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Integrated Spatial and Transport Infrastructure Development
The challenge of growth in transport, especially in freight transport, and scarce resources in money, landscape and local opposition against new infrastructure investment require new solutions from transport policy. This book deals with these issues taking as an example the transport corridor Rotterdam-Genoa, one of the most heavily used in Europe. In 2010 the INTERREG project Code24 with partn…
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- 978-3-319-15707-8
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- XIII, 330
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- 330 INT
Sustainable Growth and Development in a Regional Economy
This is the first book to provide readers with a theoretical and empirical analysis of sustainable economic growth in Asian countries. Recently, most Asian countries have achieved rapid economic growth and their existence cannot be ignored in the world economy. However, these countries now face the serious problems that have confronted more developed countries such as environmental problems, so…
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- 978-4-431-55294-9
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- XIII, 275
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- New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives
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Towards a Dynamic Regional Innovation System
Embedding the theoretical discussion on the framework of evolutionary regional innovation systems (RIS), this book reveals the informal nature of the emerging RIS in China, within which interactive learning is organized on the basis of social networks. Furthermore, in a comparative study in the Pearl River Delta, China demonstrates that dirigiste governance in the initial industrialization phas…
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- 978-3-662-45415-2
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- XI, 189
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Investing in China through Free Trade Zones
This book introduces the new China (Shanghai) Free-Trade Zone one year after its launch. It examines in depth the economic, strategic and political effects of Chinese economic and financial reform. The results of the analysis are further clarified by comparing Shanghai with analogous counterparts in Singapore and Hong Kong. China has developed a number of special and free-trade zones but the ne…
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- 978-3-662-47354-2
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Essays in Economic Dynamics Theory, Simulation Analysis, and Methodological …
This book reflects the state of the art in nonlinear economic dynamics, providing a broad overview of dynamic economic models at different levels. The wide variety of approaches ranges from theoretical and simulation analysis to methodological study. In particular, it examines the local and global asymptotical behavior of both macro- and micro- level mathematical models, theoretically as well a…
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- 978-981-10-1521-2
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- 79 b/w illustrations
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Tourism in Latin America
This book presents eleven case studies of success about Latin America tourism. The cases are embedded in a framework describing the economic and cultural foundations of tourism development in the continent. Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Costa Rica are some of the Latin countries which have become examples and models for touristic development, respect for the environment and social inclusion. The bo…
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- 978-3-319-05734-7
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- XII, 246
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Entrepreneurship, Human Capital, and Regional Development Labor Networks, Kn…
This book makes original contributions to the literature on clusters, human capital, and regional development by focusing on the link between entrepreneurship and economic growth, aiming for a better understanding of the dynamics of growth determined by the entrepreneur’s action in the regional space. The focus is therefore on critical reflection and rethinking the articulation between three …
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- 978-3-319-12871-9
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- 18 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
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A Century of Monetary Policy at the Fed: Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen, and the …
In this narrative history, David E. Lindsey gives the reader a ringside seat to a century of policies at the US Federal Reserve. Alternating between broad historical strokes and deep dives into the significance of monetary issues and developments, Lindsey offers a fascinating look into monetary policymaking from the Fed's inception in 1913 to today. Lindsey's three decades of service on the …
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- 978-1-137-57859-4
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- 339 LIN c
Three Domain Modelling and Uncertainty Analysis
This book examines in detail the planning and modelling of local infrastructure like energy systems, including the complexities resulting from various uncertainties. Readers will discover the individual steps involved in infrastructure planning in cities and territories, as well as the primary requirements and supporting quality factors. Further topics covered concern the field of uncertainty a…
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- 978-3-319-19572-8
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- 49 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
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National Innovation Efficiency During the Global Crisis
What effect did the Great Recession have on innovation efficiency and the effectiveness of scarce resource management? Did countries with high GDPs and GDPs per capita sustain efficient innovation? How did the recession affect the time lag between innovation development and implementation? This book presents the most comprehensive data set in current economic literature to measure and compare t…
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- 978-1-137-58254-6
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- XVII, 184
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