Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography

Author: (British) G.L. Clark (American) M.P. Feldman
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: The Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography is one of the most important publications in Western economic geography since the 1980s, widely showcasing the finest academic achievements in the field in recent years. It brings together more than 40 renowned geographers and economists from around the world, defining the scope of this vibrant interdisciplinary discipline, discussing its development status and frontier areas, and establishing a research agenda for the future of the discipline. The authors argue that with the economic globalization of the past two decades, Western economic geography is undergoing a period of intellectual transformation and rapid growth, filled with various profound intellectual debates. These involve some crucial issues in the real economy, such as the drivers of economic change, the role of place in globalization, regional growth and decline, local innovation systems, the spatial restructuring of economic systems, and environmental regulation in global economic change. Overall, this book: (1) captures and organizes the main research trends and related debates in the discipline; (2) highlights its interdisciplinary nature, fostering dialogue and exchange between different disciplines in this field; (3) defines the scope of the research field by elaborating on its main research trends and topics. Structurally, the book is divided into six major parts—Research Perspectives, Global Economic Integration, Corporate Strategy and Location, The Geography of Innovation, Place and Difference, and Global Change—with a total of 34 chapters, covering almost all the frontier issues in current Western economic geography research. Many of these issues are still relatively unknown to domestic scholars.