Yehuda Gradus, Harvey Lithwick

Frontiers in Regional Development

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In fifteen insightful new essays noted scholars in geography, economics, and public policy provide a comparative examination of the problems and prospects for development in frontier areas. Blending theory with case studies, the essays challenge the widely held notion that peripheral areas are marginal or backward.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9780847680733
• ISBN-10: 0847680738
• Artikelnr.: 38495292

Autorenporträt

By Yehuda Gradus and Harvey Lithwick - Contributions by Bertha K. Becker; Brian J. L. Berry; Lawrence A. Brown;...

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: Borders Part 2 The Nature of Frontiers Chapter 3
Romancing the Line: Edges and Seams in Western and Indigenous Mindscapes
with Special Reference to Bedouin Chapter 4 Redefining the Frontier:
Regional Development in the Post-Welfare Era Chapter 5 Comparative Frontier
Experiences Chapter 6 The Role of the Frontier in Economic Development:
American Theory and International Experience Chapter 7 Brazil's Frontier
Experience and Sustainable Development: A Geopolitical Approach Chapter 8
Urban System Development Chapter 9 "Frontier" Development in Australia
Chapter 10 From Frontier to Periphery: The Development of Israel's Negev
Part 11 Regional Development in Frontier Areas Chapter 12 The Frontier as
Chain Reaction Chapter 13 Long Waves of Frontier Development Chapter 14 The
Development of Tourism in Frontier Regions: Issues and Approaches Chapter
15 A Social Safety Net for the Negev Part 16 Innovation and Technological
Development in Frontier Areas Chapter 17 Local Synergy as an Explanation
for Innovation in Peripheral and Frontier Areas Chapter 18 Japan's
Technopolis: A Model for Frontier Development in East Asia Chapter 19
Endogenous Development and Innovative Regional Milieux: International
Evidence Relevant to Frontier Regions