Overview
- First English language book on regional policies in Latin America
- Written by renowned Latin American academics and experts
- Offers arguments to better understand pressing issues such as regional disparities and the increasing weight of metropolitan areas
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Spatial Science (ADVSPATIAL)
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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General Overview, Problems, Trends and Regional Policies in Latin America
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Analysis by Countries
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Horizontal and Comparative Analysis
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Cuadrado-Roura, Juan R. Professor of Applied Economics and Titular Professor of a Chair ‘J.Monnet, funded by the European Commission, University of Alcala, Madrid. PhD. Economics, Complutense University, Madrid. Founder-Director of the Institute of Economic and Social Analysis. Former President of the ERSA and Director of the journal ‘Investigaciones Regionales’. He has published numerous articles, chapters of books and books, mainly on Economic Policy, European Economy, Regional Growth and Policies, Productivity and the analysis of Service industries.
Aroca, Patricio. Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Chile; he is also main researcher of the nucleus of the Millennium Scientific Initiative of the Chilean Ministry of Economics: “Regional Science and Public Policy” and affiliated associated professor at REAL of University of Illinois, USA. He had consulted for World Bank, UNCTAD, IADB, CELADE-ECLAC-UN and several national and regional governments. He is also member of the board of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), the PRSCO (Pacific Reg.Sc. Council) and president of the RSAmericas (Regional Science Association of the Americas).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Regional Problems and Policies in Latin America
Editors: Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura, Patricio Aroca
Series Title: Advances in Spatial Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39674-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-39673-1Published: 22 January 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52476-3Published: 27 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-39674-8Published: 07 January 2014
Series ISSN: 1430-9602
Series E-ISSN: 2197-9375
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 569
Number of Illustrations: 62 b/w illustrations, 74 illustrations in colour
Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Development Economics, Economic Geography