By connecting the two evolving discourses on family firms in spatial contexts and corporate spatial responsibilities, this chapter introduces a unique perspective on family firm-driven urban and regional engagement. This chapter summarizes selected existing case studies of family firm-driven...

In the context of central place theory, this study develops a hierarchical city-size distribution model and clarifies underlying mechanisms whereby two systematic forces of economic maturity and the population multiplier factor lead to different types of city-size distributions.

This thesis takes a theoretical and analytical look at the implicit prices of housing characteristics in a South Florida submarket. Chapter II analyzes some of the vast body of previous studies that employ Econometric Techniques. Chapter III presents the information revealed by an examination of...

Countless studies have been conducted to determine how the real estate market reacts to the economy. The most accurate studies contemplate both macroeconomic and microeconomic variables simultaneously. In analyzing real estate markets, both monetary policy and regional factors must be examined...

Views on general urban, commercial, and light industrial growth are analyzed to determine the effect of substantive differences. While consistency across issues is often assumed, public opinion theory and recent findings on environmental concern suggest otherwise. Also, "utility-maximizing"...

The first part of this dissertation focuses on the question of how does a region that lacks an entrepreneurial tradition change and become an entrepreneurial center. The demand side perspective---which suggests that regional entrepreneurial outcomes are driven by region specific contextual...

American metropolitan areas have rediscovered regionalism. Regionalism is now being explored by a wide variety of community interests from all three sectors (Dodge 1996, 1). Yet despite the faith in the power of regionalism, the beneficial economic effects of most regional planning remain...

This article presents a theoretical approach towards the relation between transportation and urban form, explaining the main principles used in the regional planning during the first half of XX century, that influenced several metropolitan areas. Taking the case of Brasilia, it is exemplified...

Neuartige Sanitärsysteme zielen auf eine ressourcenorientierte Verwertung von Abwasser ab. Erreicht werden soll dies durch die separate Erfassung von Abwasserteilströmen. In den Fachöffentlichkeiten der Wasserwirtschaft und Raumplanung werden neuartige Sanitärsysteme als ein geeigneter...

Es gibt keinen generellen Trend, aber die Menschen zieht es (wieder) in die Städte. Vor allem große und attraktive Städte profitieren von Zuwanderung und wachsen, oft verbunden mit konfliktreichen ökologischen, ökonomischen und sozialräumlichen Prozessen. Bei großen Städten, in denen...