Growth and Change

Edited by:
Thomas R. Leinbach

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2006: 19/37 (Planning & Development)
Impact Factor: 0.756

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Growth and Change is a broadly based forum for scholarly research on all aspects of urban and regional development and policy-making. Interdisciplinary in scope, the journal publishes both empirical and theoretical contributions from economics, geography, public finance, urban and regional planning, agricultural economics, public policy, and related fields. These include full-length research articles, Perspectives - essays intended to provoke thought and debate, and Notes - usually brief empirical studies.

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Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1
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Free Online Access in the Developing World
Access to this journal is available free online within institutions in the developing world through the OARE Initiative (Online Access to Research in the Environment) in conjunction with UNEP, the United Nations Environment Programme.

TopHighlights

Special Issue
Managing Vulnerable Infrastructures: Policy and Practice
Guest Editors: Tony Grubesic and Tim Matisziw
Volume 39: Issue 4 December 2008

Prospects for Assessing and Managing Vulnerable Infrastructures: Policy and Practice
Tony Grubesic and Tim Matisziw

The State-by-State Economic Impacts of the 2002 Shutdown of the Los Angeles-Long Beach Ports
Ji Young Park, Peter Gordon, James E Moore II, and Harry Richardson

Multimethodological Approaches to Network Vulnerability Analysis
Alan Murray, Tim Matisziw, and Tony Grubesic

Critical transport infrastructure in urban areas: impacts of traffic incidents assessed using accessibility based network vulnerability analysis
Michael A P Taylor

A Framework for Modeling Rail Transport Vulnerability
Steven K. Peterson and Richard L Church

Locating Backup Facilities to Enhance Supply Chain Disaster Resilience.
Samuel Ratick, Brian Meacham, and Yuko Aoyama

Highlights from Previously Published Issues

Technology Clusters versus Industry Clusters: Resources, Networks, and Regional Advantages
Caron H. St. John, Richard W. Pouder (Volume 37, Issue 2)

The Dynamic Firm - Territory Nexus of Taiwanese Informatics Industry Investments in China
Jinn-Yuh Hsu (Volume 32, Issue 2)

Urban Form and Household Activity-Travel Behavior
Ron N. Buliung, Pavlos S. Kanaroglou (Volume 32, Issue 2)

Localized Learning Revisited
Anders Malmberg, Peter Maskell (Volume 37, Issue 1)

Technology and the Convergence of U.S. Urban Migration Patterns: 1970-2000
Katherine F. Bartley (Volume 37, Issue 1)

No "Greek-Letter Writing": Local Models of Resource Economics
Trevor J. Barnes, Roger Hayter (Volume 36, Issue 4)

The Firm as Social Networks: An Organisational Perspective
Henry Wai-Chung Yeung (Volume 36, Issue 3)

Cities, Skills, and Inequality
Christopher H. Wheeler (Volume 36, Issue 3)