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The Region in the New Economy: An International Perspective on Regional Dynamics in the 21st Century

The Region in the New Economy: An International Perspective on Regional Dynamics in the 21st Century


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During the late 1990s, the "new economy" became synonymous with the optimism resulting from high economic growth and its features continue to have a major impact on growth prospects. This international volume analyzes the newly emerging profile of regions and cities with contributions encapsulating issues like ICT, infrastructure, the labour market, migration, sustainability, innovation and public policy design.

Table of Contents:
Trends and regional policies in the new economy - an overview, Yoshiro Higano, Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot and Kobus van Wyk. ICT, Transportation and Spatial Dynamics: Impacts of transportation and telecommunication on the co-ordination of production - a typology, Antje Burmeister; Substitution and complementarity effects between telecommunications and transportation - a demand perspective, Kingsley Haynes, Somik Lall and Serdar Yilmaz; Urban planning and information and communication technology - perceptions, ideas and facts, Galit Cohen, Marina van Geenhuizen and Peter Nijkamp; High-technology employment and hub airports - infrastructure's contribution to regional development, Kenneth Button and Samantha Taylor; Development of border regions - have sea-border regions maintained advantages over land-border regions?, Maria van Geenhuizen and Piet Rietveld. Innovation and Knowledge Production: Systems of innovation - a novel conceptual framework for innovation analysis, Manfred M. Fischer; Regulation, competition and technological change in network markets, Heli A. Koski; Technology and industrial cluster analysis - some new methods, Roger R. Stough, Rajendra Kulkarni, Jim Riggle and Kingsley Haynes; The contribution of universities to regional economic development, David Newlands; The impact of globalization on regional labour markets, Jacques Poot; The impact of regional labour flows in the Swedish knowledge economy, Lars Olof Persson. Urban and Regional Sustainability in a Modern World: Sustainable regions in an unsustainable world - the ecological footprint reconsidered, Adele Finco and Peter Nijkamp; Sustainable settlement development in South Africa - coming to terms with the rest of the world, S.S.C. Odendaal; Economic instruments and natural resource management in Southern Africa, Jaap Arntzen; Sustainable mobility in an age of internationalization, Roger Vickerman. New Perspectives on Regional Policy: Regional and local policies to support entrepreneurship, Ronald W. McQuaid; Local economic development - an assessment of its current status in Southern Africa, Etienne Nel; Micro and small enterprises sector development policy in Kenya - the role of local authorities, Peter O. Ondiege; Competitive integration and territory - what should be done with excluded regions?, Cassio F.C. Rolim; Cumulative causation and decentralised manufacturing development in South Africa, Wim Naude, Waldo Krugell and Philip Serumaga-Zake.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780754619833
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited
  • Height: 156 mm
  • Width: 226 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0754619834
  • Publisher Date: 29 Oct 2002
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Sub Title: An International Perspective on Regional Dynamics in the 21st Century


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