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The New Economic Geography [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Economic Surveys, 1999
Recently, the ‘new economic geography’ literature has developed as a theory of the emergence of large agglomerations which relies on increasing returns to scale and transportation costs. This literature builds on diverse intellectual traditions. It combines the insights of traditional regional science with those of modern trade theory and thus attempts
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Multi-Scale Approach and “Playing Scales” in Economic Geography

open access: yesPrace Komisji Geografii Przemysłu Polskiego Towarzystwa Geograficznego, 2014
The notions of multiscaleness and “playing scales” are considered for various spheres of economic geography: cartography, settlement geography, toponymics, ethno-historical geography, locating industrial production, touristic promotion, micro-regional ...
Anatol Jakobson, Ivan D. Blinov
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Production of economic statistics for tourist accommodation services of Belo Horizonte under the flexible geography approach

open access: yesRevista de Turismo Contemporâneo, 2020
This paper aims to produce an experimental economic statistic for the tourist accommodation services for Belo Horizonte under a flexible geography perspective.
Caio César Soares Gonçalves
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The Geography of Economic Segregation

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2018
This study examines the key factors that are associated with the geography of economic segregation across US metros. It connects the sociological literature on the extent and variation of economic segregation to the urban economics literature on the ...
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander
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Far away and yet so close: urban–rural linkages in the context of multilocal work arrangements

open access: yesRegional Studies, Regional Science, 2022
Digital technologies allow knowledge workers to work from multiple locations in both urban and rural areas, creating urban–rural linkages. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) play a critical role.
Reto Bürgin   +3 more
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Effect of climate and geography on worldwide fine resolution economic activity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Geography, including climatic factors, have long been considered potentially important elements in shaping socio-economic activities, alongside other determinants, such as institutions.
Troccoli, Alberto
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Practical dimension of urban and regional resilience concepts: a proposal of resilience strategy model

open access: yesMiscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2020
It is not only growth and development that is of value to local, regional and central governments, but also the ability to absorb negative phenomena and the ability to continuously transform socio-economic systems.
Masik Grzegorz, Grabkowska Maja
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Agglomeration and economic geography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Peaks and troughs in the spatial distributions of population, employment and wealth are a universal phenomenon in search of a general theory. Such spatial imbalances have two possible explanations. In the first one, uneven economic development can be seen as the result of the uneven distribution of natural resources.
OTTAVIANO, GIANMARCO IREO PAOLO   +1 more
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The Construction of the Visible and Invisible Boundaries of Microsegregation: A Case Study from Szeged, Hungary

open access: yesLand, 2023
The concept of microsegregation has gained increasing popularity among researchers dealing with socio-spatial disparities in cities. This is because urban space has become increasingly multifaceted over recent decades, and the boundaries of socio-spatial
Ramóna Vámos   +2 more
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"Doing belonging": young former refugees and their active engagement with Norwegian local communities

open access: yesFennia: International Journal of Geography, 2020
This article explores the everyday lives of young former refugees in small Norwegian towns and considers how a focus on "doing belonging" can help us understand the processes of place attachment and social inclusion/exclusion in a time of increasing ...
Tina Mathisen, Sofia Cele
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