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Regional Development and Proximity Relations
Edited by André Torre and Frédéric Wallet, INRA – Agroparistech, Paris, France
New Horizons in Regional Science series, Edward Elgar Publishing
Introduction: The Role of Proximity Relations in Regional and Territorial Development Processes
André Torre and Fred Wallet
PART I: PROXIMITY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: MAIN DEBATES AND CONCEPTUAL
PERSPECTIVES
1. Proximity and Endogenous Regional Development
Robert J. Stimson
2. Proximity Relations at the Heart of Territorial Development Processes
André Torre
3. Relatedness and Transversality in Spatial Paradigms and Regimes
Phil Cooke
PART II: THE ROLE OF PROXIMITY IN SPATIAL INNOVATION PROCESSES
4. Proximity and Regional Innovation Process: Is There Space for New Reflections?
Roberta Capello
5. When Local Interaction Does Not Suffice: Sources of Firm Innovation in Urban Norway
Rune Dahl Fitjar and Andres Rodriguez-Pose
6. How I Met My Partner. Reconsidering Proximities
Olivier Bouba-Olga, Michel Grossetti and Marie Ferru
PART III: NETWORKS AND PROXIMITY RELATIONS
7. The Formation of Economic Networks: A Proximity Approach
Ron Boschma, Pierre Alexandre Balland and Mathijs de Vaan
8. Digital Infrastructure and Physical Proximity
Peter Nijkamp and Emmanouil Tranos
9. Proximity Relations and Global Knowledge Flows: Specialization and Diffusion Processes across
Capitalist Varieties
Rachael Gibson and Harald Bathelt
PART IV: PLACE-BASED STRATEGIES AND PROXIMITY RELATIONS
10. The Regional Policy Debate: A Territorial, Place-based and Proximity Approach
Roberto Camagni
11. Economic Development, Place-based Development Strategies and the Conceptualization of
Proximity in European Urban Regions
Teodora Dogaru, Frank van Oort and Mark Thissen
PART V: CONCLUSIONS
12. A Challenging Book: Regional Development and Proximity Relations
Antoine Bailly