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Abstract:
Public concern over issues such as urban sprawl, the conversion of agricultural land and the management of public lands has never been greater. Presenting a novel synopsis of the economics of land-use this book examines the critical issues involved, such as transportation and technological change, and the economic principles behind them. Chapters are specifically designed to demonstrate the types of land-use questions economic analysis can answer; the types of methods that might be employed to answer the questions; and the potential uses of economic analysis in policy-making. The book is a key contribution to contemporary land-use studies, highlighting the main methodological and public policy issues that will be central to research on the economics of land-use change in the future.
Teresa de Noronha Vaz is Professor of Regional Economics, and Economics of Innovation at the Faculty of Economics, University of Algarve, Portugal.
Contents:
Part I: New Perspectives on European Rurality and Entrepreneurship
Rural Europe and small firms: a strategic positioning and synthesis, Teresa de Noronha Vaz, Eleanor J. Morgan and Peter Nijkamp;
Entrepreneurship in small enterprises and local development, Teresa de Noronha Vaz.
Part II: Determinants of structural change in peripheral regions
Accessibility, innovative milieu and the innovative activity of businesses in EU peripheral and lagging areas, Andrew Copus and Dimitris Skuras;
Human capital as the critical factor for the development of Europe's rural peripheral areas, Lois Labrianidis;
Agri-food districts: theory and evidence, Cristina Brasili and Roberto Fanfani;
The embeddedness of small enterprises within the rural local economy of small and medium sized towns, Eveline S. van Leeuwen and Peter Nijkamp.
Part III: New Strategies in Small Business Development
Organizational success factors in local agri-food industries, Gabriella Vindigni (et al.);
The implementation of information and communication technologies in SMEs, Martine Boutary and M-Christine Monnoyer;
Break out strategies of ethnic entrepreneurs, Tüzin Baycan Levent, Enno Masurel and Peter Nijkamp;
Rural entrepreneurship: an innovation and marketing perspective, Anabela Dinis.
Part IV: Case Studies
The adoption of information and communication technologies among smaller food firms in rural areas of Greece, Elena Georgoudaki, Efthalia Dimara and Dimitris Skuras;
The allocation of public support to small food firms in Belgium, Ireland and the UK, Tessa Avermaete, Jacques Viaene and Eleanor J. Morgan;
A medium term economic outlook for cyclical markets: a case study of Mexican pig farms, Myriam Villegas Sagarnaga (et al.);
Adopting innovations in agriculture: an exploratory analysis using discrete choice models, Shlomo Bekhor, Daniel Shefer and Mordechai Cohen;
Assisting small and medium sized enterprises: innovation policies for rural areas, Federica Cisilino;
Attitudes to territorial innovation processes in Raia central Ibérica, Felisberto Marques Reigado, Paulo Alexandre Neto and Maria Manuela dos Santos Natário.
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