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This title was first published in 2002. During the late 1990s, the "new economy" became synonymous with the optimism resulting from high economic growth and its features continue to have a major impact on growth prospects. This international volume analyzes the newly emerging profile of regions and cities with contributions encapsulating issues like ICT, infrastructure, the labour market, migration, sustainability, innovation and public policy design.
Contents
Trends and regional policies in the new economy - an overview.Yoshiro Higano et al.ICT, Transportation and Spatial Dynamics: Impacts of transportation and telecommunication on the co-ordination of production - a typology.Antje BurmeisterSubstitution and complementarity effects between telecommunications and transportation - a demand perspective.Kingsley Haynes, Somik Lall and Serdar Yilmaz Urban planning and information and communication technology - perceptions, ideas and facts.Galit Cohen, Marina van Geenhuizen and Peter NijkampHigh-technology employment and hub airports - infrastructure's contribution to regional development.Kenneth Button and Samantha Taylor Development of border regions - have sea-border regions maintained advantages over land-border regions?.Maria van Geenhuizen and Piet RietveldInnovation and Knowledge Production: Systems of innovation - a novel conceptual framework for innovation analysis. Manfred M. Fischer Regulation, competition and technological change in network markets. Heli A. Koski Technology and industrial cluster analysis - some new methods.Roger R. Stough et al. The contribution of universities to regional economic development.David NewlandsThe impact of globalization on regional labour markets.Jacques PootThe impact of regional labour flows in the Swedish knowledge economy.Lars Olof PerssonUrban and Regional Sustainability in a Modern World: Sustainable regions in an unsustainable world - the ecological footprint reconsidered. Adele Finco and Peter NijkampSustainable settlement development in South Africa - coming to terms with the rest of the world.S.S.C. OdendaalEconomic instruments and natural resource management in Southern Africa.Jaap Arntzen Sustainable mobility in an age of internationalization.Roger Vickerman. New Perspectives on Regional Policy: Regional and local policies to support entrepreneurship.Ronald W. McQuaid; Local economic development - an assessment of its current status in Southern Africa.Etienne Nel.Micro and small enterprises sector development policy in Kenya - the role of local authorities.Peter O. OndiegeCompetitive integration and territory - what should be done with excluded regions?.Cassio F.C. RolimCumulative causation and decentralised manufacturing development in South Africa.Wim Naude, Waldo Krugell and Philip Serumaga-Zake
