This book considers the impact of the last 10 years of Deng Xiaoping's rule on China's physical environment, as well as its people, industry, agriculture and trade. It assesses the contribution of this decade towards regional development, urbanization, the environment and geopolitics.
This international collection of case studies examines the spatial dynamics of today’s music industry. Students of geography, business, economics, and..
In periods of economic downtown, it is second-rank cities which outperform first-rate cities, recording annual GDP growth rates which are much less ne..
The contributors to this volume examine how to take advantage of the great potential offered by urban areas in the rural world to favour competitivene..
Investigating the innovation activities of multinational corporations, this book uncovers and examines why the geography of innovation by multinationa..
Pastoralism as a land use system is under recognized in terms of its contribution to food provision and livelihoods as well as to human security.This..
This book examines the multiple ways in which rural regions in Europe are being restructured through globalization and the regional development respon..
Contributions by an international set of renowned economic geographers highlight the major features of 'industrial transition' and address various que..
Local food systems have the potential to provide residents with a supply of safe and nutritious food; such systems also have the potential to create m..
Presenting recent research on the international integration of infrastructures in Europe, this book combines general and methodological chapters and e..
Taking a geographical approach, this book produces new critical work on the interdependence between globalization and rural spaces. Bringing together ..
By examining the Community Initiative LEADER+ and setting this within a discussion of the state and structure of rural development policy, this book l..
Putting forward a comprehensive view of knowledge with a specific perspective on place and space, this book provides a new perspective on the globalis..