of urban disasters / Kamila Borsekova, Peter Nijkamp -- 2. Natural selection: Firm performance following a catastrophic earthquake / Richard Fabling, Arthur Grimes, Levente Timar -- 3. What...

1. Ranking of Urban Competitiveness 2019 -- 2. The world: 300 years of Urbanization Expansion -- 3. Experience & Methods of Global Municipal Finance -- 4. 2019 Global Urban Economic Competitiveness Performance -- 5. Explanatory indicators of Economic Competitiveness -- 6. 2019 Global Urban...

This paper introduces a new measure to approach the accessibility of places in the frame of the digital economy. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the Internet are not equally spread around places and this heterogeneity affects spatial configuration. Despite the wide societal...