This book highlights the new urban–rural relationship that has emerged under the influence of e-commerce in China. In this regard, it presents case studies on the Suichang rural e-commerce model and Alibaba’s rural strategy, together with analyses of online service in China. Furthermore, by means of a brief review of the urban–rural relationship throughout China’s history, and of academ…
Introduction of the Book -- 1956-1973: I Believe Large Dams Provide An Exceptional Opportunity For Integrated River Basin Development -- 1976-1995: The International Research Activities of the Institute for Development Anthropology and Increasing Concerns About The Environmental and Socio-Economic Costs of Large Dams for Free Flowing Rivers and River Basin Communities -- My Increasing Disillusi…
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Geographies of Latin American Corruption -- Chapter 3. European Corruption in Geographic Perspective -- Chapter 4. Spatiality of Corruption in the Middle East and North Africa -- Chapter 5. Geographies of Sub-Saharan African Corruption -- Chapter 6. Geographically Uneven Landscapes of Asian Corruption -- Chapter 7. Corruption in Oceania -- Chapter 8. Corrup…
Introduction -- Early Days -- Visions of Clean and Green -- Water Resources and Independence -- Gardens, Parks and Green Reserves -- Ways Forward -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.Open AccessThis open access book highlights Singapore’s development into a city in which water and greenery, along with associated environmental, technical, social and political aspects have been harnessed and …
Introduction -- Spatial Planning and Governance: Literature Review -- Conceptual Framework and Methodology -- Changing Spatial Planning in the Chinese FYP System -- JSYR Plan Articulated in Jiangsu 11th FYP System: The Process, Rhetoric and Realities -- Spatial Planning Articulated in Suzhou Municipal 11th FYP: Plan Coordination and Development Control -- Conclusion and Discussion.As a legacy o…
Introduction -- How Has Production Space Evolved in China? -- How Does Regional Industrial Structure Evolve in China? -- What Matters for Regional Industrial Dynamics in China? -- What Facilitates New Firm Formation in China? -- Does Creative Destruction Work for Chinese Regions? -- What Causes Firm Failure in China? -- What Sustains Large Firms in China? -- How Do Agglomeration Economies Contr…
Chapter1: Introduction- The practice of spatial analysis -- Chapter2: Pavlos Kanaroglou, his McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics and Research Contributions to the City of Hamilton (2007-2016) -- Chapter3: An ontological framework for spatial socioeconomic units -- Chapter4: Spatial microsimulation and agent-based modelling -- Chapter5: Spatial Patterns of Accessibility between I…
Part 1. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Big Questions About Sustainability and Viability in Small-Scale Fisheries -- Chapter 2. Overview of Small-Scale Fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Prospects -- Part 2. Issues Challenges and Threats -- Chapter 3. Adaptive Capacity to Coastal Disasters: Challenges and Lessons from Small-Scale Fishing Communities in Central-Southern Chil…
Globalization in General -- Globalization, spatial allocation of resources and spatial impacts: A conceptual framework -- Urban development in the global periphery: The consequences of economic and ideological globalization -- The Urban Hierarchy -- Impact of globalization on cities and city-related policies in India -- The impacts of globalization on the urban spatial-economic system in Korea …
The Small Business Innovation Research Program -- Geography and Innovation -- Evaluating Innovative Activity -- Metropolitan Sbir Activity in the 1990s -- Agency Effects in Federally Funded Innovation -- Metropolitan Patent Activity in the 1990s -- Conclusion.It has long been recognized that advances in science contribute to economic growth. While it is one thing to argue that such a relationsh…