Urban and Regional Studies
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The Globalization of Regional Clusters
Edited by Dirk Fornahl, Nils Grashof
Addressing the role of regional clusters in the context of ongoing globalization, this timely book investigates the two seemingly competing trends of globalization and localization from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. Int...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The City and Quality of Life
Peter K. Kresl
This unique and insightful work examines the importance of ‘quality of life’ for the city which has become a key component of urban competitiveness over the past 30 years. It argues that having a high or low ‘quality of life’ will have i...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Handbook of Research on Business and Technology Incubation and Acceleration]()
Handbook of Research on Business and Technology Incubation and Acceleration
Edited by Sarfraz A. Mian, Magnus Klofsten, Wadid Lamine
This pioneering work explores both the theory and practice of business and technology incubation over the past six decades as an approach to new venture creation and development. With a global scope, the Handbook examines key concepts, m...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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![The Global Rise of the Modern Plug-In Electric Vehicle]()
The Global Rise of the Modern Plug-In Electric Vehicle
John D. Graham
We may be standing on the precipice of a revolution in propulsion not seen since the internal combustion engine replaced the horse and buggy. The anticipated proliferation of electric cars will influence the daily lives of motorists, the...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![再保险search Handbook on International Refugee Law]()
再保险search Handbook on International Refugee Law
Edited by Satvinder Singh Juss
In an age of ethnic nationalism and anti-immigrant rhetoric, the study of refugees can help develop a new outlook on social justice, just as the post-war international order ends. The global financial crisis, the rise of populist leaders...eBook:Find out more$59.16
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![Handbook on Human Security, Borders and Migration]()
Handbook on Human Security, Borders and Migration
Edited by Natalia Ribas-Mateos, Timothy J. Dunn
Drawing on the concept of the ‘politics of compassion’, this Handbook interrogates the political, geopolitical, social and anthropological processes which produce and govern borders and give rise to contemporary border violence.eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Advanced Introduction to Cities
Peter J. Taylor
This insightful Advanced Introduction explores the key attributes of cities, identifying their five basic characteristics; innate complexity, the agglomeration of activities, inter-city connectivities, the projection of power, and relati...eBook:Find out more$22.36
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Advanced Introduction to Housing Studies
William A.V. Clark
This timely Advanced Introduction explores the links between housing and households, including the complex process of how people sort themselves into houses and neighborhoods. It covers the choices that households make, why these choices...eBook:Find out more$26.36
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Social Innovation as Political Transformation
Edited by Pieter Van den Broeck, Abid Mehmood, Angeliki Paidakaki, Constanza Parra
This book is an introduction to the works of a collective of academics on social innovation and socio-political transformation. It offers a critique of the dominance of market-based logics and extractivism in the age of neoliberalism. Ca...eBook:Find out more$35.96
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Networks, SMEs, and the University
Andrew Johnston, Robert Huggins
Exploring the process of university collaboration from the perspective of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), this book offers an in-depth examination of the collaboration process, dispelling the myth of the disengagement of thes...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Cities and Regions in Crisis
Martin Jones
Offering a geographical political economy analysis, this book explores the mechanisms, institutions, and spaces of subnational economic development. Martin Jones innovatively examines how policy-makers frame problems and offer interventi...eBook:Find out more$38.36
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Handbook of Culture and Migration
Edited by Jeffrey H. Cohen, Ibrahim Sirkeci
Capturing the important place and power role that culture plays in the decision-making process of migration, this Handbook looks at human movement outside of a vacuum; taking into account the impact of family relationships, access to res...eBook:Find out more$65.00
