URBAN AND REGIONAL ECONOMICS

German Annual of Spatial Research and Policy 2010 Urban Regional Resilience: How Do Cities and Regions Deal with Change? Bernhard Müller

ERMAN ANNUAL OF SPATIAL RESEARCH AND POLICY 2010 German Annual of Spatial Research and Policy, 2011, 113-119, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12785-4_11 Vulnerability and Resilience: A Topic for Spatial Research from a Social Science Perspective Heiderose Kilper and Torsten Thurmann Download PDF (406.6 KB)Permissions & Reprints Look Inside Book Series Search Within This Book Browse This Book Look Inside Contents ESM i-xiii Front matter 1-13 Urban and Regional Resilience - A New Catchword or a Consistent Concept for Research and Practice? Remarks Concerning the International Debate and the German Discussion 15-24 Urban Resilience and New Institutional Theory - A Happy Couple for Urban and Regional Studies? 25-33 Given the Complexity of Large Cities, Can Urban Resilience be Attained at All? 35-48 Rebuild the City! Towards Resource-efficient Urban Structures through the Use of Energy Concepts, Adaptation to Climate Change, and Land Use Management 49-58 Urban Restructuring - Making 'More' from 'Less' 59-68 Accomodating Creative Knowledge Workers? Empirical Evidence from Metropoles in Central and Eastern Europe 69-78 A Strategy for Dealing with Change: Regional Development in Switzerland in the Context of Social Capital 79-88 Path Dependency and Resilience - The Example of Landscape Regions 89-100 Resilience and Resistance of Buildings and Built Structures to Flood Impacts - Approaches to Analysis and Evaluation 101-111 Planning for Risk Reduction and Organizing for Resilience in the Context of Natural Hazards 113-119 Vulnerability and Resilience: A Topic for Spatial Research from a Social Science Perspective 121-125 Adaptability of Regional Planning in Lower Saxony to Climate Change 127-129 Dealing with Climate Change - The Opportunities and Conflicts of Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation 131-136 Regional Climate Adaptation Research - The Implementation of an Integrative Regional Approach in the Dresden Model Region 137-141 River Landscapes - Referen

Urban and Regional Resilience - A New Catchword or a Consistent Concept for Research and Practice? Remarks Concerning the International Debate and the German Discussion Bernhard Müller Download PDF (483.3 KB)Permissions & Reprints Look Inside Book Series Search Within This Book Browse This Book Look Inside Contents ESM i-xiii Front matter 1-13 Urban and Regional Resilience - A New Catchword or a Consistent Concept for Research and Practice? Remarks Concerning the International Debate and the German Discussion 15-24 Urban Resilience and New Institutional Theory - A Happy Couple for Urban and Regional Studies? 25-33 Given the Complexity of Large Cities, Can Urban Resilience be Attained at All? 35-48 Rebuild the City! Towards Resource-efficient Urban Structures through the Use of Energy Concepts, Adaptation to Climate Change, and Land Use Management 49-58 Urban Restructuring - Making 'More' from 'Less' 59-68 Accomodating Creative Knowledge Workers? Empirical Evidence from Metropoles in Central and Eastern Europe 69-78 A Strategy for Dealing with Change: Regional Development in Switzerland in the Context of Social Capital 79-88 Path Dependency and Resilience - The Example of Landscape Regions 89-100 Resilience and Resistance of Buildings and Built Structures to Flood Impacts - Approaches to Analysis and Evaluation 101-111 Planning for Risk Reduction and Organizing for Resilience in the Context of Natural Hazards 113-119 Vulnerability and Resilience: A Topic for Spatial Research from a Social Science Perspective 121-125 Adaptability of Regional Planning in Lower Saxony to Climate Change 127-129 Dealing with Climate Change - The Opportunities and Conflicts of Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation 131-136 Regional Climate Adaptation Research - The Implementation of an Integrative Regional Approach in the Dresden Model Region 137-141 River Landscapes - Reference Areas for Regionally Specific Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change 143-146 Strate

Cities as Net Sources of CO2: Review of Atmospheric CO2 Exchange in Urban Environments Measured by Eddy Covariance Technique (pages 1238-1259) Erik Velasco and Matthias Roth Article first published online: 1 SEP 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00384.x AbstractFull Article (HTML)PDF(1370K)References

