Urban Competitiveness in Developing Economies (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Kresl, Peter Karl

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Plenty has been written on the competitiveness of megacities, capital cities and regional hubs. Cities in developing countries have not yet received the same attention - this book fills that gap. An international team of academics have compiled a comprehensive study of the competitiveness of cities in the developing world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429811975
• Artikelnr.: 59614526

Autorenporträt

Peter Karl Kresl is Charles P. Vaughn Professor of Economics Emeritus, Bucknell University, USA; President, Global Urban Competitiveness Project.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Cities and the contemporary global economy 2. Competitiveness and wellbeing as features of the global economy 3. Africa and the global economy 4. African cities and competitiveness 5. Asia and the global economy 6. Asian cities and competitiveness 7. Latin America and the global economy 8. Latin American cities and competitiveness 9. Conclusions and thoughts about the coming years

Rezensionen

"The book achieves its goal of analysing and presenting the situation of urban competitiveness in developing countries, which makes it an interesting and useful read." - Gabriel Camara (2022) appearing in Regional Studies, 56:1, 171-172.