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View article: Prospects for growth and prosperity in West Cumbria: Nuclear decommissioning and regional economic adjustment
Prospects for growth and prosperity in West Cumbria: Nuclear decommissioning and regional economic adjustment Open
The objective of the paper is to trace out the effects of decommissioning of the Sellafield nuclear complex on the economy of West Cumbria. I seek to show how decommissioning expenditures are stimulating the formation of an agglomeration o…
View article: The changing fortunes and future prospects of a traditional industrial cluster: Woollen textile production in the Scottish Borders
The changing fortunes and future prospects of a traditional industrial cluster: Woollen textile production in the Scottish Borders Open
I examine the development and current situation of the woollen knitwear and woven fabric industry in the Scottish Borders. The paper opens with a brief theoretical exposition of the logic and dynamics of industrial clusters. An overview of…
View article: Long non-coding RNA gene regulation and trait associations across human tissues
Long non-coding RNA gene regulation and trait associations across human tissues Open
Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) genes are known to have diverse impacts on gene regulation. However, it is still a major challenge to distinguish functional lncRNAs from those that are byproducts of surrounding transcriptional activity. To sy…
View article: Cities in Global Capitalism
Cities in Global Capitalism Open
Ugo Rossi. Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2017. 213 pp., references, index. $64.95 cloth (ISBN 978-0-7456-8966-1), $22.95 paper (ISBN 978-0-7456-8967-8); $18.99 electronic (ISBN 978-0-7456-8970-8).Cities i...
View article: A perspective of economic geography
A perspective of economic geography Open
The paper opens with a statement on the social embeddedness of know ledge. The disciplinary situation and practices of economic geographers are reviewed in the light of this statement. The rise of a new geographical economics is noted, and…
View article: The cultural economy: geography and the creative field
The cultural economy: geography and the creative field Open
The cultural economy comprises all those sectors in modern capitalism that caters to consumer demands for amusement, ornamentation, self-affirmation, and social display. These sectors comprise various craft, fashion, media, entertainment a…
View article: Urbanization, Work and Community: The Logic of City Life in the Contemporary World
Urbanization, Work and Community: The Logic of City Life in the Contemporary World Open
Purpose: I initiate the discussion with a statement about cognitive-cultural capitalism and its concentration in large global cities. This is followed by an argument to the effect that the specificity of the city resides in the manner in w…
View article: The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies: Lessons from San Francisco and Los Angeles
The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies: Lessons from San Francisco and Los Angeles Open
This book forum reports an outcome of the authors-meet-the-critics session organized for the 2016 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, which took place coincidentally but appropriately, in San Francisco.
View article: Working, Housing: Urbanizing
Working, Housing: Urbanizing Open
Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns); Labor Economics; Human Geography; Regional Development
View article: Working
Working Open
As we saw in the previous chapter, the history of urbanization all around the world is long and multifaceted. Thus far we have considered this history without paying much attention to the internal dynamics of cities. In this chapter, we se…
View article: Introduction
Introduction Open
This short book is about cities. Specifically, we are concerned with the overall process of making cities (in other words urbanizing) and within this broad theme we focus on the practices of people working in cities and their experiences o…
View article: Urbanizing: The Future
Urbanizing: The Future Open
In this short book we have presented an overview of some of the most urgent issues and questions facing city dwellers, planners and scholars about the development and social significance of cities. We have examined how cities first appeare…
View article: Housing
Housing Open
The expansion of urban economies has been accompanied by constant migration of people to cities in search of opportunities for work and livelihood, as discussed in the previous chapter. There are other reasons for living in cities such as …
View article: Cities in Time and Space
Cities in Time and Space Open
Cities are distinguished from other human settlements by two key features: they constitute dense and large clusters of people living and working together, and they are the focus of myriad internal and external flows. This is what makes cit…
View article: Looking to the future of ecosystem services: a review of available approaches.
Looking to the future of ecosystem services: a review of available approaches. Open
Benefits provided by the natural environment that support future human wellbeing are increasingly being compromised by human activities. Consequently, the effects of socio-economic and environmental drivers on the future provision of these…
View article: The City, Redux but Deeply Flawed
The City, Redux but Deeply Flawed Open
In the mid-19th century, Baudelaire complained that Paris was changing more rapidly than the human heart. Cities are again going through upheavals, in their built environments, their economic activities, and their forms of life. When Baude…