the world, Tsukuba Science City in Japan. Lastly, the future of science cities will be discussed in the light of recent … parts of the world is given. A more detailed case description is presented on the most significant science city project in …

Crossing national borders adds significantly to price dispersion. This study of prices in Japan and the United States … quarters, across 96 cities in Japan and the United States, to answer several questions: - Does the average exchange rate … dynamics of the border effect. Focusing on the dispersion of prices between city pairs, they confirm previous findings that …

, Italy, Japan, and the United States. In all six countries we find a strong negative relationship between a city's share of …

This study is an attempt to develop an internationally applicable compact city index that measures the performance of … physical urban forms with regard to compact city policies. Based on key characteristics of the compact city that are high … density, mixed land-use, and public transport systems, we formulate a new index called ‘compact city index’ (CCI) to …