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Bangkok : Place, Practice and Representation
ISBN: 9780415188548 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bangkok is one of Asia's most interesting, varied, controversial and challenging cities. It is a city of contradictions, both in its present and its past. This volume examines the development of the city from its earliest days as the seat of the Thai monarchy to its current position as an infamous contemporary metropolis. This in-depth study of each of the city's many facets adopts insights from the cultural history, urban studies and human geography. Marc Askew examines the city's variety, from inner-city slums to be rural-urban fringe and gives us a keen insight into the daily life if the...
Bangkok is one of Asia's most interesting, varied, controversial and challenging cities. It is a city of contradictions, both in its present and its p...
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237,14 zł |
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Strategic Planning for Regional Development in the UK
ISBN: 9780415349383 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book brings together, in a single source, a coherent set of quality writings in the field of strategic regional planning. It aims to fulfill a need generated by a renewed emphasis in the UK on strategic regional planning enshrined in new style spatial strategies through recent legislation, including the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill (soon to become an Act). This legislation places upon regional bodies demands that they are currently poorly equipped to fulfill through lack of personnel experienced and trained in planning at this scale.
In five parts the book looks at the... The book brings together, in a single source, a coherent set of quality writings in the field of strategic regional planning. It aims to fulfill a nee...
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292,30 zł |
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Cities and the Creative Class
ISBN: 9780415948869 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In his compelling follow-up to The Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida outlines how certain cities succeed in attracting members of the 'creative class' - the millions of people who work in information-age economic sectors and in industries driven by innovation and talent.
In his compelling follow-up to The Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida outlines how certain cities succeed in attracting mem...
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772,26 zł |
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Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics : Cities and Geography
ISBN: 9780444509673 / Angielski / Twarda / 1082 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The new Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics: Cities and Geography reviews, synthesizes and extends the key developments in urban and regional economics and their strong connection to other recent developments in modern economics. Of particular interest is the development of the new economic geography and its incorporation along with innovations in industrial organization, endogenous growth, network theory and applied econometrics into urban and regional economics.
The chapters cover theoretical developments concerning the forces of agglomeration, the nature of neighborhoods and... The new Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics: Cities and Geography reviews, synthesizes and extends the key developments in urban and regio...
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678,49 zł |
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Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics : Regional Economics
ISBN: 9780444879691 / Angielski / Twarda / 702 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This first volume of the Handbook serves as a definitive reference source and teaching supplement for the field of regional economics, and for related fields such as geography, transportation economics, regional science and physical planning. It provides an advanced state-of-the-art survey for professional teachers, researchers and advanced (post-) graduate students in these disciplines. In addition to a representative survey of past developments, it also points to new directions and trends within the field. For more information on the Handbooks in Economics series, please see our home page...
This first volume of the Handbook serves as a definitive reference source and teaching supplement for the field of regional economics, and for related...
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275,75 zł |
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Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics : Urban Economics
ISBN: 9780444879707 / Angielski / Twarda / 1322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This second volume of the Handbook presents professional surveys of all the important topics in urban economics. The first section contains 6 surveys on locational analysis, the second, 5 surveys of specific urban markets, and the third part presents 5 surveys of government policy issues. The book brings together exhaustive research by distinguished scholars from many countries. It is the only complete survey volume of urban economics and should serve as a reference volume to scholars and graduate students for many years. For more information on the Handbooks in Economics series, please see...
This second volume of the Handbook presents professional surveys of all the important topics in urban economics. The first section contains 6 surveys ...
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275,75 zł |
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Governing from Below : Urban Regions and the Global Economy
ISBN: 9780521657075 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cities play a growing role in governing. This new role fits within a context that nation-states, global market forces and cities themselves continue to define. The analysis of this book focuses on how local efforts in the distinct European systems of France and Germany as well as American counterparts have provided for environmental quality and social inclusion alongside local economic development. Only in certain European settings has policy making at multiple levels accomplished all three objectives at once. In those settings, effective governance from below has relied on adequate support...
Cities play a growing role in governing. This new role fits within a context that nation-states, global market forces and cities themselves continue t...
