This paper analyses the different factors that explain the pattern of economic growth in Spain along the last two decades, where has stood out the rapid growth of per capita income, capital accumulation and creation of employment. However, the most important structural phenomenon of the strong...

We summarize a considerable body of recent literature on the role of amenities in regional growth and decline, finding amenities to be of increasing importance to the growth and decline of regions. It is likely that amenity forces become more important as the development process proceeds

Previous literature has suggested that the urban form (i.e., city size, density, and center distribution pattern) influences urban energy consumption. It has been argued that more dense development is likely to result in more energy-efficient and sustainable cities. However, very little is known...

Russian cities are traditionally characterized by high levels of public transport ridership, compared to the Western cities. Moreover, the cities were intensively developing during the Soviet era when the private transport was literally absent. Thus, it can be assumed that the spatial structure...

This paper looks at the optimal location of new forests in a suburban region under area constraints. The GIS-based methodology takes into account use benefits such as timber, hunting, carbon sequestration and recreation, non-use benefits (both bequest and existence values), opportunity costs of...

The geographical location of the Sud-Muntenia region and its relief ensure favorable natural conditions for vegetable crops, especially those in the cereals category, determining the predominantly agrarian character of the region, over 70% of the total area of the region is agricultural area....

Cereals are grown for grain and are used both to provide food and feed. In Romania, cereals occupy an important place in the structure of use of agricultural areas, observing a tendency to increase the areas where cereals are grown due to their importance, but also due to the fact that Romania...

Rational urban spatial development with durable structural capital entails discontinuous central densification. Such densification can be held back by interdependent redevelopment incentives among adjacent landowners—a market failure that distorts spatial development. We investigate such...

The year of 2015 was marked by a few troublesome trends in the crisis unfolding in Russia's regions. The overwhelming majority of Russia's territories ran a budget deficit while regional and municipal debts were piling up. A new trend towards drastic shrinking of consumption took hold....

Wir analysieren die räumliche Verteilung verschiedener Kategorien kreativer Personen in Deutschland. Allgemein ist der Anteil der Kreativen in den Städten höher als auf dem Land. Ein etwas abweichendes Standortverhalten zeigen die freiberuflichen Künstler, für die auch in einigen...