Abstract This paper contributes to a burgeoning body of literature which seeks to highlight the importance of studying small cities. Dissatisfaction with urban theory dominated by study of 'the city' defined in terms of a small number of 'global' cities has led theorists to consider what is lost as a consequence of this bias. Although there is long way to go to challenge the orthodoxies of urban theory dominated by study of the 'biggest and best', here we focus on an area of small cities research where progress has been made towards developing a more inclusive agenda. This study reviews research into the cultural economy of small cities and highlights a growing body of rich and detailed literature. Despite this progress, however, we argue that a coherent and clear research agenda is yet to emerge. To this end, we signpost ways in which bolder theoretical and empirical questions can be developed that can begin to make more of a significant impact on urban theory.

t This article provides a comparative insight of two theoretical frameworks: the 'Evolutionary Turn' of Evolutionary Economic Geography (EEG) developed notably by Ron Boschma, Ron Martin and Peter Sunley, and the new works of the GREMI1 group, developed notably by Roberto Camagni, Denis Maillat and Andrée Matteaccioli. EEG assets that the economic landscape is influenced by 'path dependence' and witnesses a strong capacity of evolution and adaptation. The GREMI, on the other hand, has recently been focusing on natural and cultural resources that are able to generate new forms of local development in the long term. These 'territorial resources' are exploited by an innovative 'milieu' that plays a key role in coordinating this process. By studying the competitive cluster of perfumes, aromas, flavors and fragrances in Provence (France) that develops a relatively new industry built on historical and territorial specificities of place and landscape, we will argue that these two approaches are complementary. After highlighting the main contributions of both theories, we will then present the historical framework of old industries like soap of Marseilles. Next, we will focus on the ideological turn that occurred in the 1970s with the emergent notion of authenticity and the capacity of the local milieu to convert latent resources into active resources. The concluding section will emphasize the role played by regional actors in setting these new trajectories in motion, without underestimating the persistent or new deadlocks, and it will also draw lessons and perspectives from this research.

Let's Audit Bohemia: A Review of Richard Florida's 'Creative Class' Thesis and Its Impact on Urban Policy (pages 1606-1617) Cian O'Callaghan Article first published online: 5 NOV 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00397.x AbstractFull Article (HTML)PDF(88K)References

Governing on the Edges: Globalization of Production and the Challenge to Public Administration in the Twenty-First Century (pages s33-s45) George Abonyi and David M. Van Slyke Article first published online: 3 DEC 2010 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02244.x AbstractFull Article (HTML)PDF(948K)References

The Cosmopolitan Imagination: The Renewal of Critical Social Theory The Cosmopolitan Imagination: The Renewal of Critical Social Theory, by Gerard Delanty . New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 296pp. $29.99 paper. ISBN: 9780521695459. Anthony Moran La Trobe University a.moran@latrobe.edu.au Cosmopolitanism is rapidly replacing globalization in social science's popularity stakes, evident in a series of symposiums published in major journals like the British Journal of Sociology (in 2006) and The European Journal of Social Theory (in 2007) and in a veritable avalanche of journal articles, edited books and monographs from the late 1990s onward. Where initially globalization was seen as giving a new impetus to cosmopolitan trends and tendencies, including identities, outlooks and cultural orientations, cosmopolitanism has increasingly moved into the foreground of interest. For proponents it provides a normative framework for a new post-national world of mobility, flows, and blurred boundaries, suggesting new ways of being in the world, new forms of political orientation, and new kinds of political arrangements. In The Cosmopolitan Imagination, Gerard Delanty points to, and endorses, a "cosmopolitan turn" in the social sciences that has come after an earlier cultural turn. He explains and defends cosmopolitanism as both methodological and normative framework, and the cosmopolitan imagination as a stance of openness, an explanatory tool for transformations across the globe, providing socially just visions for the future. He seeks to produce a "cosmopolitan critical social theory" that goes beyond what he believes were … [Full Text of this Article]

Public/Private Partnerships Innovation Strategies and Policy Alternatives Link, Albert N. 2006, XVI, 160 p. 13 illus., Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-29774-3 Ships in 3 - 5 business days $109.00 ABOUT THIS TEXTBOOK Research and development (R & D) leads to innovation, and innovation leads to technological change. Technological change, in turn, is the primary driver of economic growth. Public/private partnerships -- cooperative relationships among industry, government, and/or universities -- leverage the efficiency of R & D and are thus a critical aspect of a nation's innovation system. This text is intended for upper-level undergraduate and MBA courses such as Economics and Technology, Economics of Innovation, and Economics of Science and Technology, among others. The first chapter introduces the concept of public/private research partnerships along with other concepts fundamental to an understanding of innovation and technology policy. The framework chapters (2-5) set forth an argument for the public's role - government's role - in innovation in general and in public/private partnership in particular. The remaining chapters (6-14) describe a number of public/private partnerships and, to the extent possible, evaluate their social impact.   Content Level » Research Related subjects » Economic Growth - Entrepreneurship - Innovation - Technology Management - R&D / Technology Policy TABLE OF CONTENTS / SAMPLE PAGES List Of Tables List Of Figures Acknowledgements 1: Introduction Public/Private Partnerships Public/Private Partnership Framework Overview Of The Book 2: The History Of Public/Private Partnerships The Colonial Period The Period Of National Science And Technology Infrastructure The Period Of Industrial Science And Technology Infrastructure The Period Of The World Wars And Afterwards 3: Public Support Of Innovation Government's Role In Innovation The Role Of Public Research Institutions 4: Technological Change And R&D Models Of Technologic

