There is a large body of knowledge about the regional economic growth process that some would argue contributes little to the analysis of such growth in today's "new" economy. This argument is examined in some detail and shown to exaggerate the shortcomings of what might now be considered the...

Many businesses are attracted by the idea of relocating where the air is clean, housing cheap and labour plentiful. And the information and communications experts are telling them it is possible, thanks to the burgeoning power of the internet and the advent of broadband. So why do those same...

Our rapidly changing digital/information technologies are reckoned by some to be a force that will radically change settlement patterns. One scenario put forth is that of an era in which people work wherever they choose but live in small neighbourly and well‐thought‐out communities – urban...