Metropolitan Regions: Knowledge Infrastructures of the Global Economy

✍ Scribed by Johan Klaesson, Börje Johansson, Charlie Karlsson (auth.), Johan Klaesson, Börje Johansson, Charlie Karlsson (eds.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 513
Series: Advances in Spatial Science
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Metropolitan growth has been dramatic in the past several decades, and today metropolitan regions are recognized as the main driving forces in national growth and development as well as in national and global innovation processes. The purpose of this book is to contribute to a better understanding of how metropolitan regions and their subsystems interact and compete, why they differ in their capacity to nurture innovation and growth, and how metropolitan policies must be designed to secure the region’s long-term vitality. To that end, it presents new contributions on theories of urban growth, institutions and policies of urban change, and case studies of urban growth prepared by international experts.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Agglomeration, Regional Growth, and Economic Development....Pages 29-46
Urban Growth....Pages 47-72
Knowledge Accessibility, Economic Growth and the Haavelmo Paradox....Pages 73-90
Urban Growth Policies: The Need to Set Realistic Expectations....Pages 91-115
Regional Economic Concentration and Growth....Pages 117-139
Metropolitan Labor Productivity and Urban Spatial Structure....Pages 141-166
Wages, Productivity and Industry Composition....Pages 167-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Scenarios for European Metropolitan Regions: Winners and Losers in a Globalized World....Pages 195-233
Metropolitan Regions and Export Renewal....Pages 235-260
Market-Size and Employment....Pages 261-273
Do Planning Policies Limit the Expansion of Cities?....Pages 275-294
The Importance of ICT for Cities: e-Governance and Cyber Perceptions....Pages 295-308
Interlocking Firm Networks and Emerging Mega-City Regions in the Knowledge Economy....Pages 309-335
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Polycentric Urban Trajectories and Urban Cultural Economy....Pages 339-373
Analysing the Competitive Advantage of Cities in the Dutch Randstad by Urban Market Overlap....Pages 375-391
Capitalising on Institutional Diversity and Complementary Resources in Cross-Border Metropolitan Regions: The Case of Electronics Firms in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta....Pages 393-424
Impacts of Transport Infrastructure Policies in Population-Declining Metropolitan Area....Pages 425-449
Innovation and Knowledge Links in Metropolitan Regions: The Case of Vienna....Pages 451-472
Immigrant Location Patterns in a Southern European Metropolis: The Case of Athens....Pages 473-514

✦ Subjects

Regional/Spatial Science; Economic Geography; Economic Policy

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