Uneven Urban and Regional Growth

Chapter 1: The uneven economic growth in the anthropocene

Chapter 2: Urban-rural dynamics and long-term economic development: a global analysis of world regions

Chapter Section 1: From global to regional: urbanization and economic dynamics

Chapter 3: Urbanization in progress: a complete and comparative overview with global statistics

Chapter 4: The use of elementary indicators and composite indexes when monitoring urbanization all over the world

Chapter 5: Estimating urbanization and production functions in the United States

Chapter 6: The challenge of housing prices as an engine of early urbanization in Iran

Chapter 7: Tourism as an engine of growth in Italy

Chapter Section 2: From regional to district: socio-demographic aspects as urbanization drivers

Chapter 8: Exploring urban-rural population dynamics in Mediterranean countries

Chapter 9: A comparative analysis of family patterns in Greece and other Southern European countries

Chapter 10: The inherent shift from monocentric to polycentric settlements in northern Italy

Chapter 11: Migration patterns and the contribution to Mediterranean urbanization

Chapter 12: Relating mortality records to the Discomfort Index (DI) and Air Quality Stress Index (AQSI) in an industrial city of Greece

Chapter Section 3: From district to local: planning and territorial aspects as urbanization drivers

Chapter 13: Pedestrians’ perception of landscape quality and urban livability: a field survey in Iran

Chapter 14: Regional labor markets and jobs creation: Geographical and socio-economic characteristics and the role of local and regional authorities

Chapter 15: Material topics, regional development and distributed value in the sustainable reports: the case of the paper industry

Chapter 16: The local economics of port infrastructures

Chapter 17: Gendered urban spaces and (dis)satisfaction with ladies-only parks in Iran