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Competitive European Peripheries
. Ed(S): Eskelinen, Heikki; Snickars, Folke
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Paperback. Editor(s): Eskelinen, Heikki; Snickars, Folke. Series: Advances in Spatial Science. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 434.
Europe's space is in a flux. Earlier cores and peripheries in Europe are experiencing a profound transformation. The driving forces include, amongst others, Western European economic and political integration, and Eastern European transition. We are also witnessing fundamental technological and organisational restructuring of industrial systems. Information technology and telecommunications are rapidly altering the requisites for comparative advantage. Peripherality is being determined more by access to networks than by geographical location. Economies of scale can be attained in distributed networks of production with good access to markets as well as in large agglomerations. Clearly, these changes also call for new perspectives ... Read more
Europe's space is in a flux. Earlier cores and peripheries in Europe are experiencing a profound transformation. The driving forces include, amongst others, Western European economic and political integration, and Eastern European transition. We are also witnessing fundamental technological and organisational restructuring of industrial systems. Information technology and telecommunications are rapidly altering the requisites for comparative advantage. Peripherality is being determined more by access to networks than by geographical location. Economies of scale can be attained in distributed networks of production with good access to markets as well as in large agglomerations. Clearly, these changes also call for new perspectives ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Spatial Science
Number of Pages
271
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642799570
SKU
V9783642799570
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99-15
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