This is the first book to fully introduce a newly developed distance friction minimization (DFM) model, which is one of the new efficiency improvement projection approaches in data envelopment analysis (DEA). The DFM model can produce a most effective solution in efficiency improvement...

Foreword -- Preface -- Part Ⅰ: New perspectives, modelling and methodology in Regional Science -- Chapter 1: The cost of missed EU integration -- Chapter 2: On the Existence of an Equilibrium in Models of Local Public Good Use by Cities to Attract the Creative Class -- Chapter 3: Canadian...

Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1 Leisure, Tourism and Space; An Introduction -- Part II: Tourism, Specialisation and Competition -- Chapter 2 Ranking World Tourism Competitiveness. A Comparison of Two Composite Indicators -- Chapter 3 Smart Tourism Specialization to Outfox the Competition: An...