Networks, Space and Competitiveness: Evolving Challenges for Sustainable Growth

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Roberta Capello, Tomaz Ponce Dentinho
Edward Elgar Publishing, Jan 1, 2012 - Business & Economics - 304 pages
In a period of increasing globalization and rapid growth in emerging countries, recognizing sources of regional competitiveness is of paramount importance. This timely and informative book identifies and analyses changes in the origins of regional advanta
 

Contents

introductory remarks
1
PART I Evolving Transport and Knowledge Networks
11
new potentials and challenges
13
2 The urban mobility system and regional competitiveness
35
3 Change in the energy systems paradigm and the impact on regional development
56
a strategic goal for competitiveness
77
5 Knowledge relations and innovation from a regional perspective
107
PART II Evolving Climate and Landscape
135
7 Methods and models of analysis in the urban housing market
149
a spatial mismatch?
181
PART III Evolving Policy Perspectives
205
a regional development policy contribution for competitiveness enhancement
207
10 Policy failures and food crises in less developed countries
248
11 New challenges for sustainable growth
276
Index
291
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6 Climate change and the future of regions
137

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