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148,88 zł |
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Urban America: Growth, Crisis, and Rebirth : Growth, Crisis, and Rebirth
ISBN: 9780765618061 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book will change the way Americans think about their cities. It provides a comprehensive economic and social history of urban America since 1950, covering the 29 largest urban areas of that period. Specifically, the book covers 17 cities in the Northeast, 6 in the South, and 6 in the West, decade by decade, with extensive data and historical narrative. The author divides his analysis into three periods - urban growth (1950 to 1970), urban crisis (late 1960s to 1990), and urban rebirth (since 1990). He draws on the concepts of the vicious circle and the virtuous circle to offer the first...
This book will change the way Americans think about their cities. It provides a comprehensive economic and social history of urban America since 1950,...
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303,33 zł |
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Post-Industrial East Asian Cities: Innovation for Growth
ISBN: 9780804756723 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout East Asia, the growth process and its sources are changing in a number of important respects, especially for middle- and high-income economies. Growth is increasingly coming from the strength of innovative activities in these economies rather than from factor accumulation as in the past. Such innovative activities--especially in producer services and the creative industries--are concentrated in high-tech clusters in globally linked cities. Drawing on a wide range of literature and on interviews with firms, this book explores these issues with a focus on six East Asian cities:...
Throughout East Asia, the growth process and its sources are changing in a number of important respects, especially for middle- and high-income econom...
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667,18 zł |
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The Economies Of Central City Neighborhoods
ISBN: 9780813397719 / Angielski / Miękka / 263 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In The Economies of Central City Neighborhoods Bingham and Zhang examine the location of industry employment in a variety of producer and consumer-oriented industries in relation to major neighborhood characteristics such as demographic, labor force, socioeconomic, and housing variables. While the primacy of poverty is an aspect of central city neighborhoods that drives the growth and decline of neighborhood economies, it implies the significance of effective intervention at early stages of neighborhood economic disintegration. Neighborhood cluster of industries suggests a direction of...
In The Economies of Central City Neighborhoods Bingham and Zhang examine the location of industry employment in a variety of producer and consu...
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215,07 zł |
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Green Cities : Urban Growth and the Environment
ISBN: 9780815748151 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is a green city? What does it mean to say that San Francisco or Vancouver is more " green" than Houston or Beijing? When does urban growth lower environmental quality, and when does it yield environmental gains? How can cities deal with the environmental challenges posed by growth? These are the questions Matthew Kahn takes on in this smart and engaging book. Written in a lively, accessible style, Green Cities takes the reader on a tour of the extensive economic literature on the environmental consequences of urban growth. Kahn starts with an exploration of the Environmental...
What is a green city? What does it mean to say that San Francisco or Vancouver is more " green" than Houston or Beijing? When does urban growth lower ...
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146,08 zł |
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Building Assets, Building Credit : Creating Wealth in Low-Income Communities
ISBN: 9780815774099 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Poor people spend their money living day to day. How can they accumulate wealth? In the United States, homeownership is often the answer. Homes not only provide shelter but also are assets, and thus a means to create equity. Mortgage credit becomes a crucial factor. More Americans than ever now have some access to credit. However. thanks in large part to the growth of global capital markets and greater use of "credit scores," not all homeowners have benefited equally from the opened spigots. Different terms and conditions mean that some applicants are overpaying for mortgage credit, while... Poor people spend their money living day to day. How can they accumulate wealth? In the United States, homeownership is often the answer. Homes not... |
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190,30 zł |
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Postindustrial East Asian Cities : Innovation for Growth
ISBN: 9780821356227 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout East Asia, the growth process and its sources are changing in a number of important respects, especially for middle- and high-income economies. Grwoth is increasingly coming from the strength of innovative activities in these economies rather than from factor accumulation as in the past. Such innovative activities are concentrated in high-tech clusters in globally linked cities. Drawing on a wide range of literature and on interviews of firms, this book explores these issues with a focus on six East Asian cities: Bangkok, Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo. It suggests...
Throughout East Asia, the growth process and its sources are changing in a number of important respects, especially for middle- and high-income econom...
