Thisbookisbasedonpaperspresentedataninternationalworkshoporganisedin Jo]nko]ping, Sweden, inJune2005tocelebratethe60thbirthdayofProfessorBorje ] Johansson adearfriendandadmiredcolleagueofours. Thebookprovidesa limited sample of Bo]rje Johansson s broad ranging research interests. In this volume, some of his friends and colleagues have contributed chapters on the themeof Innovation, DynamicRegions, andRegionalDynamics . Thisisa?eld ofresearchinwhichBo]rjeJohanssonhasbeenagreatinspirationtousall, andto whichhehim-selfhascontributedwithcharacteristicenthusiasmandinsightaspart...

Thisbookisbasedonpaperspresentedataninternationalworkshoporganisedin Jo]nko]ping, Sweden, inJune2005tocelebratethe60thbirthdayofProfessorBorje ] Johansson adearfriendandadmiredcolleagueofours. Thebookprovidesa limited sample of Bo]rje Johansson s broad ranging research interests. In this volume, some of his friends and colleagues have contributed chapters on the themeof Innovation, DynamicRegions, andRegionalDynamics . Thisisa?eld ofresearchinwhichBo]rjeJohanssonhasbeenagreatinspirationtousall, andto whichhehim-selfhascontributedwithcharacteristicenthusiasmandinsightaspart...

In this bold, exciting and readable volume, Paul Cheshire, Max Nathan and Henry Overman illustrate the insights that recent economic research brings to our understanding of cities, and the lessons for urban policy-making. The authors present new evidence on the fundamental importance of cities to economic wellbeing and to the enrichment of our lives. They also argue that many policies have been trying to push water uphill and have done little to achieve their stated aims; or, worse, have had unintended and counterproductive consequences.

In this bold, exciting and readable volume, Paul Cheshire, Max Nathan and Henry Overman illustrate the insights that recent economic research brings to our understanding of cities, and the lessons for urban policy-making. The authors present new evidence on the fundamental importance of cities to economic wellbeing and to the enrichment of our lives. They also argue that many policies have been trying to push water uphill and have done little to achieve their stated aims; or, worse, have had unintended and counterproductive consequences.

This important volume brings together seminal papers investigating the framework upon which the economic analysis of land markets is based, stretching from the earliest insights of the founding fathers to current debates and research. Recent work on the process and implications of 'land value capitalisation' and land use regulation is well represented, for due to capitalisation, land is responsible for far more of the distribution of real incomes than is widely recognised. This collection settles this, restoring the study of land markets to its rightful place - central to economic...

This major study, first published in 1989, examines Western Europe's urban problems in unprecedented breadth and depth. It is a synthesis of research which had three main aims: to establish an informed view of the state of urban Europe in the most systematic and consistent way possible; to investigate document and analyse the various causes of urban problems; and to analyse general trends and similarities, as well as discovering what was local and particular. This book should prove invaluable to students, researchers and professionals concerned with urban affairs, whether they be geographers,...