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Title: AUTOMOTIVE AND LOGISTICS CLUSTERS TO DRIVE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS IN JAVA, INDONESIA
Author: Anggoro, Yudo
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Economics
Description: This study assesses the competitiveness of logistics and automotive industry clusters in Java economic corridor, Indonesia. The need for competitive industry clusters in Indonesia has emerged especially after the government launched its Master Pla...

Title: The Effects of Space and Scale on Beta Convergence Testing in the United States, 1970-2004
Author: James, Ryan
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Geography
Description: Convergence theory stems from neo-classical growth theory and hypothesizes that regional incomes will converge over time. Beta convergence, the idea that regions of initial poverty will grow faster than regions of initial wealth, has received a gr...

Title: Cluster Requiem and the Rise of Cumulative Growth Theory
Author: Kunkle, Gary
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: City planning, Public administration
Description: Industry cluster theory has been the predominant model guiding economic development policy throughout the world for nearly two decades. As appealing as the cluster approach has been to regional scientists and policy makers it suffers from a number...

Title: The Economic Impact of Spatial Income Inequality
Author: Li, Huiping
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: City planning, Economics, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: Spatial income inequality refers to the unequal distribution of income across communities. This study broadens the concept to include residential segregation, central city-suburban income disparity, and government fragmentation. Combining the comp...

Title: HOT SPOTS IN THE CITY: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS AND THE DEMAND FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY SERVICES
Author: Wodicka, Reid
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Government policy, Urban forestry
Description: There is a common understanding among members of local government emergency services professionals that some neighborhoods require a substantially larger amount of services than others. This phenomenon is primarily driven, it is believed, by the c...