The changing economic geography of globalization : reinventing space / / edited by Giovanna Vertova

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.9/051/1; 330.90511
• Soggetto topico: Capitalism; Globalization; International economic relations; Regional economic disparities; Space in economics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: VertovaGiovanna <1966->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Lost in space?; 2 Positionality and globalization in economic geography; 3 A systemic approach to territorial studies; 4 Place is what we think with; 5 The boom and the bombshell; 6 The role of regional innovation systems in a globalising economy; 7 Spatial externalities and local employment dynamics; 8 Accessibility and regional growth in Europe; 9 Regional inequalities and EU enlargement; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The process of globalization has had profound, often destabilizing, effects on space, at all levels (i.e. local, regional, national, international). This revealing book analyzes, both theoretically and empirically, the effects of globalization over space. It considers, through a dialogue among different paradigms, the ways in which space has become more important in the global economy. Globalization has been advocated as a way of shrinking time and space which will lead to a homogenized global market; a suggestion challenged in differing ways and with a variety of approaches b
• Titolo autorizzato: The changing economic geography of globalization
• ISBN: 1-134-25931-X; 1-134-25932-8; 1-280-37743-7; 9786610377435; 0-203-00040-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910348231703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in global competition ; ; v. 27.