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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462454203321

Titolo

Cities, regions and flows / / edited by Peter V. Hall and Markus Hesse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-60613-5

9786613918581

1-136-25678-4

0-203-10614-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in human geography ; ; 40

Altri autori (Persone)

HallP. V <1968-> (Peter V.)

HesseMarkus

Disciplina

330.9173/2

330.91732

Soggetti

Urban economics

Regional economics

Freight and freightage

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; PART I Introduction; 1 Reconciling cities and flows in geography and regional studies; PART II Theoretical concepts, research questions; 2 Economic structure, technological change and location theory: the evolution of models explaining the link between cities and flows; 3 The integration of virtual flows into material movements within the global economy; 4 Supply chain management, logistics changes and the concept of friction

5 Goods movement and metropolitan inequality: global restructuring, commodity flows, and metropolitan developmentPART III Empirical cases; 6 The Paris region: operating and planning freight at multiple scales in a European city; 7 From hinterland to distribution center: the Chicago region's shifting gateway function; 8 Amazon shipping, commodity flows, and urban economic development: the case of BeleĢm and Manaus; 9 The flight of Icarus? Incheon's transformation from port



gateway to global city; 10 From time definite to time critical? Challenges facing airfreight and port growth in Durban

PART IV Challenges for policy and planning11 Contested trade and policy responses in Southern California; 12 Infrastructure and environmental policy on regulating road vehicle emissions: from top-down policy directives to the local level; 13 Freight, land and local economic development; PART V Conclusion; 14 Cities, flows and scale: policy responses to the dynamics of integration and disintegration; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Urban regions have come under increasing pressure to adapt to the imperatives of mobility, including greater freedom of travel, rising trade volumes and global economic networks. Whereas urbanization was once characterized by the concentration of services and facilities, urban areas now have to ensure the exchange of goods, services and information in a much more complex, interrelated, highly competitive, and spatially dispersed environment. As a consequence, cities are challenged to ensure the functionality of infrastructure while mitigating negative environmental and social impacts.<B