The Changing Space Economy of City-Regions The Gauteng City-Region, South Africa /

This book addresses the South African Space Economy and its stark disparities and dualisms through an assessment of the Gauteng City-Region - the largest economic agglomeration in the country and on a continent bedevilled by a myriad of development challenges. The book's focus on understanding...

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Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Vydání:1st ed. 2018.
Edice:Urban Perspectives from the Global South,
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ISBN:9783319674834
ISSN:2511-2171
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  • Chapter 1. City-Regions and their Changing Space Economies.- Chapter 2. The Economic Drivers of Urban Change in the Gauteng City-Region: Past, Present, and Future
  • Chapter 3. Assessing the Gauteng City-Region's Global Presence and Positioning through Current Global-City Measures
  • Chapter 4. Importance of Industrial Clusters and Inter-Industry Linkages for Regional Policy in the Gauteng City-Region.- Chapter 5. The Evolution of Manufacturing in the Gauteng City-Region: From De-industrialization to Re-industrialization?.- Chapter 6. Unpacking the Changing Economic Geography of Gauteng's Tertiary Sector.- Chapter 7. Locating the Informal Sector in the Gauteng City-Region and Beyond.- Chapter 8. Testing Economic Growth Convergence and its Policy Implications in the Gauteng City-Region.- Chapter 9. Revitalizing Gauteng City-Region Township Economies through Value Chain Development.- Chapter 10. Dualisms in the Gauteng City-Region: Summary and Implications.