URBAN AND REGIONAL ECONOMICS

Abstract GLOBALISATION OR 'GLOCALISATION'?  NETWORKS, TERRITORIES AND RE-SCALING  Erik Swyngedouw This paper argues that the alleged process of globalisation should be re-cast as a process of 'glocalisation'. In particular, attention will be paid to the political and economic dynamics of geographical re-scaling and its implications. The scales of economic networks and institutional arrangements are recast in ways that alter social power geometries in important ways. This contribution, therefore, argues, first, that an important discursive shift took place over the last decade or so that is an integral part of an intensifying ideological, political, socio-economic and cultural struggle over the organisation of society and the position of the citizen. Secondly, the pre-eminence of the 'global' in much of the literature and political rhetoric obfuscates, marginalizes and silences an intense and ongoing socio-spatial struggle in which the re-configuration of spatial scale is a key arena. Third, both the scales of economic flows and networks and those of territorial governance are re-scaled through a process of 'glocalisation', and, finally, the proliferation of new modes and forms of resistance to the restless process of de-territorialisation/reterritorialisation of capital requires greater attention to engaging a 'politics of scale'. In the final part, attention will be paid to the potentially empowering possibilities of a politics that is sensitive to these scale issues. Keywords: Globalisation, Glocalisation, Politics of Scale, Governance, Political-Economy 3 3"But what I especially wish to make of it, is a machine t

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Ray Hudson Resilient regions in an uncertain world: wishful thinking or a practical reality? Cambridge J Regions Econ Soc (2010) 3(1): 11-25 doi:10.1093/cjres/rsp026 Abstract Full Text (HTML) Full Text (PDF) Permissions Select this article James Simmie and Ron Martin Editor's Choice: The economic resilience of regions: towards an evolutionary approach Cambridge J Regions Econ Soc (2010) 3(1): 27-43 doi:10.1093/cjres/rsp029 Abstract FREE Full Text (HTML) Full Text (PDF) Permissions Select this article Robert Hassink Regional resilience: a promising concept to explain differences in regional economic adaptability? Cambridge J Regions Econ Soc (2010) 3(1): 45-58 doi:10.1093/cjres/rsp033 Abstract Full Text (HTML) Full Text (PDF) Permissions Select this article Andy Pike, Stuart Dawley, and John Tomaney Resilience, adaptation and adaptability Cambridge J Regions Econ Soc (2010) 3(1): 59-70 doi:10.1093/cjres/rsq001 Abstract Full Text (HTML) Full Text (PDF) Permissions Select this article Rolf Pendall, Kathryn A. Foster, and Margaret Cowell Resilience and regions: building understanding of the metaphor Cambridge J Regions Econ Soc (2010) 3(1): 71-84 doi:10.1093/cjres/rsp028 Abstract Full Text (HTML) Full Text (PDF) Permissions Select this article Karen Chapple and T. William Lester The resilient regional labour market? The US case Cambridge J Regions Econ Soc (2010) 3(1): 85-104 doi:10.1093/cjres/rsp031 Abstract FREE Full Text (HTML) Full Text (PDF) Permissions Select this article Carey Durkin Treado Pittsburgh's evolving steel legacy and the steel technology cluster Cambridge J Regions Econ Soc (2010) 3(1): 105-120 doi:10.1093/cjres/rsp027 Abstract Full Text (HTML) Full Text (PDF) Permissions Select this article Jennifer Clark, Hsin-I Huang, and John P. Walsh A typology of 'innovation districts': what it means for regional resilience Cambridge J Regions Econ Soc (2010) 3(1): 121-137 doi:10.1093/cjres/rsp034 Abstract Full Text (HTML) Full Text (PDF) Permissions Select

This volume investigates the dynamics of regional performance in advanced countries and the mechanisms that allow some regions to grow more rapidly than others, to become and remain more competitive in the long run. The authors show how the capability of regions to innovate is enhanced by a large number of factors, including entrepreneurship, clustering, creativity, new technologies, human capital and the presence of internal, intra-regional, and external, extra-regional, connections. The book is mainly theoretical, but all chapters also analyze the policy consequences. Moreover, the empirical results reinforce the theoretical findings and as such are more broadly applicable and not bound to the specific case. The general reach of the theoretical arguments, and the focus on policy consequences, make this book helpful for both scholars and policymakers.

