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Cover The Elgar Companion to Urban Infrastructure Governance
The Elgar Companion to Urban Infrastructure Governance
Innovation, Concepts and Cases
Edited by Matthias Finger and Numan Yanar

A comprehensive overview of the governance of urban infrastructures, this Companion combines illustrative cases with conceptual approaches to offer an innovative perspective on the governance of large urban infrastructure systems. Chapters examine the challenges facing urban infrastructure systems, including financial, economic, technological, social, ecological, jurisdictional and demand. 

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Handbook
Published:
22 Apr 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800375611
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2022
Cover Research Companion to Construction Economics
Research Companion to Construction Economics
Edited by George Ofori
This innovative Research Companion considers the history, nature and status of construction economics, and its need for development as a field in order to be recognised as a distinct discipline. It presents a state-of-the-art review of construction economics, identifying areas for further research.
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Handbook
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15 Mar 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839108235
Collection:
Economics 2022
Cover A Research Agenda for Real Estate
A Research Agenda for Real Estate
Edited by Piyush Tiwari and Julie T. Miao
Offering fresh insights into the key emerging issues in the field, including the changing socio-economic contexts brought about by the rise of the millennial generation and the creative class, the Covid-19 pandemic, and a greater emphasis on social responsibility, this forward-looking Research Agenda critically debates and rethinks theories and practices in the property sector.
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Monograph Book
Published:
08 Mar 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839103933
Collection:
Economics 2022
Cover Handbook of Proximity Relations
Handbook of Proximity Relations
Edited by André Torre and Delphine Gallaud
This Handbook is a state-of-the-art analysis of proximity relations, offering insights into its history alongside up-to-date scientific advances and emerging questions. Its broad scope – from industrial and innovation approaches through to society issues of living and working at a distance, territorial development and environmental topics – will ensure an in-depth focus point for researchers in economics as well as geography, organizational studies, planning and sociology.
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Handbook
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18 Jan 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786434784
Collection:
Economics 2022
Cover Handbook on Migration and Welfare
Handbook on Migration and Welfare
Edited by Markus M.L. Crepaz
Bringing together prominent scholars in the field, this Handbook provides an interdisciplinary exploration of the complex interrelationship between migration and welfare. Chapters further examine the effects of emigration on sending societies exploring issues such as the impact of remittances, diasporas, and skill deterioration as a result of human capital flight on capacity building and on economic and political development more generally.
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Handbook
Published:
14 Jan 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839104572
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2022
Cover A Research Agenda for Manufacturing Industries in the Global Economy
A Research Agenda for Manufacturing Industries in the Global Economy
Edited by John R. Bryson, Chloe Billing, William Graves, and Godfrey Yeung
This timely Research Agenda provides a state-of-the-art review of existing research on manufacturing, as well as highlighting key areas of study to advance the field. Expert contributors from across the globe analyse the central role of manufacturing industries in the global economy, considering it as a multi-scalar process and assessing the impact of climate change in necessitating the decarbonization of production processes.
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Monograph Book
Published:
11 Jan 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789908510
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2022
Cover Handbook on Entropy, Complexity and Spatial Dynamics
Handbook on Entropy, Complexity and Spatial Dynamics
A Rebirth of Theory?
Edited by Aura Reggiani, Laurie A. Schintler, Daniel Czamanski, and Roberto Patuelli
This ground-breaking Handbook presents a state-of-the-art exploration of entropy, complexity and spatial dynamics from fundamental theoretical, empirical and methodological perspectives. It considers how foundational theories can contribute to new advances, including novel modeling and empirical insights at different sectoral, spatial and temporal scales.
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Handbook
Published:
17 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100598
Collection:
Economics 2021
Cover Handbook on East Asian Economic Integration
Handbook on East Asian Economic Integration
Edited by Fukunari Kimura, Mari Pangestu, Shandre M. Thangavelu, and Christopher Findlay
This comprehensive Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of the nature of East Asian economic integration alongside thoughtful insights into contemporary issues, such as agricultural development, structural transformation and East Asian trade, alongside skills and human capital development policies of ASEAN. Contributors also provide detailed explanations on trade, poverty and Aid for Trade, institutional reforms, regulatory reform and measuring integration.
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Handbook
Published:
09 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975162
Collection:
Economics 2021
Cover Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions in China
Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions in China
A Governmentality Perspective
Le-Yin Zhang
Utilizing a governmentality lens, this timely book offers an explanation for China’s decarbonization performance in the early 21st century. Le-Yin Zhang investigates one of the most ambitious governing projects in history, analyzing the political rationalities of Chinese leaders for decarbonization and the governing techniques and technologies at multiple levels of governance.
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Monograph Book
Published:
19 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977395
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Integrating Europe’s Infrastructure Networks
Integrating Europe’s Infrastructure Networks
The Political Economy of the European Infrastructure System
Colin Turner
This timely book explores the long-standing process of infrastructural integration across Europe, with a particular focus on the EU member states. It illuminates the main economic infrastructure sectors, including transport, energy and information, examining how the process of infrastructural integration reflects an alignment of the needs of the states that are the main drivers behind this process.
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Monograph Book
Published:
09 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839105487
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021