Regional Upgrading In Southern Europe: Spatial Disparities And Human Capital (advances In Spatial Science)

Front Matter....Pages i-xix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Regional Upgrading in Southern Europe: A General Framework....Pages 3-17 Southern Europe at a Glance: Regional Disparities and Human Capital....Pages 19-54 The Role of Functions in Economic Underperformance of Southern European Regions....Pages 55-74 Front Matter....Pages 75-75 Do Southern European Regions Really Lag Behind in Their Innovation Trends?....Pages 77-100 Regional Development and Structural Change: The Productivity Paradox of Spanish Peripheral Regions....Pages 101-128 Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment in Southern European Periphery....Pages 129-149 Regional Economic Development, Human Capital and Transport Infrastructure in Greece: The Role of Geography....Pages 151-174 Globalisation, Delocalisation and Development: Conceptual Framework and Impacts on Southern European Countries....Pages 175-196 The Impact of Regional and National Policies in the Development of the Italian Mezzogiorno....Pages 197-212 Front Matter....Pages 213-213 The Role of Education in Regional Labour Markets: Evidence from Two Fragile Economies....Pages 215-244 Human Capital Formation and the Missing Regional Upgrading in the EU Periphery: The Role of Migration and Education-Job Mismatch....Pages 245-264 Ageing and Migration: Some Reflexions on the Effects of the Economic and Financial Crisis on Demographic Trends in Portuguese Regions....Pages 265-298 Involving Universities in Regional Upgrading in the Periphery: Lessons from Northern Europe....Pages 299-321 Higher Education, Human Capital, and Regional Dynamics in Southern Europe....Pages 323-344 Front Matter....Pages 345-345 Implications for European Economic Integration After the Brexit....Pages 347-358 Annotation The book is aimed at a wide audience, including academics, economic geography, spatial planning and regional policy researchers, institutional leaders and managers, national and institutional policy makers, practitioners, administrators, master's and senior bachelor's students on related courses, general readers. A list of courses and corresponding programmes in Geography, Planning, Economics and Management will be prepared later