The Economics of Science and Technology An Overview of Initiatives to Foster Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth Feldman, M.P., Link, Albert N., Siegel, Donald S. 2002, 156 p., Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-7000-6 Ships in 3 - 5 business days $119.00 ABOUT THIS BOOK This volume provides an overview of research on key topics in the economics of science and technology. These topics include the role of patents and intellectual property protection, the relationship between R&D and economic growth, R&D tax policy, government investment in infrastructure technology, public-private technology partnerships, labor market policies, and evaluation and assessment of technology programs. Much of this literature is new, so the time is ripe for a synthesis and critique of existing studies. The book offers an overview presented from an applied perspective, stressing historical and institutional factors. This book will be particularly useful to students interested in pursuing research on these topics and to policy makers who want a user-friendly summary of recent studies on the economic implications of technology policy. Content Level » Research Related subjects » Business & Management - Economic Growth - Economic Policy - Innovation - Technology Management TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables. List of Figures. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. An Historical Perspective. 3. Economic Growth and Technological Change. 4. Dimensions of R&D. 5. The Entrepreneurial Process. 6. Government's Role in Innovation. 7. The Patent System. 8. Tax Incentives. 9. Research Collaborations. 10. Public/Private Partnerships. 11. Infrastructure Technology. 12. An Integrated Entrepreneurial Process. 13. Labor Market for R&D Scientists and Engineers. 14. Public Accountability. 15. Conclusions. References. Index.

nnovation Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy Series: Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation, Vol. 23 Feldman, M.P.; Link, Albert N. (Eds.) 2001, 472 p., Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7296-7 Ships in 3 - 5 business days $259.00 ABOUT THIS BOOK Scholars in the science and technology field have not collectively questioned, much less proposed, an agenda for policy makers. Now is an appropriate time for such an undertaking. First, there is a growing belief that the U.S. national research and development system, like that of many industrial nations, is changing due to global competitive pressures and advancements in information technology and electronic commerce. Second, industry's R&D relationship with the academic research community is changing not only because of the global competition but also because of alterations in the level of government support of fundamental research. As a result, policy makers will need to rethink their approaches to science and technology issues. This volume is a collection of essays by scholars about innovative policy in the knowledge-based economy. By knowledge-based economy we mean one for which economic growth is based on the creation, distribution, and use of technology. As such, innovation policy in such an economy must enhance the creation, distribution, and use of knowledge that leads to the creation, distribution, and use of technology. This volume considers elements of an innovation policy: innovation policy and academic research, innovation policy in electronic commerce, and innovation policy and globalization issues. Content Level » Research Related subjects » Economic Growth - Economic Policy - Political Science TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements. 1. Innovation Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy; M.P. Feldman, A.N. Link. 2. A Brief Data-Informed History of Science and Technology Policy; J.E. Jankowski. 3. R&D Policy Models and Data Needs; G. Tassey. 4. Technology Innovation Indicators; J.A. Hansen. 5. Trends in C

The Geography of Innovation Series: Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation, Vol. 2 Feldman, M.P. 1994, 172 p., Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2698-4 Ships in 3 - 5 business days $215.00 ABOUT THIS BOOK The Geography of Innovation offers a geographic dimension to the study of innovation and product commercialization and develops a conceptual model which links the location of production innovations to the sources of these knowledge inputs. The geographic concentration of this knowledge forms a technological infrastructure which promotes information transfers, and lowers the risks and the costs of engaging in innovative activity. Empirical estimation confirms that the location of production innovation is related to the underlying technological infrastructure and that the location of the knowledge inputs are mutually-reinforcing in defining a region's competitive advantage. The Geography of Innovation concludes by considering the policy implications of these findings for both private firms and state governments. This important new work is intended for academics, policy practitioners and students in the fields of innovation and technological change, geography and regional science, and economic development. Content Level » Research Related subjects » Economic Policy - Geography - Industrial Organization TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Why Location Matters for Innovative Activity. 3. Spatial Patterns of Innovation. 4. Technological Infrastructure. 5. Regional Innovative Capacity. 6. Policy Implications. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.

