This volume embodies a problem-driven and theoretically informed approach to bridging frontier research in urban economics and urban/regional planning. The authors focus on the interface between these two sub-disciplines that have historically had an uneasy relationship.

chapter Introduction -- part Part I An Examination of Existing Theories of Community Economic Growth and Decline -- chapter 1 Competing Theories of Community Economic Growth and Decline -- chapter 2 A Brief History of Economic Growth and Decline -- chapter 3 Growth versus Development -- chapter...

Der Wandel deutscher (Groß-)Städte vollzieht sich rasant und wirkt tiefgreifend (Globalisierungsprozesse, Veränderungen der Bevölkerungs- und Produktionsstruktur, des Arbeitsmarktes und des Sozialstaates). Weitere Themen dieses sehr lesbaren Sammelbandes (Autoren zumeist Soziologen) sind...

The Shrinking City -- The Geography of Shrinkage and Slow Growth -- Industry Shapes a Nation -- Canada’s Most Persistent Shrinking City -- Temporary Decline or a New Era -- Rightsizing and Smart Decline -- Local Perceptions of Urban Shrinkage.

Contents: Introduction -- PART I THE SUSTAINABLE CITY -- 1 Towards sustainable urban competitiveness? The role of organizing capacity and distributed leadership / Leo van den Berg and Luis Carvalho -- 2 The modern city and third places: new sources of sustainable entrepreneurs and...

This book enlightens the concepts and challenges of knowledge management for both urban environments and entire regions, enhancing the expertise and knowledge of scholars, researchers, practitioners, managers and urban developers in the development of successful knowledge-based development...