Model Cities: the Construction of Urban Exemplarity 20 May 2011 * Geography Institute * University of Neuchâtel City governments, planners and policy-makers are increasingly modeling their urban policies on successful 'best practices' borrowed from elsewhere. Some cities have thus become 'model cities', to such an extent that their name resonates with urban policy-makers all over the world. Expressions such as 'Vancouverism', or the 'Barcelona model', have become global references of exemplarity among urban practitioners and researchers. Yet, while there is a growing body of literature on the circulation and reproduction of urban models in diverse locations, we still have a limited understanding of the ways in which model cities acquire paradigmatic status. The workshop will try to deepen our grasp of this phenomenon by examining the historical and political processes behind the construction of urban exemplarity, and by analysing the 'careers' and trajectories of model cities. Guest speakers Shane Ewen, Leeds Metropolitan University: From the Megalopolis to the City of Bits: Approaches Towards the History of the Model City Jennifer Robinson, University College London and MOVE Network-UNINE: The Topological Spaces of Policy Learning: how Urban Policy Ideas Circulate Kevin Ward, Manchester University: Relational Comparisons: the Assembling of Cleveland's Waterfront Plan Andy Thornley, London School of Economics: Olympic Model Meets Real Cities Emeline Bailly, Université Paris-Est: Cross-cultural Urbanism The workshop is organised by Prof. Ola Söderström, Prof. Francisco Klauser and Dr. Laurence Crot, Geography Institute, University of Neuchâtel. A detailed programme will be posted on the Geography Institute's website starting 1st May 2011 (http://www2.unine.ch/inst_geographie). Attendance of the workshop is free and open to all but requires pre-registration. For registration and practical information (travel, accommodation, meals) pl

THE NEW URBAN QUESTION Urbanism beyond Neo-Liberalism Conference Themes | The New Urban Question | The New Urban Economy | The Urbanized Society | Urban Technologies and Sustainability | | The Transformation of Urban Form | The Design of the New Urban Space | The New Metropolitan Region | | New Approaches of Urban Governance | Changing Planning Cultures | [ Click here to download all papers at once] Table of contents Introduction Jürgen Rosemann The New Urban Question Beyond The Crisis: Towards a New Urban Paradigm Laura Burkhalter and Manuel Castells Bridging the Ecologies of Cities and of Nature Saskia Sassen Looking Forward to Architecture of the New Millennium Wu Liangyong Fibercity as a Paradigm Shift of Urban Design Hidetoshi Ohno Dutch Spatial Planning and Hierarchy: Making Differences, Think-do-act, and Renewed Re-activism Henk W.J. Ovink The Formation of the West Coast Metropolitan Region of Taiwan in the Network Society Chu-Joe Hsia ^ back to top The New Urban Economy Full papers Studies on Asian Mixed Use Urban Blocks and Their Applications on the Mono-functional Office Districts in the Netherlands Tsaijer Cheng, Changfang Luo Mega-event Strategy As a Tool of Urban Transformation: Sydney's Experience Yawei Chen, Marjolein Spaans The Strength of Connections: Innovation Engines in Creative Industries A.P. Drogendijk, M. J. W. van Twist Tracing the Roots of Cultural Industries: Employment Trends in Cultural Industries in Dutch Cities Since 1899 Michaël Deinema and Robert Kloosterman Tourism and Urban Economy: Branding Cities and Producing Contradictory Spaces of Consumption L. Girardi, P. F. Meliani The Decline of The Industrial City: the Limits of Neoliberal Urban Regeneration Tahl Kaminer The Mall in the Online Shopping Era Cristian Suau, Margarita Munar Bauzá Macau's Urban Image Production - Before and After the Credit Crunch Hendrik Tieben Global Capitals Role in the (De)Structuration of Urban Space Nikolaos T

