Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies

Product Description This collection of essays provides a rich assortment of methods used to investigate the complex economic social environmental demographic and political systems in cities throughout the world. It gives researchers lecturers and students a useful taste of the different ways of studying these phenomena in diverse urban settings. - Ivan Turok University of Glasgow UKIn this timely Handbook more than 17 renowned contributors from Asia the Americas and Europe provide chapters that deal with some of the most intriguing and important aspects of research methodologies on cities and urban economies.The Handbook comprises five parts: methodology continental distinctions positioning cities planning for the future and urban structures. The methodologies section includes interviews empirical and theoretical approaches whilst continental distinctions offers contributions on China North America Europe Latin America and South Africa. Positioning treats cities in the international context and relates them to economic and administrative spaces whilst planning includes general strategic economic planning as well as the experience of individual cities. Finally the structures section refers to contextual and situational aspects of urban development.Providing a comprehensive study of urban development and competitiveness this Handbook will strongly appeal to students wishing to gain a deeper understanding of research methods in urban economics urban studies and planning.Contributors: J.A. Annema D. Arribas-Bel A. Battaglia R. Boix J.M.P. da Cunha J. Duminy E.H. Fry V. Galletto K. Kourtit P.K. Kresl W.F. Lever J.L. Lezama Q. Li J.F. McDonald P. Ni P. Nijkamp N. Odendaal I. Orihuela A. Otgaar H. Priemus S. Ronda C. Salone J. Sobrino D.-G. Tremblay J. Trullén V. Ugalde L. van den Berg B. van Wee V. Watson Review It is obvious that cities have long been the focus if analysis by the scholars and practitioners whose writings published in the Kresl-Sobrino Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies. The depth and excellence of the numerous topics examined reflects effective networking between the scholars involved their analyses of approaches problems and potentials of cities on the numerous continents and the continuing role of the Global Urban Competitiveness Project in encouraging the development of methodologies and data helpful in understanding the hard and soft determinants of the growth and decline of cities. --Pierre-Paul Proulx Universite de Montreal CanadaI highly recommend students teachers and researchers to enjoy reading this set of excellent papers. --Boris Graizbord El Colegio de Mexico About the Author Edited by Peter Karl Kresl Charles P. Vaughan Professor of Economics (Emeritus) Bucknell University US and Jaime Sobrino El Colegio de México