Institutions and Systems in the Geography of Innovation Series: Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation, Vol. 25 Feldman, M.P.; Massard, Nadine (Eds.) 2002, 384 p., Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7614-9 Ships in 3 - 5 business days $209.00 ABOUT THIS BOOK This volume provides a collection of theoretical articles and empirical studies on innovation and location by focusing on the institutions and systems that mediate knowledge spillovers. The objective is to provide an international comparison using a variety of approaches. The volume is organized around the three themes. The first focuses on theoretical work that attempts to advance our understanding of knowledge externalities and systems on innovation. The second section provides empirical studies that attempt to measure these impacts. The final section considers future challenges to regional economic development policy in the face of economic integration and globalization. Content Level » Research Related subjects » Economic Policy - Geography - Industrial Organization - Innovation - Technology Management - R&D / Technology Policy TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments. 1. Location, Location, Location: Institutions and Systems in the Geography of Innovation; M. Feldman, N. Massard. Part I: Theoretical Understandings. 2. Learning to Communicate in the Production of Collective Knowledge; C. Antonelli. 3. The Knowledge Dilemma and the Geography of Innovation; D. Foray, J. Mairesse. 4. University Technology Transfer and the System of Innovation; M.P. Feldman, et al. 5. Globalization and Communication Technologies and the Role of Small Firms in Innovation; D.B. Audretsch. 6. Urban Diversity and Intersectoral Diffusion: Some Insights from the Study of Technical Creativity; P. Desrochers. 7. Innovation, Institutions, Space: Two Research Traditions in National Systems of Innovation; M. Bellet, et al. Part II: Empirical Studies. 8. The Role of Geographical Proximity in the Organization of Industrial R&D; C. Carrincazea

A Life Cycle for Clusters? The Dynamics of Agglomeration, Change, and Adaption Series: Contributions to Economics Press, Kerstin 2006, XIV, 245 p. 40 illus., Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-1710-2 A Physica Verlag Heidelberg book Ships in 3 - 5 business days $99.00 ABOUT THIS BOOK REVIEWS The phenomenon of non-random spatial concentrations of firms in one or few related sectors (clusters) is intensively debated in economic theory and policy. The euphoria about successful clusters however neglects that historically, many thriving clusters did deteriorate into old industrial areas. This book studies the determinants of cluster survival by analyzing their adaptability to change in the economic environment. Linking theoretic knowledge with empirical observations, a simulation model (based in the N/K method) is developed, which explains when and why the cluster's architecture assists or hampers adaptability. It is found that architectures with intermediate degrees of division of labour and more collective governance forms foster adaptability. Cluster development is thus path dependent as architectures having evolved over time impact on the likelihood of future survival. Content Level » Research Keywords » Adaptation - Clusters - Complex Systems - N/K Model - Simulation Modelling Related subjects » Complexity - Economic Theory - Geography - Industrial Organization - Regional / Spatial Science TABLE OF CONTENTS Download Table of contents (pdf, 266 kB) Download Table of contents (txt, 5

The Evolution of Industrial Districts Changing Governance, Innovation and Internationalisation of Local Capitalism in Italy Series: Contributions to Economics Cainelli, Giulio; Zoboli, Roberto (Eds.) 2004, XII, 347 p. 26 illus., Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-0095-1 A Physica Verlag Heidelberg book Ships in 3 - 5 business days $99.95 ABOUT THIS BOOK Italian industrial districts (IDs) recently attracted international attention because their performance during the last few decades contradicted the alleged weakness of industrial structures based on SMEs in "traditional" sectors. The book analyses some developments taking place in Italian IDs and local systems of production that can represent a new stage of evolution for the backbone of the Italian economy. Based on the extensive use of original databases three main trajectories of change in IDs are presented. The first trajectory is the increasing role of "groups" of manufacturing SMEs arising from mergers and acquisitions as well as spin-off growth processes at the "family firms" level. The second one is the consolidation of innovation capabilities in IDs. And the third one is the internationalisation process of Italian IDs through both trade and foreign direct investment. The essays suggest that Italian IDs are again evolving by coherent adaptations which will have, however, uncertain outcomes. Content Level » Research Keywords » Environment - Industrial Districts - Innovation - Internationalisation - SME - Small and Medium Enterprises Related subjects » Industrial Organization - R&D / Technology Policy - Regional / Spatial Science TABLE OF CONTENTS Download Table of contents (pdf, 159 kB) Download Table of contents (txt, 8 kB)

Spatial Planning and Urban Development Critical Perspectives Series: Urban and Landscape Perspectives, Vol. 10 Palermo, Pier Carlo, Ponzini, Davide 1st Edition., 2010, XII, 159 p., Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8869-7 Ships in 3 - 5 business days $129.00 ABOUT THIS BOOK Urban planning is a complex field of knowledge and practice. Through the decades, theoretical debate has formed an eclectic set of possible perspectives, without finding, in our opinion, a coherent paradigmatic framework which can adequately guide the interpretation and action in urban planning. The hypothesis of this book is that the attempts of founding an autonomous planning theory are inadequate if they do not explore two interconnected fields: architecture and public policies.The book critically reviews a selected set of current practices and theoretical founding works of modern and contemporary urban planning by highlighting the continuous search for the epistemic legitimization of a large variety of experiences. The distinctive contribution of this book is a documented critique to the eclecticism and abstraction of the main international trends in current planning theory. The dialogic relationship with the traditions of architecture and public policy is proposed here in order to critically review planning theory and practice. The outcome is the proposal of a paradigmatic framework that, in the authors' opinion, can adequately guide reflections and actions. A pragmatic and interpretative heritage and the project-orientated approach are the basis of this new spatial planning paradigm. Pier Carlo Palermo is Dean of the School of Architecture and Society at the Politecnico di Milano, where he founded and directed the Department of Architecture and Planning. His main research interests concern the theory and history of urbanism, urban studies, spatial planning and policy design. He has worked as planning consultant on programmes of national and international interest (EU Programmes, Italian Minis

When the automobile was first introduced, few Americans predicted its fundamental impact, not only on how people would travel, but on the American landscape itself. Instead of reducing the amount of wheeled transport on public roads, the advent of mass-produced cars caused congestion, at the curb and in the right-of-way, from small midwestern farm towns to New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles. Lots of Parking examines a neglected aspect of this rise of the automobile: the impact on America not of cars in motion but of cars at rest. While most studies have tended to focus on highway construction and engineering improvements to accommodate increasing flow and the desire for speed, John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle examine a fundamental feature of the urban, and suburban, scene--the parking lot. Their lively and exhaustive exploration traces the history of parking from the curbside to the rise of public and commercial parking lots and garages and the concomitant demolition of the old pedestrian-oriented,urban infrastructure. In an accessible style enhanced by a range of interesting and unusual illustrations, Jakle and Sculle discuss the role of parking in downtown revitalization efforts and, by contrast, its role in the promotion of outlying suburban shopping districts and its incorporation into our neighborhoods and residences. Like Jakle and Sculle's earlier works on car culture, Lots of Parking will delight and fascinate professional planners, landscape designers, geographers, environmental historians, and interested citizens alike.

American drivers park for free on nearly ninety-nine percent of their car trips, and cities require developers to provide ample off-street parking for every new building. The resulting cost? Today we see sprawling cities that are better suited to cars than people and a nationwide fleet of motor vehicles that consume one-eighth of the world's total oil production. Donald Shoup contends in The High Cost of Free Parking that parking is sorely misunderstood and mismanaged by planners, architects, and politicians. He proposes new ways for cities to regulate parking so that Americans can stop paying for free parking's hidden costs.

Sprawl Repair Manual Galina Tachieva 1 Resenha Island Press, 2010 - 304 páginas There is a wealth of research and literature explaining suburban sprawl and the urgent need to retrofit suburbia. However, until now there has been no single guide that directly explains how to repair typical sprawl elements. The Sprawl Repair Manual demonstrates a step-by-step design process for the re-balancing and re-urbanization of suburbia into more sustainable, economical, energy- and resource-efficient patterns, from the region and the community to the block and the individual building. As Galina Tachieva asserts in this exceptionally useful book, sprawl repair will require a proactive and aggressive approach, focused on design, regulation and incentives. The Sprawl Repair Manual is a much-needed, single-volume reference for fixing sprawl, incorporating changes into the regulatory system, and implementing repairs through incentives and permitting strategies. This manual specifies the expertise that's needed and details the techniques and algorithms of sprawl repair within the context of reducing the financial and ecological footprint of urban growth.   The Sprawl Repair Manual draws on more than two decades of practical experience in the field of repairing and building communities to analyze the current pattern of sprawl development, disassemble it into its elemental components, and present a process for transforming them into human-scale, sustainable elements. The techniques are illustrated both two- and three-dimensionally, providing users with clear methodologies for the sprawl repair interventions, some of which are radical, but all of which will produce positive results