International Handbook of Urban Policy: Issues in the Developed WorldH. S. Geyer No further information has been provided for this title. |
Contents
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PART TWO EVOLVING URBAN SYSTEMS | 23 |
the European case | 25 |
the role of knowledge and ICT infrastructure | 46 |
organizational networking and the global urban hierarchy | 74 |
PART THREE FORCES OF SPATIAL ECONOMIC CHANGE | 103 |
a simple exposition | 105 |
the economic impacts of planning | 120 |
what can we expect from transaction cost economics? | 199 |
the social nature of articulated rationality | 212 |
turning the digital divide into a digital dividend in Manchester UK | 230 |
PART FOUR THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC LANDSCAPE | 243 |
likely social and economic implications | 245 |
evolving demographic contexts geographies and policy debates | 259 |
controversies underlying the urban policy debate | 276 |
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