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The primary aim of meta‐analysis is to carry out a synthesis of results obtained by different single studies on common problems. It is, therefore, characterized by a high level of transversality, both horizontally (identification, selection and analysis of the case studies under consideration)...

Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- Introduction to Regional Growth and Sustainable Development in Asia -- 1 Preliminaries -- 2 Poverty -- 2.1 Regional Disparities and Poverty in the Philippines -- 2.2 Decomposition of Poverty in India -- 2.3 Rural Poverty and...

Tourism economics is partly based on established principles from the economics discipline, but it also incorporates elements from sociology, psychology, organization theory and ecology. It has over the years turned into an appealing multi-disciplinary oriented approach to the understanding of...

Key Features:First book of its kind in the fieldExamines and analyzes how key tools are used to conduct theoretical and empirical research in natural resource and environmental economics in contemporary timesCompiles various articles and accounts concerned with the relevant pedagogical...

The state-of-the-art and evolution of the epistemology and practice of regional science, regional policy and regional planning -- Advances in the theory of regional development processes -- Neo-modern perspectives on regional policy and policy evaluation -- Neo-modern regional planning practice:...

This first volume of the Handbook serves as a definitive reference source and teaching supplement for the field of regional economics, and for related fields such as geography, transportation economics, regional science and physical planning. It provides an advanced state-of-the-art survey for...