Handbook Of Research Methods And Applications In Urban Economies

Peter Karl Kresl , Jaime Sobrino

Edited by Peter KarlKresl, Charles P. Vaughan Professor of Economics (Emiritus), BucknellUniversity, US and President, Global Urban Competitiveness Project and JaimeSobrino, El Colegio de México

Elgaroriginal reference

2013 544 pp Hardback 978 0 85793 461 1

2014 Paperback 978 1 78195348 8

ebook isbn 978 0 85793 4628

Description
‘It is obvious that cities have long been the focus of analysis by the scholarsand practitioners whose writings published in the Kresl–Sobrino Handbook ofResearch Methods and Applications in Urban Economies. The depth and excellenceof the numerous topics examined reflects effective networking between thescholars involved, their analyses of approaches, problems and potentials ofcities on the numerous continents, and the continuing role of the Global UrbanCompetitiveness Project in encouraging the development of methodologies anddata helpful in understanding the hard and soft determinants of the growth anddecline of cities.’
– Pierre-Paul Proulx, Université de Montréal, Canada

Contents
Contributors: J.A. Annema, D. Arribas-Bel, A. Battaglia, R. Boix, J.M.P. daCunha, J. Duminy, E.H. Fry, V. Galletto, K. Kourtit, P.K. Kresl, W.F. Lever,J.L. Lezama, Q. Li, J.F. McDonald, P. Ni, P. Nijkamp, N. Odendaal, I. Orihuela,A. Otgaar, H. Priemus, S. Ronda, C. Salone, J. Sobrino, D.-G. Tremblay, J.Trullén, V. Ugalde, L. van den Berg, B. van Wee, V. Watson

In this timely Handbook, more than 17 renownedcontributors from Asia, the Americas and Europe provide chapters that deal withsome of the most intriguing and important aspects of research methodologies oncities and urban economies.

The Handbook comprises five parts: methodology,continental distinctions, positioning cities, planning for the future, andurban structures. The ‘methodologies’ section includes interviews, empiricaland theoretical approaches whilst ‘continental distinctions’ offerscontributions on China, North America, Europe, Latin America and South Africa.‘Positioning’ treats cities in the international context and relates them toeconomic and administrative spaces whilst ‘planning’ includes general strategiceconomic planning, as well as the experience of individual cities. Finally, the‘structures’ section refers to contextual and situational aspects of urbandevelopment.

Providing a comprehensive study of urbandevelopment and competitiveness, this Handbook will strongly appeal to studentswishing to gain a deeper understanding of research methods in urban economics,urban studies and planning.