Overview
- Presents a practical approach to modelling international trade in lagging regions
- Demonstrates applications of the tools of regional science
- Provides an introduction to practical agent-based and spatial interaction modelling
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Spatial Science (ADVSPATIAL)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Challenge and the Science
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The South Pacific Island Countries (SPICs)
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Back Matter
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Uganda
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Conclusions
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Keywords
About this book
This book applies regional analysis to the challenges facing global investment agencies seeking to enhance trade in lagging regions. It shows how spatial interaction and agent-based modelling can be used as the basis for developing new plans and policies. An in-depth analysis of trade routes is presented, which can be used to develop policies for increasing efficiency and reducing costs. Landlocked Uganda and the sea-locked South Pacific Islands serve to illustrate the problems of covering sizable distances, accelerating export flows and improving supply chain efficiency. These examples also provide an excellent illustration of the power of regional science, from assembling data bases in difficult situations to developing and applying models of the trade system.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Francesco Caravelli is a theoretical physicist, interested in quantum and classical systems and the application of techniques of statistical physics and complexity to other disciplines such as economics and engineering. He is currently a Senior Researcher at Invenia Lab, a honorary member in the Computer Science Department at University College London and a visitor of the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
Simone Caschili, enviromental engineer, received his Ph.D. in Ingegneria del Territorio (Land Engineering and Urban Planning) at University of Cagliari (IT) in February 2010. His research interests are the modelling of urban and regional systems as complex networks, the inclusion of time-space features in network modelling and policy evaluation for planning in both urban and environmental governance.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Collaborative Approach to Trade
Book Subtitle: Enhancing Connectivity in Sea- and Land-Locked Countries
Authors: Francesca Romana Medda, Francesco Caravelli, Simone Caschili, Alan Wilson
Series Title: Advances in Spatial Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47039-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-47038-2Published: 02 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83645-4Published: 21 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-47039-9Published: 24 April 2017
Series ISSN: 1430-9602
Series E-ISSN: 2197-9375
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 222
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Development Economics, Economic Geography, International Economics