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Knowledge economy in the megalopolis : interactions of innovations in transport, information, production and organizations /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lakshmanan, T. R., 1932- (Author), Anderson, William P. (William Peter), 1954- (Author), Song, Yena (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
Series:Routledge advances in regional economics, science and policy ; 12.
Subjects:
Knowledge management.
Technological innovations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and overview
  • Demographic, urban, and economic evolution in the megalopolis
  • The general purpose technologies of transport and ict and the emergence of globalized economies
  • Structural change and the rise of the knowledge economy : underlying technologies and processes
  • The passage to the knowledge economy in the megalopolis : the empirical record
  • The spatial evolution of the megalopolis as a functional economic region
  • Globalization and rising income inequalities in the megalopolis knowledge economy
  • Conclusion.