Recent US economic history is rife with examples of cities and regions that have experienced significant decline. Many of those localities began to slide after

Recent US economic history is rife with examples of cities and regions that have experienced significant decline. Many of those localities began to slide after

'Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson and Roger R. Stough have collected a set of important articles on some of the most important factors determining the growth

Winner of the 2009 Regional Studies Association Best Book Award! Since the early 1980s, the region has been central to thinking about the emerging character of

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