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Organising Local Economi...
The Role of Development Agencies and Companies
Development processes occur within a wider geographical area than local government, and in some cases encompass a broader scope than provincial or national governments. Thus substantial inter-governmental co-operation and public-private partnership are needed. This book identi...
(2010)
506 Reads
Making Local Strategies ...
Building the Evidence Base
This book aims to support the design and delivery of more effective local and regional economic development strategies. A crucial part of this process is the collection and use of evidence, on local needs and options and on what works and what does not. Each important step ...
(2008)
17 Reads
A Guide to Effective Pro...
A guide to Effective Property Management in Hong Kong brings together the practical experience and the insights of a charted surveyor who has had more than thirty years of experience in propertry management and real estate in Hong Kong and Canada.
(2010)
39 Reads
Competitive Regional Clu...
National Policy Approaches
In today’s globalising world, the regional specialisations built up over decades are transforming rapidly. Many regions that were historically production centres in a given sector are losing out to lower-cost locations and reorienting to higher value-added niches. National pro...
(2007)
11 Reads
Burden or Legacy
From the Chinese Cultural Revolution to Contemporary Art
Hong Kong's impressive skyline and staggering infrastructure bear witness to the success of its construction industry. The aim of this book is to express the nature and significance of this industry. To illustrate how corporate strength, managerial abilities and technical skil...
(2009)
6 Reads
Managing Urban Traffic C...
This reportaddresseskeyissuesconcerning managing urban traffic congestion, including defining congestion, measuring congestion, assessing its impacts, formulating a strategic vision for guiding management policies, and using technology and other operational options to ameliora...
(2007)
5 Reads
Linking Regions and Cent...
Contracts for Regional Development
A trend toward decentralisation has meant that sub-national governments increasingly find themselves responsible for providing a host of public goods and services. Rarely, however, can they "go it alone". Co-ordinationamong levels of government is imperative. This book offers ...
(2007)
3 Reads
Redefining "Urban"
A New Way to Measure Metropolitan Areas
This report compares urbanisation trends in OECD countries on the basis of a newly defined OECD methodology which enables cross-country comparison of the socio-econimic and environmental performance of metropolitan areas in OECD countries. The methodology is presented and resu...
(2012)
3 Reads
Competitive Cities in th...
Urban areas represent an important part of the national economy and feature higher GDP per capita and productivity levels than their country’s average. But they also harbour large pockets of unemployment and poverty and suffer fromproblems such as congestion, pollution and cri...
(2006)
10 Reads
North of England, United...
With 14.5 million inhabitants and an economy worth over EUR 290 billion, the North of England is larger than many European countries. At the heart of the industrial revolution, the region has been a historic centre for world-changing innovation in transport, computing and in v...
(2008)
1 Read
Local Innovations for Gr...
Local development strategies represent an important response to the challenges of globalisation, while providing a mechanism for seizing the new opportunities that globalisation offers. Nearly two decades after the fall of the Berlin wall,this book evaluates progress made and ...
(2007)
No Reads
Privatization of Urban L...
By focusing on a particular sector of China's economy -- urban land -- this study discusses the unique merger of the market system and the socialist environment, and provides an insight into the privatization of the economic system in China.
(2010)
No Reads
OECD Urban Policy Review...
This Urban Policy Review of Korea assesses Korea’s approach to sustainable urban development as expressed in its recent urban policy reform and national green growth agenda. The government has responded to the economic, environmental and social challenges that have ...
(2012)
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