Constitution
Elisabete Martins
Books - 2010
Learning Remote Sensing
Authored by Kurt T. Rudahl, Sally E. Goldin
Geospatial knowledge has become important in almost every profession and in private life as well. Satellite images have become familiar due to their extensive use in the media and as background for mapping on the World Wide Web, and web-based software for viewing image data is also widely available. However, much more value can be extracted from image data than simple viewing software can provide. Unfortunately, the software for more advanced processing of remote sensing data tends to be both expensive and to require considerable expertise. "Learning Remote Sensing" offers a straightforward, hands-on treatment of the core concepts in remote sensing and raster GIS analysis. Readers with limited knowledge of physics or geography can use this book not only to acquire an understanding of remote sensing fundamentals but also to begin applying geospatial analysis to their own problems. With a target audience that includes undergraduate and graduate students, teachers (especially in secondary schools) and interested individuals, this is a practically-oriented textbook with example exercises that illustrate how the powerful analysis capabilities of Dragon and its free variant OpenDragon can be applied. The book is provides a single, concise, self-contained volume that combines basic theory with practice.
This is a very useful book on a very important subject. The preservation of the rich and diverse body of cultures that history and continued diversity provide is of great significance for humanity and the welfare of society. The failure to appreciate, and even to hate other cultures, is surely a threat to world peace and civilization. I particularly value the chapters that focus on policy and provide evidence indicating what policy approaches are effective and which are not.’
Entrepreneurship And Regional Development
The world is experiencing the fourth globalization trend since the collapse of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago. This trend unlike previous ones is characterized by both broader global interconnection and deeper localization. In other words, the world is both flatter and spikier at the same time. The key to a successful development policy is to integrate these two seemingly counter intuitive trends. The solution to this is a more or less regional strategy with a very strong focus on entrepreneurship. While this approach is not new and is not the first, it is the best one that I have seen. The editors of this collection are some of the best informed, most careful and deep thinking scholars in the business and have produced a work worthy of their stature.
Making Strategies in Spatial Planning
This book discusses strategic spatial planning with emphasis on the role of values and cognitions dynamics within the planning-evaluation interplay. In the book, values and cognitions dynamics are investigated as crucial aspects of planning practices devoted to the development of strategic actions strictly linked to spatial contexts. Different methodologies and approaches are examined to support collaborative decision making and to manage comprehensive and participatory knowledge throughout strategic planning processes. The discussion is carried out from both theoretical and practical points of view. The book also dissects the multiple meanings of strategic planning and its implication in terms of mobilization and creation of values and knowledge. Critical issues are examined in relation to both the dynamics of negotiation and construction of diverse values and knowledge in planning processes, and in relation to some experiences carried out in different urban contexts.
Residential Location Choice
The effective planning of residential location choices is one of the great challenges of contemporary societies and requires forecasting capabilities and the consideration of complex interdependencies which can only be handled by complex computer models. This book presents a range of approaches used to model residential locations within the context of developing land-use and transport models. These approaches illustrate the range of choices that modellers have to make in order to represent residential choice behaviour. The models presented in this book represent the state-of-the-art and are valuable both as key building blocks for general urban models, and as representative examples of complexity science.
Multimedia Explorations in Urban Policy and Planning
This book explores the potential of multimedia to enrich and transform the planning field. By ‘multimedia’ the authors refer to the combination of multiple contents (both traditional and digital: texts, still images, animations, audio and video productions) and interactive platforms (offline interactive cd roms, online websites and forums, digital environments) which are opening up new possibilities in planning practice, pedagogy and research. The authors document the ways in which multimedia can expand the language of planning and the creativity of planners; can evoke the lived experience (the spirit, memories, desires) of the mongrel cities of the 21stcentury by engaging with stories and storytelling; and can help democratize planning processes. The diverse contributions demonstrate multimedia’s potential for layered, complex and open-ended representations of urban life; for enabling multiple forms of voice, participation and empowerment; for stimulating dialogue and influencing policy; for nurturing community engagement and community development; for expanding the horizons of qualitative and quantitative research; and for transformative learning experiences. The book conveys an excitement about the ways in which multimedia can be used by activists, immigrant and indigenous communities, planning scholars and educators, wherever urban policy and planning strategies are being debated and communities are struggling to shape, improve or protect their life spaces. But the authors go beyond enthusiasm for the new, incorporating a critical stance about the power relations embedded in these new information and communication technologies; raising questions about audience and political intentions; and outlining ethical dilemmas around authorship and ownership, collaborative processes, and the politics of voice.
