Urban competitiveness and innovation / edited by Pengfei Ni and Zheng Qiong Jie.

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TextPublication details: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar, 2014.Description: xii, 279 p. : ill, maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9781781007914 (hbk.)

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23 330.91732 URB 007403

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Table of contents

Contents:

1. Introduction / Pengfei Ni and Zheng Qiongjie Pt. I. Urban competitiveness 2. Chinese cities and global urban competitiveness / Pengfei Ni, Wei Shaokun, Liu Kai and Zheng Qiongjie 3. Better cities, better planet : examples of governing against climate change from OECD countries / Lamia Kamal-Chaoui and Margo Cointreau 4. The strategic shift towards a domestic market, service enhancement and urban competitiveness in China / François Gipouloux Pt. II. Urban competitiveness and innovation 5. Enhancing innovation-based urban competitiveness / Guido Ferrari 6. Enhancing urban competitiveness through innovative growth clusters / Leo van den Berg, Erik Braun and Willem van Winden 7. Innovation in urban policy : collaboration rather than competition between cities / William F. Lever 8. What can cities do to enhance competitiveness? Local policies and actions for innovation / Ming Zhang Pt. III. World cities 9. Competition and cooperation between cities in globalization / Peter J. Taylor 10. Global Power City Index : comprehensive power of cities to enhance their competitiveness / Hiroo Ichikawa 11. Urban development in Hong Kong and its regional integration with the Pearl River Delta, 1978-2009 / Jianfa Shen Pt. IV. Urban competitiveness and industrial clusters 12. A development officer's guide to clusters / Peter Karl Kresl 13. Cultural policies and local development strategies : the cultural district of Caserta, Italy / Stefano Mollica 14. Economic competitiveness, clusters, and cluster-based development / Harold Wolman 15. Urban competitiveness and industrial clusters in Mexico / Jaime Sobrino.

Summary: Against the backdrop of today's climate of economic globalization and the rapid development of information, this timely book explores the complex concept of competitiveness between cities. The expert contributors illustrate that innovation is a prerequisite for increasing urban competitiveness, and highlight the various ways that urban innovation-based competitiveness can be approached.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	330.91732 URB 007403 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		007403

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Pengfei Ni and Zheng Qiongjie
Pt. I. Urban competitiveness
2. Chinese cities and global urban competitiveness / Pengfei Ni, Wei Shaokun, Liu Kai and Zheng Qiongjie
3. Better cities, better planet : examples of governing against climate change from OECD countries / Lamia Kamal-Chaoui and Margo Cointreau
4. The strategic shift towards a domestic market, service enhancement and urban competitiveness in China / François Gipouloux
Pt. II. Urban competitiveness and innovation
5. Enhancing innovation-based urban competitiveness / Guido Ferrari
6. Enhancing urban competitiveness through innovative growth clusters / Leo van den Berg, Erik Braun and Willem van Winden
7. Innovation in urban policy : collaboration rather than competition between cities / William F. Lever
8. What can cities do to enhance competitiveness? Local policies and actions for innovation / Ming Zhang
Pt. III. World cities
9. Competition and cooperation between cities in globalization / Peter J. Taylor
10. Global Power City Index : comprehensive power of cities to enhance their competitiveness / Hiroo Ichikawa
11. Urban development in Hong Kong and its regional integration with the Pearl River Delta, 1978-2009 / Jianfa Shen
Pt. IV. Urban competitiveness and industrial clusters
12. A development officer's guide to clusters / Peter Karl Kresl
13. Cultural policies and local development strategies : the cultural district of Caserta, Italy / Stefano Mollica
14. Economic competitiveness, clusters, and cluster-based development / Harold Wolman
15. Urban competitiveness and industrial clusters in Mexico / Jaime Sobrino.

Against the backdrop of today's climate of economic globalization and the rapid development of information, this timely book explores the complex concept of competitiveness between cities. The expert contributors illustrate that innovation is a prerequisite for increasing urban competitiveness, and highlight the various ways that urban innovation-based competitiveness can be approached.

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