Geography And Economy - Three Lectures

Informationen zum Autor Allen J. Scott is Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Geography at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has been a professeur associé at the University of Paris VIII (1974-75), a Croucher Fellow at the University of Hong Kong (1984), a Guggenheim Fellow (1986-87), a Visiting Exchange Scholar under the auspices of the NAS Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China (1986), and a Borchard Foundation Scholar (1997). He has occupied the André Siegfried Chair at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris (1999), the First Trust Bank Chair of Innovation at Queen's University, Belfast (2004), and the Chaire d'Excellence Pierre de Fermat at the University of Toulouse-Le Mirail (2005). He was granted honours by the Association of American Geographers in 1987, and was elected fellow of the British Academy in 1999. In 2003 he won the Vautrin Lud Prize. Klappentext Focusing on the theme of the mutually constitutive relations between geographic space and the economic order, Allen J. Scott discusses the problems of the location of economic activities, learning and innovation in industrial systems, and economic development. These problems are dealt with in both theoretical and empirical terms. Zusammenfassung Focusing on the theme of the mutually constitutive relations between geographic space and the economic order, Allen J. Scott discusses the problems of the location of economic activities, learning and innovation in industrial systems, and economic development. These problems are dealt with in both theoretical and empirical terms. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1: Geography and the Division of Labour 2: Geography, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation 3: Geography and Development Appendix References

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Allen J Scott, Allen J. Scott, Allen John Scott
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.03.2006
• EAN: 9780199284306
• ISBN: 978-0-19-928430-6
• Pagine: 174
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Serie: Clarendon Lectures in Geography and Environmental Studies; Clarendon Lectures in Geograph
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia politica; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Human Geography, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies