Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories by Capello, Roberta; Nijkamp, Peter;

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In recent years, economic crises, regional fragmentation trends, radical technological innovation and the failures of regional policies have expanded the knowledge horizon of experts in regional growth and development. This fully updated, revised and expanded Second Edition contains eight new chapters as well as exploring theories prevalent in the first edition in the face of recent changes in the field.

With 30 chapters from leading experts from across the globe, this Handbook looks at new pathways in regional economics, presenting the most cutting-edge theories explaining regional growth and local development. It thoroughly examines recent advances in theories, the normative potentialities that they have and the cross-fertilization of ideas between regional and mainstream economists, providing crucial insights to the topic.

This will be an essential source of reference and information for scholars and advanced students of regional science and regional economics. It will also be a useful tool for experts in international institutions researching regional growth.

Regional economics ? an established discipline for several decades ? has undergone a period of rapid change in the last ten years resulting in the emergence of several new perspectives. At the same time the methodology of regional economics has also experienced some surprising developments. This fully revised and updated Handbook brings together contributions looking at new pathways in regional economics, written by many well-known international scholars. The aim is to present the most cutting-edge theories explaining regional growth and local development. The authors highlight the recent advances in theories, the normative potentialities of these theories and the cross-fertilization of ideas between regional and mainstream economists. It will be an essential source of reference and information for both scholars and students in the field.

'Capello and Nijkamp's significantly extended and updated Handbook is a tour de force of the best scholars in regional science. It is a complete guide to the theories, methodologies and literature of the field, and should be on the desk of all regional science and regional economic scholars.'

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Contents:

Introduction to the second edition: novelties and advances
Roberta Capello and Peter Nijkamp

Part I Growth Theories and Space
1. Theories of Agglomeration and Regional Economic Growth: a Historical Review
Philip McCann and Frank van Oort

2. Space, Growth and Development: a Historical Perspective and Recent Advances
Roberta Capello

3. Location/Allocation of Regional Growth
Gunther Maier and Michaela Trippl

4. Regional Growth and Trade in the New Economic Geography and Other Recent Theories
Kieran P. Donaghy

5. Leadership, Institutions and Regional Economic Development and Growth
Roger `R. Stough

Part II Development Theories: Regional Production Factors
6. Agglomeration, Productivity and Regional Growth: Production Theory Approaches
Jeffrey P. Cohen, Cletus C. Coughlin, and Catherine J. Morrison Paul

7. Territorial Capital and Regional Development: Theoretical Insights and Appropriate Policies
Roberto Camagni

8. Human Capital and Regional Development
Alessandra Faggian, F