192.168.6.56/handle/123456789/24486 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:15:27 GMT 2026-04-08T16:15:27Z 192.168.6.56/handle/123456789/57795 Title: Convergence Clubs and Spatial Externalities Authors: Stilianos Alexiadis Editors: Manfred M. Fischer Geoffrey J.D. Hewings Anna Nagurney Peter Nijkamp Folke Snickars Description: This book is concerned with whether levels of labour productivity across the regions of an enlarged Europe converge or diverge. In particular, it is argued that the EU-27 regions follow a pattern of club convergence. In the early chapters the neoclassical model is extended by several elements from Endogenous Growth and New Economic Geography models, as a theoretical framework. It is argued that club or local convergence is attributed to differences in technology creation and adoption and agglomeration externalities across regions. This argument is developed in an explicitly spatial context, taking into account interaction and spillovers from technology creation across geographical areas. To support this argument, a theoretical model is developed, which attributes club convergence to existing differences with respect to the degree of technology adoption across regions. This model postulates that convergence amongst regions is feasible only if they share similar structural characteristics, regarding the creation and adoption of technology. Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT 192.168.6.56/handle/123456789/57795 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 192.168.6.56/handle/123456789/57606 Title: The Lower Damodar River, India Authors: Bhattacharyya, Kumkum Editors: Prof. Marcus Nüsser Description: The series aims at fostering the discussion on the complex relationships between physical landscapes, natural resources, and their modification by human land use in various environments of Asia. It is widely acknowledged that human-environment- interactions become increasingly important in area studies and development research, taking into account regional differences as well as bio-physical, socioe- conomic and cultural particularities. The book series seeks to explore theoretic and conceptual reflection on dynamic human-environment systems applying advanced methodology and innovative research perspectives. The main themes of the series cover urban and rural landscapes in Asia. Examples include topics such as land and forest degradation, glaciers in Asia, mountain environments, dams in Asia, medical geography, vulnerability and mitigation strategies, natural hazards and risk management concepts, environmental change, impacts studies and consequences for local communities. The relevant themes of the series are mainly focused on geographical research perspectives of area studies, however there is scope for interdisciplinary contributions. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT 192.168.6.56/handle/123456789/57606 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 192.168.6.56/handle/123456789/55083 Title: Evaluating Local Economic and Employment Development Authors: Alistair Nolan, Ging Wong,Sergio Arzeni Description: The papers brought together in this volume were first presented at the conference “Evaluating Local Economic and Employment Development”, held in Vienna in November 2002. This conference was organised by the OECD’s Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme, with financial and logistical support from the European Commission (DG Employment) and Austria’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour. The holding of the conference was motivated by the widespread perception that there is a deficit in many OECD member countries with respect to the volume and quality of evaluative research on policies and programmes used to enhance local development. Why, for instance, is the evaluation literature on local development so relatively thin? Is this a result of inadequate public commitment to and practice of evaluation in this field, or perhaps a symptom of conceptual and methodological difficulties particular to local development? These and other issues were explored in the conference papers and discussions. Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT 192.168.6.56/handle/123456789/55083 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 192.168.6.56/handle/123456789/54780 Title: Changing Things Moving People Editors: Ruth Kaufmann-Hayoz Heinz Gutscher Description: This book results from a pioneering effort to organize a productive interdisciplinary research program on sustainable development policy in a small country not previously recognized as a world leader in environmental social science. The results are very promising, considering the short time frame and the high barriers to success for such an enterprise - differences in concepts and terminology, disciplinary myopia, and the inherent difficulty of the problem. In the USA, where I work, these barriers continue to pose major challenges after some 30 years of effort. Switzerland has made noteworthy progress in only five. I hope this book represents the beginning of a long- term effort at problem-oriented interdisciplinary collaboration among Swiss researchers and prac- titioners. Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT 192.168.6.56/handle/123456789/54780 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z