Urban Economics

This book examines the relationship between urban migrant movements, struggles and digitality which transforms public space and generates mobile co...

We live in an era of techno-monopoly power in which technocapitalism - through ubiquitous digital platforms - has colonized both the internet and k...

We live in an era of techno-monopoly power in which technocapitalism - through ubiquitous digital platforms - has colonized both the internet and k...

This study was designed and the book prepared by the National Academy of Economics Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and th...

Some cities seem destined to become major financial capitals, yet never doSeville, for instance, was the centre of Spain's opulent New World Empire...

In Small Business and the City, Rafael Gomez, Andre Isakov, and Matt Semansky highlight the power of small-scale entrepreneurship to transform loca...

Abandoned factories, shipyards, warehouses, and refineries are features of many industrialized cities around the world. But despite their state of ...

In Small Business and the City, Rafael Gomez, Andre Isakov, and Matt Semansky highlight the power of small-scale entrepreneurship to transform loca...

The Economics of Urban Diversity explores ethnic and religious minorities in urban economies. In this exciting work, the contributors develop an in...

The author examines the two most advanced eco-city projects: the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City in China, and Masdar City in Abu Dhabi. These are ...

The contributors illustrate what twin analytical and practical challenges emerge from juxtaposing cultural, economic, historical, postcolonial, vir...

The term 'housing crisis' has recently been associated with rising foreclosure rates and tottering financial institutions, particularly in the US a...

This volume is concerned with labor market developments in China from a comparative perspective on selected East and South Asian countries. It clos...

This book reviews the character and impacts of 'actually-existing' neoliberalism in Ireland. It examines the property-development boom and its lega...

This book is the first to provide an introductory overview to the concept of urban informality, taking an international perspective across the glob...

This book is the first to provide an introductory overview to the concept of urban informality, taking an international perspective across the glob...

Social protection systems in Latin America developed in a fragmented manner, offering varying access to benefits and benefit levels to population g...

Ünal uses Turkey as a case study to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of land and labor markets in spreading economic opportunities with...

Examines Dakar's transformation from a small colonial capital to a dynamic city, highlighting how its resourceful residents challenged French contr...

Can a bold investment in education turn around the economy of an entire city? Gene I. Maeroff, former national education correspondent for the New ...

Can a bold investment in education turn around the economy of an entire city? Gene I. Maeroff, former national education correspondent for the New ...

A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. This book examines the emergence of ...