The second edition of Regional Economics provides a comprehensive and up-to-date
treatment of regional economics. This fully revised edition includes key theoretical …

Food and wine are vital components of the tourism experience, and are increasingly being
seen as prime travel motivators in their own right. Food Tourism Around The World …

Industry clusters refer to the tight connections that bind certain firms and industries together
in various aspects of common behavior, eg, geographic location, sources of innovation …

As advances in transportation and information obliterate distance, cities and regions face a
tougher time anchoring income-generating activities. In probing the conditions under which …

A number of possible advantages of industry agglomeration—or spatial clustering—have
been identified in the research literature, notably those related to shared costs for …

Co-located firms within related industries enhance the ability to create knowledge by
variation and a deepened division of labour. The interdependent development between …

The article discusses the future of industrial districts in a post‐Fordist 'learning economy'. It
argues that the core of the question is related to the collective learning capacity of small and …

Abstract H ARRISON B.(1992) Industrial districts: old wine in new bottles?, Reg. Studies 26,
469–483. According to the theory of industrial districts, a new wave of economic growth is …

Industrial agglomeration not only brings economic prosperity, but also raises concerns about
its environmental impact. How to balance industrial agglomeration and inclusive economic …

FESER EJ and BERGMAN EM (2000) National industry cluster templates: a framework for
applied regional cluster analysis, Reg. Studies 34, 1±19. A growing number of cities, states …