Spatial Planning and Urban Development
Urban planning is a complex field of knowledge and practice. Through the decades, theoretical debate has formed an eclectic set of possible perspectives, without finding, in our opinion, a coherent paradigmatic framework which can adequately guide the interpretation and action in urban planning. The hypothesis of this book is that the attempts of founding an autonomous planning theory are inadequate if they do not explore two interconnected fields: architecture and public policies. The book critically reviews a selected set of current practices and theoretical founding works of modern and contemporary urban planning by highlighting the continuous search for the epistemic legitimization of a large variety of experiences. The distinctive contribution of this book is a documented critique to the eclecticism and abstraction of the main international trends in current planning theory. The dialogic relationship with the traditions of architecture and public policy is proposed here in order to critically review planning theory and practice. The outcome is the proposal of a paradigmatic framework that, in the authors’ opinion, can adequately guide reflections and actions. A pragmatic and interpretative heritage and the project-orientated approach are the basis of this new spatial planning paradigm.
Books - 2009
Innovation, Agglomeration and Regional Competition
This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research on regional competition and co-operation. Developing our current understanding of the new role of regions and their behaviour, this book addresses questions such as: How and why do regions compete? How does competition between border regions operate? Which regions are successful and which regions fail? What are the implications of regional competition in terms of resource allocation, the location of economic activities and the distribution of incomes? The book illuminates a number of critical theoretical end empirical issues relating to the competitive and cooperative nature of regions, as well as highlighting a number of new case studies from a variety of countries. The book will be a useful enhancement to undergraduate and post-graduate courses in economics, economic geography, regional science, regional planning, business administration, and international and industrial management. It will also be an invaluable guidance tool for researchers, consultants and policy makers in international organizations such as the EU, the World Bank and the OECD.
Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Functional Regions
In recent decades, the world has witnessed the emergence of a global knowledge economy in which functional regions increasingly play a role as independent and dynamic market places. These are integrated with other functional regions by means of flows of information, knowledge, and commodities. This contemporary and illuminating book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research on innovation and entrepreneurship in functional regions. There are numerous questions regarding entrepreneurship and innovation in functional regions that have not yet been answered - until now. Some of the issues that the expert contributors in this field question are - How do firms compete and how do they develop their competitive strategies? How important are entrepreneurial actions and innovation? How important are firm size, firm maturity and corporate structure for innovation? Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Functional Regions will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of entrepreneurship, business economics, innovation and regional science.
New Directions in Regional Economic Development
The emphasis of this book lies on emerging hypotheses, new methods and theoretic developments in the field of regional economic development. A further amplification is provided with a diverse set of cases extending this new way of thinking at the theory and methods level into policy and practice. The case studies range from a focus on Europe, Central and East Asia and North America. Considerable emphasis is laid on the role of entrepreneurship and innovation as drivers of economic growth and development on the sub-national regional level.
Working Bodies: Interactive Service Employment and Workplace Identities
‘Working Bodies: Interactive Service Employment and Workplace Identities’ by Linda McDowell October 2009, Paperback, Wiley-Blackwell.
Books - 2008
International Migration in Europe: Data, Models and Estimates
James Raymer (Editor), Frans Wiilekens (Co-Editor) 2008. International Migration in Europe: Data, Models and Estimates, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-470-03233-6.
Public Policy in an Entrepreneurial Economy
Acs, Z. and Stough, R.R. (Eds.), 2008. Public Policy in an Entrepreneurial Economy. Springer, Heidelburg, Germany.
Networked Disease: Emerging Infections in the Global City
‘Networked Disease: Emerging Infections in the Global City’ by S. Harris Ali (Editor), Roger Keil (Editor) September 2008, Paperback, Wiley-Blackwell.
Books - 2007
Institutions and Sustainable Transport: Regulatory Reform in Advanced Economies
Rietveld, P. and Stough, R.R. (Eds.), 2007. Institutions and Sustainable Transport: Regulatory Reform in Advanced Economies. Edward Elgar, UK.
Critical Infrastructure. Reliability and Vulnerability
Murray, Alan T. and Tony Grubesic (eds). 2007. Critical Infrastructure. Reliability and Vulnerability, Series: Advances in Spatial Science. Springer (ISBN 978-3-540-68055-0).
Books - 2006
Community Policy Analysis Modeling
Johnson, Thomas G., Daniel Otto, and Steven C. Deller (eds.) 2006. Community Policy Analysis Modeling. Oxford: Blackwell Professional Publishing.
Social Culture and High-Tech Economic Development: The Technopolis Columns
Phillips, Fred. 2006. Social Culture and High-Tech Economic Development: The Technopolis Columns. Palgrave. ISBN 1403999511.
Spatial Analysis and GeoComputation:Selected Essays
Fischer, M.M. 2006. Spatial Analysis and GeoComputation:Selected Essays (ISBN 3-540-35729-7).
Innovation, Networks, and Knowledge Spillovers
Fischer, M.M. 2006. Innovation, Networks, and Knowledge Spillovers, Springer 2006.
Regional Economic Development: Analysis and Planning Strategy
Stimson, R.J., Roger R. Stough, and Brian H. Roberts. 2006. Regional Economic Development: Analysis and Planning Strategy, Springer, ISBN 3-540-34826-3.
Environmental Valuation
Carruthers, John I. and Bill Mundy (eds.) 2006. Environmental Valuation. Series: Urban Planning and Environment. Ashgate. (ISBN 0754644715).
Telecommunications, Transporation, and Location
Button, Kenneth, and , Roger R. Stough with Michelle Bragg and Samantha Taylor. 2006. Telecommunications, Transporation, and Location. Edgar Elgar Publishing, MA, USA, pp. 200. Part of the Transport Economics, Management and Policy series.
Social Capital in the Knowledge Economy: Theory and Empirics
Westlund, Hans. 2006. Social Capital in the Knowledge Economy: Theory and Empirics, Advances in Spatial Science, Springer (ISBN 3-540-35364).
The Emerging Digital Economy: Entrepreneurship, Clusters, and Policy
Johansson, Börje; Charlie Karlsson, and Roger Stough (eds.) 2006. The Emerging Digital Economy: Entrepreneurship, Clusters, and Policy. Series: Advances in Spatial Science. (ISBN 3-540-34487-X).
Books - 2005
The Economics of Livestock Disease Insurance: Concepts, Issues and International Case Studies
Koontz, S.R., D.L. Hoag, D.D. Thilmany, John W. Green, and J.L. Grannis (eds). December 2005. The Economics of Livestock Disease Insurance: Concepts, Issues and Inernational Case Studies, UK: CABI Publishing, (ISBN: 0-85199-077-0).
Spatial Economics, The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics 188
Fujita, M. (ed). 2005. Spatial Economics, The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics 188. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, (ISBN 1 84376 648 5) 2 volume set.
Amenities and Rural Development: Theory, Methods and Public Policy
Green, Gary, Steven C. Deller and David Marcouiller (eds.) 2005. Amenities and Rural Development: Theory, Methods and Public Policy. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Barriers to Sustainable Transport: Institutions, Regulation and Sustainability
Rietveld, Piet and Roger Stough (eds). 2005. Barriers to Sustainable Transport: Institutions, Regulation and Sustainability.Spon Press, NY.
The Technology-Energy-Environment-Health (TEEH) Chain in China. A Case Study of Cokemaking.
Polenske, Karen R. (ed). 2005. The Technology-Energy-Environment-Health (TEEH) Chain in China. A Case Study of Cokemaking. Series: Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries, Vol. 8, pp. 189. Springer (ISBN 1-4020-3433-4).
Spatial Econometrics: Statistical Foundations and Applications to Regional Convergence
Arbia, Giuseppe. 2006. Spatial Econometrics: Statistical Foundations and Applications to Regional Convergence, Series: Advances in Spatial Science. (ISBN 3-540-32304-X).
Books - 2004
Entrepreneurship and Regional Economic Development: A Spatial Perspective
DeGroot, Henri L.F., Peter Nijkamp and Roger R. Stough, (eds). 2004. Entrepreneurship and Regional Economic Development: A Spatial Perspective, Edward Elgar Publishing, (ISBN 9781843768906).
Wassily Leontief and Input-Output Economics
Dietzenbacher, Erik and Michael L. Lahr (eds). March 2004. Wassily Leontief and Input-Output Economics, Cambridge University Press, pp. 418 (ISBN: 0521832381.