Planning Policy and Retail Property Investment in the UKC Jackson… - Urban Studies, 2011... Although the interviewees were asked to focus mainly on investment decisions in relation tohigh street shops, they often dis- cussed practice by contrasting the approach to that usedwhen analysing out-of-town shops, retail parks and retail warehouses. ...  The territorial dynamics of fast-growing regions: Unsustainable land use change and future policy challenges in Madrid, SpainR Hewitt… - Applied Geography, 2011... Madrid's new residential areas tend to be lower density and more widely dispersed thanat any time previously, and shopping and leisure activities are increasingly focusedaround out of town retail parks which are accessible only by car. ... 

In the globalisation age, cities are the drivers of economic growth. However, sustainable economic growth demands considerable investment in infrastructure. South African cities face a triple challenge of eradicating historical infrastructure backlogs inherited from the Apartheid era, servicing and maintaining existing infrastructure and providing new infrastructure to stimulate economic growth. In the South African context, the provision of municipal infrastructure plays a critical role in eradicating sociospatial inequalities as part of an overall poverty reduction strategy. This places a huge burden on local governments in South Africa in particular as they face capacity constraints and challenges in terms of raising sufficient own revenue in order to finance infrastructure projects. This paper argues that in light of the South African government's current infrastructure drive and the significant amount of public resources being spent on transport infrastructure upgrades, it is an opportune time to consider the impact of transport infrastructure investment in particular on land value and how this value can be captured to finance the provision of infrastructure at local level. The paper cautions though that any programme aimed at capturing betterment needs to be based on sound research and needs to take cognisance of the legislative, policy and economic context in South Africa. Keywords  Infrastructure - Growth - Betterment - Betterment taxes - Land value

L'interrégionalité s'inscrit dans la réflexion actuelle en géographie sur les rapports entre échelle et territoire. Elle apparaît d'abord, comme un échelon supplémentaire entre régions, nations et Europe, en recouvrant des types d'espace très divers. Elle désigne autant une interrégionalité de proximité, entre des régions proches, qu'une interrégionalité élargie, désignant de vastes ensembles regroupant plusieurs régions, parfois éloignées les unes des autres. En France, cette interrégionalité est fortement associée à la politique de décentralisation. Elle témoigne des recompositions territoriales actuelles et de la formation de nouveaux territoires dans un contexte de renforcement des compétences régionales et européennes. Associer interrégionalité et réseaux de transport invite donc à s'interroger sur les articulations scalaires entre réseaux et territoires, en tenant compte des effets de distance, de la structure des réseaux, des mobilités et de l'évolution des réglementations liées à de nouvelles répartitions des compétences territoriales, des jeux des acteurs et des modes de gouvernante des territoires. Ce rapport entre interrégionalité et réseaux de transport est ainsi à mettre en relation avec les dynamiques actuelles des systèmes territoriaux, qu'ils s'inscrivent dans le cadre de politiques publiques ou qu'ils soient le fait de logiques spatiales engendrées par la mondialisation. Ainsi, l'interrégionalité est autant considérée en terme de crises liées à des transferts difficiles de responsabilité (transport interrégional ou national) qu'en terme de développement permettant la constitution de nouveaux réseaux. La question du rapport entre ces recompositions territoriales et les dynamiques des réseaux de transports a été divisée entre cinq axes de réflexion : première partie - interrégionalité, continuité et discontinuité territoriale. Deuxième partie - interrégionalité, continuité et di

Vecteur d'une consommation débridée, peu soucieux des conditions sociales et écologiques de la production, le commerce passe pour un fossoyeur du développement durable. Après avoir interrogé les imperfections conceptuelles du développement durable et la pertinence d'un regard sectoriel, cet ouvrage propose une exploration réflexive sous l'angle des mobilités, du paysage, de la régulation et des filières d'approvisionnement. Il revient sur certaines assertions qui encombrent le chantier largement ouvert des modalités d'une consommation durable.