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Showing 1 - 12 of 18 results for “luca salvati”
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  • Economic Growth, Regional Disparities, and Urban Sprawl

    The Mediterranean Experience

    by Luca Salvati ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book gives a unique description of urban geography of Europe and specifically, Southern Europe, and provides a fine guide to urban complexity and resilience in the light of metropolitan sustainability. Sprawl is a multifaceted phenomenon that needs to be quantified with distinct measures and during an enough long observation period. Landscape change is recognized to be a relevant topic when ... Read more

    $152.99 USD

  • Vacant Land

    Urban Design, Economic Expansion, and Environmental Consequences

    by Luca Salvati, Ioannis Konaxis ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book sheds light on the mechanisms at the base of formation and consolidation of vacant land in metropolitan regions, an under-debated issue of urban growth, regional science and architecture. The book adopts a kaleidoscope of different academic and practical approaches, mixing multiple perspectives that combine architectural and urban planning disciplines with more specifically economic, ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Landscape Economics

    Territorial Challenges and Social Dynamics

    by Luca Salvati, Ioannis Konaxis, Marco Maialetti ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This books focuses specifically on an “applied economics” of landscapes. It means that landscape is investigated here in a completely new setting and academic perspective, starting from the economic, social, and geographical perspective, and then moving to planning, ecological and environmental implications. Likely for the first time in the literature, this book is specifically dealing with ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Urban-Rural Labour Markets

    Spatial Inequality, Efficiency, and Entrepreneurship in Advanced Economies

    by Alessandro Muolo, Luca Salvati ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Bridging theory and empirical analysis, this book offers a comprehensive and data-driven exploration of urban-rural labour markets across advanced economies, shedding light on their structure, efficiency, and evolving dynamics.Through an extensive literature review and comparative statistical analysis, the book examines key indicators such as labour force participation, unemployment, productivity, ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Sustainable Urbanization and Local Development

    Integrated Perspectives in Advanced Economies

    by Alessandro Muolo, Ioannis Konaxis, Luca Salvati ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book seeks a common tread linking economic growth, urban development and environmental sustainability, specifically focusing on urban and metropolitan contexts in developed countries. Starting from a theoretical reflection on capitalistic growth models and the evolution of territorial inequalities, it examines how social and environmental dynamics intersect with economic processes, ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Homage (and Criticism) to the Mediterranean City

    Regional Sustainability and Economic Resilience

    by Ioannis Vardopoulos, Francisco Escrivà Saneugenio, Adele Sateriano, Luca Salvati ...
    Series series River Publishers Series in Social, Urban, Economic and Environmental Sustainability
    Departing from conventional narratives centered on economic stagnation and social secularism, this book offers a fresh perspective on Mediterranean urbanities. It posits their correlation with housing and welfare regimes, societal transformations, local governance structures, and deficiencies in spatial planning. The analysis within delves into the neglected potential for mitigating regional ... Read more

    $126.99 USD

  • Sustainable Development

    Official Statistics and Thematic Indicators as a Compass to Understand Complexity

    by Clio Ciaschini, Luca Salvati ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume offers a comprehensive analysis of sustainable development paths, based on UN 2030 SDGs, using a deep, comparative, and standardized analysis of nine key indicators from official statistics. The book offers an introductory chapter that sets the stage and provides background for what is to come, followed by a chapter covering each of the nine indicators selected.The indicators' trends ... Read more

    $152.99 USD

  • Rural Sustainability and Competitiveness

    Integrating Agricultural Economies and Environmental Dynamics in Europe

    by Rosanna Salvia, Giovanni Quaranta, Marco Maialetti, Luca Salvati ...
    This prescient book discusses the importance of reducing the environmental impacts of economic growth in agricultural regions. It examines the relationship between efforts to achieve economically viable food production in marginal and peripheral inland areas and the demand for environmental quality in rural districts.Expert authors examine rural development from a sustainability perspective, ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Linking Sustainability to Competitiveness

    by Alessandro Muolo, Luca Salvati ...
    This book identifies and discusses opportunities and constraints in applying the sustainability paradigm to urbanization. It integrates this wide concept with ‘local competitiveness’ and focuses on the role of both general and specific political action in shaping the economic structure of a region.By linking sustainability and local competitiveness within metropolitan regions, it offers an ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Strategic Management of Sustainable Urban Development

    Economic Downturns, Metropolitan Governance and Local Communities

    by Sabato Vinci, Luca Salvati ...
    If we assume recession as being the starting point for policy challenges, then we can interpret these economic downturns as opportunities for change and the reshaping of society, landscapes and the latent mechanisms of growth. This book illustrates different aspects of local strategic development introducing a novel interpretation of the intimate relationship between demographic and economic ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Land Quality and Sustainable Urban Forms

    Changing Landscapes and Socioeconomic Structures of European Cities

    by Ilaria Tombolini, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Luca Salvati ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    In the panorama of studies related to the ability of lands to support both natural processes and agricultural production activities, this research introduces a still unexplored or under-studied theme which is that of the relationship between urban sprawl in its various forms and land quality.The first part of the book is dedicated to the motivations and the theoretical premises from which the ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Landscape complexity

    Ecosystem Dynamics, Economic Pressure and Optimal Resource Management

    Edited by Alessia D’Agata, Ioannis Konaxis, Luca Salvati ...
    Series series River Publishers Series in Social, Urban, Economic and Environmental Sustainability
    In advanced economies, landscapes have evolved into complex mosaics shaped by the dynamic interplay between forests, shrublands, agricultural fields, pastures, and urban or industrial areas. This intricate structure creates multiple layers of ecological and socioeconomic interactions that influence how land is used, valued, and managed.Despite increasing awareness of environmental sustainability, ... Read more

    $130.99 USD