Regional Economics (Second Edition)

Author: Zhen Xinglu, Kang Kai (editors)
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Publishing Date: 2003-05-01
Features: Unlike other specialized works on regional economics, this book strives to combine theoretical elaboration with empirical research. It systematically introduces the fundamental issues of regional economics research and elaborates, in order, on practical and theoretical problems such as regional economic zoning, industrial layout, agglomeration economies, regional industrial organization, theories and models of regional economic development, theories of coordinated regional development, theories of distinctive development, optimization of regional industrial structure, the relationship between regional economic development and population, regional urban layout, regional division of labor, cooperation, and integration, as well as regional land and resource development planning and the compilation of regional development plans. This revised edition maintains the features of the first edition while adding new hot topics not covered in the first edition, rewriting, updating, and improving a significant amount of content. The book has been expanded and the format adjusted. It can serve as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in economics and management disciplines at universities and can also be used as a reference for researchers, planners, and practitioners in regional economic development.