Interplaces - An Economic Geography of the Inter-Urban and International Economies

This book seeks to provide a guide to the various ways in which much economic activity now takes place somehow in between cities and nations - the geographical containers that we continue to take for granted as those which organize much of our lives.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• PART 1


• 2: Human Geography and Interplaces


• 3: An Economic Geography of Interplaces


• PART 2: The Inter-Urban Economy


• 4: Suburbia


• 5: The Mid-urban Realm


• 6: Planes, Trains and Automobiles


• 7: Policy Mobility


• Part 3: The International Economy


• 8: The Multinational Enterprise


• 9: Global Production Networks


• 10: The Cognitive-cultural Economy


• 11: The Non-territorial Realm of the International Economy


• 12: Conclusion

About the author

Nicholas Phelps gained a BA (Hons) and a PhD in geography from UCL and Newcastle respectively. Prior to working as a professor at the Bartlett School of Planning at UCL, he has worked as a lecturer in City & Regional Planning at Cardiff University, in Geography at the University of Leeds and a Reader in geography at the University of Southampton. He has authored and edited 7 books and published over 60 international peer-reviewed journal articles. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the journals Economic Geography, Journal of Economic Geography and Environment & Planning C.

Summary

This book seeks to provide a guide to the various ways in which much economic activity now takes place somehow in between cities and nations - the geographical containers that we continue to take for granted as those which organize much of our lives.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Phelps, Nicholas A. Phelps, Nicholas A. (Professor of Urban and Region Phelps, Nicholas A. (Professor of Urban and Regional Development Phelps, Phelps Nicholas A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.08.2017
• EAN: 9780199668229
• ISBN: 978-0-19-966822-9
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Guides; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Economic Geography, Political Economy, Political Geography, Organizational theory and behaviour