Aksel Ersoy is Assistant Professor in Urban Development Management, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He previously held posts at Oxford Brookes University, Bristol University, and at the universities of Aberdeen and Birmingham. His research focus is upon understanding the complex relationship between social and economic transformations in developing economies, metropolitan cities and the built environment. He also takes a special interest in the political economy of the smart city.

• Introduction. Understanding the rise of emerging economies1. Local and regional economic development in Turkey: policy and practice2. Transformation in regional policy3. Turkey’s protean regional policy and national development plans4. The structure of the Turkish economy5. Regional development experience before and after the EU Candida6. Theorizing regional economic development7. The role of technology and SMEs in Turkey8. Turkey’s human capital and knowledge economy9. Institutional capacity in Turkey10. The role of TNCs in Turkey11. Turkey’s emerging spatial patterns12. ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

For specialists, this is a sophisticated study concerned with economic theory as it relates of the role of regional developments in developing economies. Readers take note: this study was completed before the current political upheavals … Summing Up: Recommended. Faculty only.