The wealth and poverty of regions
Subtitle: why cities matter
By: Mario Polèse.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226673158
Subjects: Urban economics; Regional economics; Regional economic disparities; Wealth; Economic development; Human geography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1. Why do some places generate more wealth than others? Places in a shrinking world ; History and industrial legacies; title: ch. 2. Size and location. The four golden rules of regional growth ; The positive relationship between size and wealth ; The seven pillars of agglomeration ; Why smaller cities exist ; Location ; A simple template; title: ch. 3. The regional origins of wealth: where it all began. When location and size mattered less ; Water and waterways ; A tale of two continents ; Europe's blue banana ; North America's bipolar destiny ; South of the border, Mexico ; Lessons from Europe and North America; title: ch. 4. Why is the geography of wealth more unequal in some nations? On the use of the word "disparity" ; Why regional disparities happen, and should eventually disappear ; Why regional disparities are higher in some nations ; Why are regional disparities more difficult to overcome in some nations? ; Why the United States is different; title: ch. 5. Cities and national economic growth: an asymmetrical relationship. A short history (and explanation) of urbanization ; Urbanization is an outcome of economic growth (not the other way around) ; Is urbanization different in developing nations? ; Third world cities: victims of progress? ; The difference between the foundations of national and local economic growth; title: ch. 6. Regional growth in the green and gray knowledge economy. Hedonic regional growth ; Green migrations: sun, surf, and cafés ; Gray migration: golf, châteaux, and boardwalks ; Size and location also matter for tourism ; Revisiting the rules of regional growth ; Archipelagos of growth ; Zero-sum growth ; Some places will decline ; Some places will continue to grow (or decline) for unique reasons; title: ch. 7. What have we learned? Some places will always be wealthier than others ; Cities will continue to grow ; The diversification of the sources of regional growth ; The never-ending search for the right strategy ; The new importance of place: people.