Handbook on the Geographies of Regions and Territories

Handbook on the Geographies of Regions and Territories
Author: Anssi Paasi
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 545
Release: 2018-07-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1785365800

This new international Handbook provides the reader with the most up-to-date and original viewpoints on critical debates relating to the rapidly transforming geographies of regions and territories, as well as related key concepts such as place, scale, networks and regionalism. Bringing together renowned specialists who have extensively theorized these spatial concepts and contributed to rich empirical research in disciplines such as geography, sociology, political science and IR studies, this interdisciplinary collection offers fresh, cutting-edge, and contextual insights on the significance of regions and territories in today’s dynamic world.

Handbook of Industry Studies and Economic Geography

Handbook of Industry Studies and Economic Geography
Author: Frank Giarratani
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2013-12-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1782549005

This unique Handbook examines the impacts on, and responses to, economic geography explicitly from the perspective of the behaviour, mechanics, systems and experiences of different firms in various types of industries. The industry studies approach all

The Routledge Research Companion to Energy Geographies

The Routledge Research Companion to Energy Geographies
Author: Stefan Bouzarovski
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2017-07-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 131704357X

Energy has become a central concern of many strands of geographical inquiry, from global climate change to the effects of energy decisions on our lives. However, many aspects of the ‘black box’ of relationships at the energy-society interface remain unopened, especially in terms of the spatial underpinnings of energy production and consumption within nations, cities and regions. Debates focusing on the location and nature of energy flows frequently fail to consider the multiple geographical networks that illustrate and explain the distribution of fuels and services around the world. Providing an integrated perspective on the complex interdependencies between energy and geography, The Routledge Research Companion to Energy Geographies offers a timely conceptual framework to study the multiple facets of energy geography, including security, space and place, planning, environmental science, economics and political science. Illustrating how a geographic approach towards energy can aid decision-making pathways in the domains of social justice and environment, this book provides insights that will help move the international community toward greater cooperation, stability, and sustainability.

Every Place Matters

Every Place Matters
Author: Andrew Beer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2020-12-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000342298

Across the globe policy makers implement, and academics teach and undertake research upon, place-based policy. But what is place-based policy, what does it aspire to achieve, what are the benefits of place-based approaches relative to other forms of policy, and what are the key determinants of success for this type of government intervention? This Policy Expo examines these questions, reviewing the literature and the experience of places and their governments around the world. We find place-based policies are essential in contemporary economies, providing solutions to otherwise intractable challenges such as the long-term decline of cities and regions. For those working in public sector agencies the success or failure of place-based policies is largely attributable to governance arrangements, but for researchers the community that is the subject of this policy effort, and its leadership, determines outcomes. This Policy Expo explores the differing perspectives on place-based policy and maps out the essential components of effective and impactful actions by government at the scale of individual places.

A Research Agenda for Territory and Territoriality

A Research Agenda for Territory and Territoriality
Author: David Storey
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2020-11-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1788112814

This innovative Research Agenda draws together discussions on the conceptualization of territory and the ways in which territory and territorial practices are intimately bound with issues of power and control. Expert contributors provide a critical assessment of key areas of scholarship on territory and territoriality across a wide range of spatial scales and with examples drawn from the global landscape.

A Research Agenda for Regional and Local Government

A Research Agenda for Regional and Local Government
Author: Mark Callanan
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2021-05-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1839106646

This insightful Research Agenda takes a thematic approach to analysing reform in regional and local government, exploring central concepts such as devolution, Europeanisation and globalisation. Expert contributors address key trends in structural change and reorganisation, subnational autonomy and decentralisation, metropolitan governance, and multi-level governance.

The Multidimensionality of Regions in World Politics

The Multidimensionality of Regions in World Politics
Author: Paul J. Kohlenberg
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2020-09-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000168646

This book examines what counts regarding the role and conceptualization of regions in world politics. It presents a fresh look at which narratives awake, persist, fall dormant or re-emerge amidst diverse interlocking processes of environmental, technological and global political changes. It puts forward a thorough and multidimensional conceptualization of regions as embedded in changing, overlapping environments, and requires more attention to regions’ shifting materiality, temporality and technological underpinnings. Combing the approaches, questions and analyses of Critical IR and Political Geography, it calls for a renewed emphasis on the puzzle of how the contextual environment of regions may become more (or less) multidimensional, or how some aspects of a region’s contextual environment may be mutually constitutive in non-intuitive ways. Ultimately, it sheds light on the politics of regions and the regional scale in international politics in order to overcome the often-underlying territorial fixity of territory and space within IR approaches. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of international relations, international political sociology, political geography, regionalism, geopolitics and area studies.

The Firm and Territory

The Firm and Territory
Author: Roberta Troisi
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2022-12-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000832783

This book investigates the relationship between the firm and the territory, emphasizing the micro-organizational dimension and the interactions between actors at territorial levels. First, the book examines the particular features of the firm considering three key factors - structural design, power configuration and organizational culture – and the characteristics of the surrounding territory as a specific spatial ecosystem with its own institutions, agents, history and objectives. Second, it analyses organizational tenets at the micro- and meso levels with a view to explaining various relational models and their implications at the level of the firm and the territory. Although previous studies have focused on the territory as a geographical space in which firms procure resources and promote development, this book presents an innovative approach and makes a key contribution to the literature by dealing with the firm and the territory from an organizational perspective. The relationship is analysed as bidirectional: a key question concerns how the territory can impact the organizational dimension of the firm, and how the firm can characterize the territory. This will be considered in connection with various effects. The positive effects of the relationship with the territory are investigated in terms of territorial identity, territorial resilience and territorial sustainability. The negative effects include the role of criminal networks rooted in the territory, with firms acting as key agents.

Handbook of Urban Geography

Handbook of Urban Geography
Author: Tim Schwanen
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2019
Genre: Urban geography
ISBN: 178536460X

This collection brings together the latest thinking in urban geography. It provides a comprehensive overview of topical issues and draws on experiences from across the world. Chapters have been prepared by leading researchers in the field and cover themes as diverse as urban economies, inequalities and diversity, conflicts and politics, ecology and sustainability, and information technologies. The Handbook offers a valuable resource for students and researchers interested in cities and the urban in geography and across the wider social sciences.

Handbook on the Changing Geographies of the State

Handbook on the Changing Geographies of the State
Author: Sami Moisio
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2020-10-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1788978056

This authoritative Handbook presents a comprehensive analysis of the spatial transformation of the state; a pivotal process of globalization. It explores the state as an ongoing project that is always changing, illuminating the new spaces of geopolitics that arise from these political, social, cultural, and environmental negotiations.