The proliferation of regional trade agreements, including both free trade agreements and customs unions, over the past decade has provoked many new legal issues in WTO law, public international law, and an emerging law of regional trade agreements. The various Parts of this book…
'Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO Legal System' introduces the economic & political underpinnings of regional trade agreements, their constitutional functions, & their role as a locus for integrating trade & human rights.
Advances in Spatial Science This series of books is dedicated to reporting on recent advances in spatial science. It contains scientific studies focusing on spatial phenomena, utilising theoretical frameworks, analytical methods, and empirical procedures specifically designed fo…
This book is the outcome of three major influences. First, the ongoing integration of the European regional economies and the need to understand what this means for European economic and social cohesion. Second, the development of geo-economic theories ranging from neoclassical …
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Private finance and economic development: city and regional development
by Potter, Jonathan, (Jonathan Graham), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Leveraging Private Finance for City and Region Economic Development, London, England
fromLocal economic and employment development
Many rural regions in Europe are undergoing a dynamic transition, driven by forces of urbanisation and agricultural development, new patterns of production and consumption, and new societal demands. However, while the historical rural-urban divide is eroding, rural landscapes a…
Leading up to the financial crisis of 2008 and onwards, the shortcomings of traditional models of regional economic and environmental development had become increasingly evident. This book explores complex adaptive innovative systems.
"This book explores and challenges the relationship between tourism and development and establishes a conceptual link between the discrete yet interconnected disciplines of tourism studies and development studies. This revised and expanded second edition provides not only a comp…
Preface; Part I Music Festivals: Promises and Predicaments: Introduction; The rise of music festivals: a means to regeneration?; Who goes? Audiences, fans and fanatics; What's it worth? Economic dimensions of music festivals; Whose community? Conflict and identity. Part II Music…