Networks, Markets, and the Pacific Rim
Networks, Markets, and the Pacific Rim

Author: W. Mark Fruin

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0195117204

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Despite the negative press Asian economies have received in connection with the recent financial crisis, their record of spectacular growth over the past few decades remains irrefutable. In an effort to provide a rich, textured analysis of these economies, editor W. Mark Fruin presents a collection of essays that explores the wide range of network organizations that have been established in the Pacific Rim.

The Pacific
The Pacific

Author: Donald B. Freeman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-03-07

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1136604154

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In this fascinating and exciting overview, Donald B. Freeman explores the role of the Pacific Ocean in human history. Covering over one third of the globe, the Pacific Ocean plays a vital role in the lives and fortunes of more than two billion people who live on its rim-lands and islands. It has played a crucial part in shaping the histories of the different Pacific cultures, towards which it has appeared in a variety of different guises. Exploring the ocean’s place in human history, this wide ranging book draws together the long and varied physical, economic, cultural and political history of the Pacific, from Prehistory through to the present day. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to show the changing viewpoints of those who explored, exploited and settled the Pacific, including the inhabitants of its Asian and American rim-lands. The book draws on new research in a variety of areas, such as early Pacific migrations, impacts of European colonization, the effects of climate change, and current economic and political developments. It provides a uniquely broad overview that will be of vital interest to students and to all those with an interest in World History.

The Pacific Rim
The Pacific Rim

Author: Peter N. Nemetz

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0774842997

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As the importance of the Pacific Rim as a global centre of large-scale investment, development, and trade continues to increase, so do the potential benefits that Canada and other countries could reap as a result of an increased presence in this diverse region. This book, a revised, and to a large extent new, version of The Pacific Rim: Investment, Development, and Trade (1987), integrates a broad range of current economic data concerning the Pacific Rim with some of the more important theoretical issues in the area of economic development and trade. It demonstrates the paradoxical combination of strength and fragility that characterizes the emerging integrated Pacific Rim economy and attempts to clarify the nature of the framework and constraints that face foreign investors and trading partners.

Cities in the Pacific Rim
Cities in the Pacific Rim

Author: James Berry

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 1135805652

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This book considers the interactive relationships between the operation of planning system and the role and performance of property development and real estate markets in 14 Pacific Rim Cities drawn from both Eastern and Western perspectives.

Competition among Financial Centres in Asia-Pacific
Competition among Financial Centres in Asia-Pacific

Author: Soogil Young

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 9812309306

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Contents include an overview and policy recommendations; case studies which include Australian content; international perspectives; and issues and findings.

Handbook of Urban Studies
Handbook of Urban Studies

Author: Ronan Paddison

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 9780803976955

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This handbook is a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary and up-to-date account of the urban condition, and of the theories through which the structure, development and changing character of the city is understood.