Modeling Spatial and Economic Impacts of Disasters
Okuyama, Yasuhide and Stephanie E. Chang (eds). 2004. Modeling Spatial and Economic Impacts of Disasters, Springer-Verlag, 300 pp. (ISBN: 03-540-21449-6).
Advances in Spatial Econometrics
Anselin, L., R. Florax, and S. Rey (eds). 2004. Advances in Spatial Econometrics, Springer (ISBN 3-540-43729-0).
Fifty Years of Regional Science
Florax, R., and D. Plane (eds). 2004. Fifty Years of Regional Science, Springer (ISBN 3-540-22361-4).
Advances in Spatial Science
Anselin, L., M.M. Fischer, G.J.D. Hewings, P. Nijkamp, and F. Snickars (eds). 2004. Advances in Spatial Science, Springer (ISBN 1320-9602).
Books - 2003
Social Change and Sustainable Transport
Black, William R. and Peter Nijkamp (eds), 2003. Social Change and Sustainable Transport, Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, pp. 416 (ISBN 0-253-34067-5).
Books - 2002
Clustering Dynamics and the Location of High-Tech Firms
Maggioni, Mario A. 2002. Clustering Dynamics and the Location of High-Tech Firms. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-7908-1431-8.
The Economic Valuation of the Environment and Public Policy: A Hedonic Approach
Hidano, Noboru. 2002. The Economic Valuation of the Environment and Public Policy: A Hedonic Approach, Cheltenham and Northampton: Edward Elgar.
The Leading Cities of the World and their Competitive Advantages. The Perception of 'Citymakers.'
Grosveld, Harry. 2002. The Leading Cities of the World and their Competitive Advantages. The Perception of 'Citymakers.' Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Rozenberg Publishers. ISBN 90 9015 804 9.
Comparative Environmental Economic Assessment
Florax, Raymond J.G. M., Peter Nijkamp, and Kenneth G. Willis, eds. 2002. Comparative Environmental Economic Assessment. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Public Investment and Regional Economic Development
Felsenstein, D., R. McQuaid, P. McCann, and D. Shefer, joint editors. 2002. Public Investment and Regional Economic Development, Edward Elgar, Aldershot.
Institutions and Systems in the Geography of Innovation
Feldman, Maryann P., and Nadine Massard, eds. 2002. Institutions and Systems in the Geography of Innovation. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Boston: ISBN 0-7923-7614-5.
The Information Economy and American Cities
Drennan, Matthew P. 2002. The Information Economy and American Cities, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Books - 2001
The Dynamics of New Firm Formation
Sutaria, Vinod. 2001. The Dynamics of New Firm Formation (pp. 108). Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN 0 7546 13038.
Intelligent Transport Systems: Cases and Policies
Stough, Roger, ed. 2001. Intelligent Transport Systems: Cases and Policies, Edward Elgar Publishing, Northampton, Massachusetts, ISBN 1840644478.
Transport Planning, Logistics, and Spatial Mismatch
Pitfield D., ed. 2001. Transport Planning, Logistics, and Spatial Mismatch, European Research in Regional Science 11, London, Pion. ISBN 0850861721.
Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
Miller, Harvey J., and Jiawei Han, eds. 2001. Geographic Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Taylor and Francis. Hardcover - 338 pages. ISBN: 0415233690 USD $100.
Geographic Information Systems for Transportation: Principles and Applications
Miller, Harvey J., and Shih-Lung Shaw. 2001. Geographic Information Systems for Transportation: Principles and Applications, Oxford University Press. Hardcover - 480 pages. ISBN: 0195123948.
Urban and Regional Economics
McCann Philip. 2001. Urban and Regional Economics, Oxford University Press, 286 pages.
Geographic Information Systems and Science
Longley P. A., M. F. Goodchild, D. J. Maguire, and D. W. Rhind. 2001. Geographic Information Systems and Science. Wiley, Chichester UK and New York USA.
Input-Output Analysis: Frontiers and Extensions
Lahr Michael L. and Erik Dietzenbacher, eds. 2001. Input-Output Analysis: Frontiers and Extensions. London: Palgrave.
Regional Science Perspectives in Economic Analysis
Lahr, Michael L. and Ronald E. Miller, eds. 2001. Regional Science Perspectives in Economic Analysis: A Festschrift in Memory of Benjamin H. Stevens. Contributions to Economic Analysis Series, 249. Amsterdam and New York: Elsevier Science.
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