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Defining region [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Regional studies are right in the center of scientific and political discourse at the moment; regional issues acquire special significance in the countries with a transition economy. However, there is still no clear definition of the term “region”.
Kochetkov, D. M., Vukovic, D.
core   +1 more source

Flexible Demand and Its Impacts on Future Utility‐Scale Photovoltaic Integration and Generation Costs: Case Study on the Italian Energy Transition

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
The energy transition increases electrical demand, primarily met by renewable sources, potentially raising system costs. In this study, the economic effects of flexible demand on solar integration and generation costs in Italy for 2030 and 2040 are assessed.
Elisa Veronese   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Between Industrialism and Postindustrialism—the Case of Small Towns in a Large Urban Region: The Katowice Conurbation, Poland

open access: yesUrban Science, 2019
The socio-economic transformation of (post)mining towns takes different forms and follows varied pathways. This obvious fact acquires a different significance in a region that is a polycentric urban conurbation whose growth was based on coal mining and ...
Robert Krzysztofik   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Perfect Storm: First-Nature Geography and Economic Development [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
Is geography destiny? What is the role of first-nature geography in determining prosperity? This paper estimates the effect of randomly removing and introducing favorable first-nature geography to a specific region using a difference in difference design.
arxiv  

Common Territory? : Comparing the IMP Approach with Economic Geography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The IMP research tradition has always been open to the cross-fertilisation of ideas with other social science disciplines that study similar phenomena.
Brennan, Ross   +2 more
core  

Temporal and Spatial Trends of CO2 Emissions and the Emission Reduction Paths of Countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt from 1960 to 2060

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
Reducing CO2 emissions is essential for sustainable development but faces challenges like politics, resources, technology, markets, and energy structure. Compared with 1992, the gravity center of CO2 emissions in 2020 moved to the southeast of the region, shifting from the territory of Kazakhstan in West Asia to Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia. Reducing CO2
Wen Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of Creative Industries in the Post-Socialist Urban Transformation

open access: yesQuaestiones Geographicae, 2014
Over the past two decades the cities in Central and Eastern Europe have witnessed a wide-ranging transformation in many aspects. The introduction of a market-oriented economy after half a century of socialism has brought about deep social, economic ...
Stryjakiewicz Tadeusz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic Geography in the Internet Age

open access: yesSymphonya, 2015
Internet is shaping what jobs go where. It provides an account of how concentration is changing in different industries and different sectors.
Francesco Grillo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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