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168,09 zł |
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Enterprise 2000 : Greater Hamilton , Halton & Niagara Embrace the New Millennium
ISBN: 9780968580301 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The economic region stretching from Niagara Falls to Oakville (where the Toronto sprawl begins) takes in the political regions of Greater Hamilton, Halton and Niagara. With Hamilton at its core, the region encompasses over 1 million people and boasts a highly diversified economy. This book explores this region with photography.
The economic region stretching from Niagara Falls to Oakville (where the Toronto sprawl begins) takes in the political regions of Greater Hamilton, Ha...
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132,33 zł |
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A Companion to Urban Economics
ISBN: 9781405106290 / Angielski / Twarda / 604 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A 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.
A Companion to Urban Economics provides a state-of-the-art overview of this field, communicating its intellectual richness through a diverse po...
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815,23 zł |
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Sustainability Assessment : Criteria and Processes
ISBN: 9781844070510 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sustainability assessment is now emerging as a more transparent, comprehensive, integrated and far-sighted approach to decision making. Its basic demand is that all significant undertakings must make a positive contribution to sustainability. To apply this test, decision makers need criteria based on the core requirements of sustainability and the particularities of the context. As well, they need appropriately designed public processes; guidance on the weighing of alternatives, trade-offs and compromises; a supportive policy framework; suitable tools and inspiring examples. Drawing from...
Sustainability assessment is now emerging as a more transparent, comprehensive, integrated and far-sighted approach to decision making. Its basic dema...
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237,14 zł |
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The NEBI YEARBOOK 2003 : North European and Baltic Sea Integration
ISBN: 9783540404194 / Angielski / Twarda / 498 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bjllrn Tore Godal Norwegian Ambassador to Germany Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board Several of the contributions to the present volume of The NEBI Yearbook have been inspired by the fact that roughly speaking, ten years have passed since the first steps were taken to initiate cross-border co-operation in the Barents and Baltic Sea areas. One of the most important co-operative organisations in the European Northeast, i. e. The Council of the Baltic Sea States, was launched in 1992. The Barents Euro Arctic Council was established in 1993. An avalanche of co-operative and cross-border...
Bjllrn Tore Godal Norwegian Ambassador to Germany Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board Several of the contributions to the present volume of The N...
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466,28 zł |
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The NEBI YEARBOOK 2001/2002 : North European and Baltic Sea Integration
ISBN: 9783540430049 / Angielski / Twarda / 486 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thorvald Stoltenberg President of the Norwegian Red Cross Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board Despite the very optimistic language on the imminence of new accessions to the European Union that came out of the June 2001 European Council in Gothen burg, it will serve no good purpose to neglect the fact that EU membership for the Central and Eastern European applicants remains a difficult process. Painful experience makes it prudent to exercise caution in predicting developments with in the European Union. Negotiations may drag out, snags may appear and some thing may happen on the way to...
Thorvald Stoltenberg President of the Norwegian Red Cross Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board Despite the very optimistic language on the imminen...
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551,07 zł |
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European Metropolitan Housing Markets
ISBN: 9783540698913 / Angielski / Twarda / 363 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of housing theory and policy with a focus on metropolitan regions. The results are based on case studies of twelve European metropolitan regions, including expert panels organized in each. Using an approach from the field of industrial economics, the analysis is divided into the three related stages, "structure," "conduct" and "performance." This book provides a comprehensive analysis of housing theory and policy with a focus on metropolitan regions. The results are based on case studie... |
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678,26 zł |
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Globalization and Regional Economic Modeling
ISBN: 9783540724438 / Angielski / Twarda / 475 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Globalization is affecting regional economies in a broad spectrum of aspects, from labor market conditions and development policies to climate change. To understand better how this works, we need both conceptual and methodological contributions. We need new schemes to organize our thinking, direct our attention, and frame thought experiments on the basis of which guidance may be offered. And we need methodological innovations that enable us to carry out studies and thought experiments at levels of spatial and temporal resolution and formal complexity adequate to capture and account for the... Globalization is affecting regional economies in a broad spectrum of aspects, from labor market conditions and development policies to climate chan... |
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678,26 zł |
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