This paper investigates the process of developing and implementing special economic zones (SEZs) and industrial parks in Russia. Governments commonly use SEZ policies to develop and diversify exports, create jobs and launch technology/knowledge sharing. The industrial cluster concept is based on...

Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: What Is a Parking Space Worth? -- Parking as a Contested Space -- Problems of Unmanaged Parking -- Understanding Parking Behavior -- Strategic Parking...

From the economic literature on the relationship between economic growth and environment pioneered by Grossman and Krueger (1991) and Shafik and Bandyopadhyay (1992) we first conduct a theoretical and critical reflection on the existence of a Kuznets curve for biodiversity. It appears that...