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Gateway Cities in Global Production Networks
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the role of gateway cities in contemporary circuits of global production. Apart from facilitating the interlinking of economic activities in the surrounding regions with the global economy, gateway cities have enormous implications for how certain regions participate in the global economy. Based on a case study of the oil and gas industry in Southeast Asia the book maps gateway cities, explores why these cities have come to occupy a gateway role, and evaluates their implications for regional economic development. To this aim, the book links components from research on the World City Network with Global Production Network research and demonstrates how this intersection creates synergies for studying the role of cities in economic globalization. The main audiences that this book appeals to are researchers and students interested in debates on regional development and the role of cities in the global economy. The book is also attractive to scholars interested in the organization of extractive industries.
A Global Idea
A Global Idea outlines how youth—as shown by the Arab Spring uprisings and subsequent state responses—became a prominent social and political category during the first two decades of the twenty-first century in the Middle East. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, interview data, and textual analysis, Mayssoun Sukarieh explains that the spread of youth as an important category is linked to the operation of a "global youth development complex," a diverse transnational network of state, private sector, civil society, and international development aid organizations that worked through key urban areas such as Washington, DC, Amman, and Dubai. In its analysis of the arrival, extension, and embedding of the youth development complex in the Middle East during this period, A Global Idea addresses a broader question that is of global and not just regional concern. How are certain ideas that are central to the working and reproduction of global capitalism able to travel the world so that they are found virtually everywhere?
Handbook of Universities and Regional Development
The Handbook on Universities and Regional Development offers a comprehensive and up-to-date insight into how academic institutions spur their surroundings. The volume sheds light on universities as regional development actors from a historical perspective by introducing institutional changes and discussing the interrelatedness of society, business and academia. It provides detailed investigations on various knowledge transfer mechanisms to help understand the diverse ways through which ideas and intellectual property can flow between universities and businesses. Detailed case studies from three continents (Europe, Asia, and America) demonstrate the highly contextual nature of the interactions between academia, industry and government.
Johor
In 1990, the Malaysian state of Johor—along with Singapore and the Indonesian island of Batam—launched the Growth Triangle to attract foreign direct investment. For Johor, this drive was very successful, transforming its economy and driving up income levels. Today, Johor is one of Malaysia’s “developed” states, housing large clusters of electrical and electronics, food processing, and furniture producing firms. While welcome, this structural transformation has also entailed important challenges and strategic choices. After three decades, Johor’s manufacture-for-export model is under question, as it faces increasing competition and flat-lining technological capabilities. In respon...
Schlüsselbegriffe der Wirtschaftsgeographie
Zentrale Begriffe ganzheitlich skizziert und diskutiert: Das Konzept der Schlüsselbegriffe jetzt erstmalig auch für den Bereich Wirtschaftsgeographie! Zwölf zentrale Begriffe werden aus möglichst vielerlei Zugängen bzw. Perspektiven - und damit unabhängig von eigenen Positionen, Forschungsschwerpunkten oder Denkschulen - in ihrer Entwicklung und Bedeutung für die Wirtschaftsgeographie dargestellt und beleuchtet. Das Ziel der Autoren besteht darin, ein ganzheitliches Bild des betreffenden Begriffs zu skizzieren, um den Studierenden möglichst breite Interpretationsmöglichkeiten und Anwendungsfelder aufzuzeigen. Jedes Begriffskapitel soll eine zusammenfassende Darstellung des Inhalts in Form einer Abbildung oder einer Tabelle enthalten. Jedes Kapitel schließt ab mit „Main Take-aways" sowie Literaturhinweisen, die die Leser zu einer weiterführen Auseinandersetzung anregen sollen. So macht der Einstieg in die Wirtschaftsgeographie Spaß - zahlreiche Boxen, Zusammenfassungen, Merksätze u. v. m. sorgen für Klarheit und Übersichtlichkeit und garantieren das Verständnis komplexer Inhalte und den effektiven Lernfortschritt.
DNA Vaccines
In the early 1990s, almost 200 yr after Edward Jenner demonstrated the effectiveness of the smallpox vaccine, a new paradigm for vaccination emerged. The conventional method of vaccination required delivery of whole pathogens or structural subunits, but in this new approach, DNA or genetic information was administered to elicit an immunological response. Once it was observed that plasmid DNA delivered in vivo led to production of an encoded transgene (1), two ground-breaking studies demonstrated that immunological responses could be generated against antigenic transgenes via plasmid DNA delivered by DNA vaccination (as this approach is called) (2,3). The appe- ance of this new vaccination st...
Extracting Development
Resource extraction is currently shaping Southeast Asian landscapes and people’s lives to an unprecedented degree. This volume explores old and new resource frontiers, their effect on local economies and social relations, and questions of (contested) resource control and governance. Case studies from Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia, illustrate the predicament of globalized extractivism processes in the region, particularly (but not only) with regard to China’s rising geopolitical and -economic influence, most prominently expressed by the Belt and Road Initiative. Discussing transboundary investments in land and water reserves, and localized commodification processes of agrarian resources, this volume not only investigates the competing actors and discourses of resource extraction in Southeast Asia. What is more, the different case studies shed light on the contingent outcomes on the ground of transregional economic dynamics and related socio-ecological transformations. Combining macro perspectives with fine-grained micro-scale studies, this volume offers a multi-faceted picture of extractivism in contemporary Southeast Asia.
Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa
Development largely depends on how given places participate in global economic processes.The contributions to this book address various features of the integration of sub-Saharan Africa into the world economy via value chains, so as to explain corresponding challenges and opportunities. The book deals with five issues that have not been covered adequately in scientific debates: first, policies are essential to promote value chains and increase their impact on development; second, value chains are diverse, and the variance between them has major economic and political implications; third, regional value chains appear to constitute a viable alternative to global ones (or, at least, are complementary to them), promising better developmental outcomes for the Global South; fourth, political and socio-economic factors are important considerations for a complete assessment of value chains; fifth, cities and city regions are also crucial objects of study in seeking to achieve a comprehensive assessment of value chains.
Energiegeographie
In Zeiten des Klimawandels ist der Umbau der Energiesysteme eine der größten Herausforderungen – und gleichzeitig ein wichtiges Feld geographischer Forschung und Lehre. Mit welchen Konzepten und Methoden lassen sich der Wandel und die Gestaltung von Energiesystemen verstehen? Welche Wechselwirkungen bestehen zwischen wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und räumlichen Strukturen? Inwieweit unterscheidet sich die Beschaffenheit von Energiesystemen und deren Wandel in Europa und darüber hinaus? Dieses Buch stellt in 35 Beiträgen renommierter Fachautor*innen Konzepte, Beispiele und Problemkomplexe der Energiegeographie dar. In drei Blöcken behandelt das Buch zentrale Konzepte der Energiegeographie, aktuelle Themenbereiche der Energiewende in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz sowie die Entwicklung von fossilen und erneuerbaren Energien in verschiedenen Ländern des Globalen Nordens und Südens. Es bietet damit eine übersichtliche Einführung für die Lehre der Humangeographie und verwandter Disziplinen.
