With rapid urban expansion and loss of open space, attractive local landscapes will continue
to gain importance in location decisions and on political agendas. The present study reviews …

Directly or indirectly, positively or negatively, climate change will affect all sectors and
regions of the United States. The impacts, however, will not be homogenous across regions …

Abstract In 2010, the European Union adopted the notion 'smart'in its new ten-year growth
strategy Europe 2020 stating that Europe should become a smart, sustainable, and inclusive …

Rural communities throughout the postindustrial world are in the midst of a significant
transition, sometimes referred to as rural restructuring, as traditional land uses, economic …

Using 2014 US nonmetropolitan county‐level data, we explore the relationship between
broadband speeds and business startup rates. Rural development policy discussions have …

Abstract M c G ranahan D. and W ojan T.(2007) Recasting the creative class to examine
growth processes in rural and urban counties, Regional Studies 41, 1–20. Richard Florida's …

We investigate the dynamics and spatial distribution of land use fragmentation in a rapidly
urbanizing region of the United States to test key propositions regarding the evolution of …

Recent work challenges the notion that attracting creative workers to a place is sufficient for
generating local economic growth. In this article, we examine the problem of sustaining …

The unplanned urban expansion and extreme population pressure have caused several
bottlenecks for city dwellers, which have been reflected in the form of inter-urban spatial …

The dramatic increase in oil and gas production from shale formations has led to an intense
interest in its impact on local area economies. Exploration, drilling and extraction are …