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Development and Planning Economyby P.A. Stone
Spon Press 1988; US$ 100.00This book describes in detail how the property market operates, giving a clear picture of the economics of development and the way which development issues are defined by (and in their turn have an effect on) community and individual needs. By describing how the market works and explaining the factors which need to be analysed, the author aims to improve decision-making techniques and machinery. more...
Competitive Citiesby Hazel Duffy
Spon Press 1995; US$ 115.00Competitive Citites is an assessment of the way in which `partnership', a word much used by politicians, has helped to shape the economic futures of four cities on both sides of the Atlantic - Atlanta, Toronto, Birmingham and Rotterdam. more...
The Urban Response to Internationalization by P.K. Kresl; E. H. Fry
Edward Elgar Publishing 2005; US$ 40.00Three decades of accelerated trade and financial market liberalization have had significant and lasting impacts on the global economy and its component entities. In this volume, Peter Karl Kresl and Earl Fry examine the impacts of these profound changes on the economies of urban areas, and the responses to them. more...
Cities And Structural Adjustmentby Nigel Harris
Routledge 1996; US$ 62.95This work addresses the challenge faced in the management of major cities throughout the world as they adjust to economic reform and, in particular, to becoming more open to the processes operating in worldwide markets. more...
Selling Placesby Stephen Ward
Taylor & Francis 1998; US$ 71.95This highly illustrated book descibes how places have been `sold' or promoted to make themselves attractive locations as holiday resorts, business centres or residential areas. Explains the history of current practice, using world-wide examples. more...
Urban Dynamics and Growthby R. Capello; P. Nijkamp
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005; US$ 115.00Aiming to produce a collection of advanced theories and methods in the field of urban policies, this book highlights modern urban policies that stem from them. The contributions emphasize on the new directions that are developed in the field, and barriers that are overcome. more...
Tourism Marketing for Cities and Townsby Bonita Kolb
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 51.95Tourism Marketing for Cities and Towns provides thorough and succinct coverage of marketing theory specific to the tourism industry. It focuses on developing the branded destination with special emphasis on promotional planning. In addition, it contains numerous international examples, discussion questions, and strategic planning worksheets. * Thorough treatment and succinct coverage of marketing theory specific to the tourism industry * Focuses on developing the branded destination with special emphasis on promotional planning * Contains practical international examples, discussion questions, and strategic planning worksheets more...
A Companion to Urban Economicsby Daniel P. McMillen; Richard J. Arnott
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 208.95A Companion to Urban Economics provides a state-of-the-art overview of this field, communicating its intellectual richness through a diverse portfolio of authors and topics. Unique in both its rigor and international treatment An ideal supplementary textbook in upper-level undergraduate urban economics courses, or in master's level and professional courses, providing students with the necessary foundation to tackle more advanced topics in urban economics Contains contributions from the world’s leading urban economists more...
Globalization and Urban Developmentby Harry W. Richardson; Chang-Hee C. Bae
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2005; US$ 149.00Most research on globalization has focused on macroeconomic and economy-wide consequences. This book explores an under-researched area, the impacts of globalization on cities and national urban hierarchies, especially but not solely in developing countries. Most of the globalization-urban research has concentrated on the "global cities" (e.g. New York, London, Paris, Tokyo) that influence what happens in the rest of the world. In contrast, this research looks at the cities at the receiving end of the forces of globalization. The general finding is that large cities, on balance, benefit from globalization, although in some cases at the expense of widening spatial inequities. more...
Competitive Cities in the Global Economyby OECD Publishing
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 51.00Urban areas are now home to more than half the population of OECD countries. Megacities like Tokyo with more than 35 million people and Mexico with about 18.5 million, and large agglomerations such as Montreal, Helsinki, Madrid and Stockholm are often called ?engines of national growth?. They represent an important part of the national economy (up to 50% for Budapest, Seoul and Helsinki) and feature higher GDP per capita and productivity levels than their country?s average. But there is also an urban paradox as cities also harbour large pockets of unemployment and poverty and suffer from problems such as congestion, pollution and crime. So are urban regions sustainable in the long term? Balancing the economic advantages of cities with... more...









