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Research Publications and Presentations

My main theoretical areas of research are regional economic development, those factors which contribute to economic growth, the interaction between planning and development, and the role local policies and local governance can play in stimulating regional development and redevelopment.  These interests are reflected in my consultancy work. Other interests include national identity and regionalism.  I also have a long standing interest in transportation planning and the interaction between transport and development.  My main areas of teaching are the regional geography of the US; the regional geography of the European Union and the transition states; environmental management; urban planning and urban design; and sustainability.   A theme in my work is that political and administrative systems are as important in explaining the distribution of people and economic activities as geography.  I have studied central and eastern Europe and the former USSR since the 1980s' and have travelled extensively in the region. 

Recent Publications

More recent publications

 

Papers and Publications before 2008

(2007) ‘Slovakia’ in Central and South Eastern Europe 2008 (Europa Regional Surveys of the World)  Routledge Publications, 8th edition   ISBN-10: 1857434226  ISBN-13: 978-1857434224

(2007) ‘Belarus’ in Heaney, D (ed)  Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2008 (Europa Regional Surveys of the World). Europa Publications Limited. ISBN-10: 1857434242,  ISBN-13: 978-1857434248

 (2006) “Proprietary Intellectuals” The Fine Print  Issue 3, 2006. http://www.emendediting.com/html/ezine/issue3/contents.htm,

(2005) Collins, A; Hand, C; and Ryder A “The Lure of the Multiplex? The Interplay of Time, Distance and Cinema Attendance” Environment and Planning A, vol. 37, March, 2005, pp. 483-501.

(2006) “ The changing nature of adult entertainment districts: between a rock and a hard place or going from strength to strength?” Urban Studies, v. 41, no. 9, August, 2004 pp. 1659-1686.  Reprinted in Collins, Alan, ed. (2006)  Cities of Pleasure: Sex and the Urban Socialscape   Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 29-56.  ISBN: 0-415-36012-9.

(2006) Douvlou, E., Ryder, A. “Sustainability and urban regeneration: the community and the city”, in Brebbia, C A and Conti, M E eds. (2006) Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards (THE RAVAGE OF THE PLANET 2006) Wessex Institute of Technology, ISBN 1-84564-048-9, pp. 115-125.

(2006) “ The changing nature of adult entertainment districts: between a rock and a hard place or going from strength to strength?” in Collins, Alan, ed. (2006)  Cities of Pleasure: Sex and the Urban Socialscape   Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 29-56.  ISBN: 0-415-36012-9.

(2005) “Belarus” Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2005 Europa Publications, London, ISBN 1-85743-2738,  ISSN 1470-5702.

(2005) “Slovakia” Central and South-Eastern Europe 2005, Europa Publications, London, 2004; ISBN 1-85743-262-2; ISSN 1470-5699, p. 598-618.

(2004) “Slovakia” in Central and South Eastern Europe 2004 London: Europa Publications, 2004

(2004) “Belarus” in Eastern Europe Russia and North Central Asia 2004, London: Europa Publications, 2004, pp. 138-156, ISBN 1-85743-187-1. ISSN 1470-5702.

 (2003) “Anti-globalisation: Bad wine in new bottles?” Economic Affairs, vol. 23, Autumn, 2003, pp. 51-56.

(2003) “The sad state of agriculture” Belarusian Review.  Winter, 2003, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 30-32.  Also available at http://www.belreview.cz/articles/2701.html

(2003)  “Trade Deficit Despite Cheap Energy” Belarusian Review vol.15, No. 3, October, 2003, pp. 21-22. (Also available at: http://www.belreview.cz/articles/2629.html)

(2003)  “Regional Policy in Canada, the US and The United Kingdom: lessons from success and failure” 2003, Open Minds Conference Proceedings Warsaw/Lodz: CASE Foundation.

(2003) “Slovakia” in Central and South Eastern Europe2003 London: Europa Publications, 2002, pp 517-536. ISBN 1-85743-136-7.

(2003) “Belarus” in Eastern Europe Russia and North Central Asia 2003, London: Europa Publications, 2002. pp. 136-152.   ISBN 1-85743-137-5.

(2000) “Belarus” in Eastern Europe Russia and North Central Asia 2000, London: Europa Publications.

(2000) Ryder A, Peter Rutland “The Czech Republic: Economy” in Central and South Eastern Europe 2000 London: Europa Publications 2000, pp. 302-309.  ISBN 1-85743-090-5. 

(2000) “Slovakia” in Central and South Eastern Europe2000 London: Europa Publications 2000, pp. 575-588. ISBN 1-85743-090-5.   

(1998)  “Slovakia” in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 1999, London: Europa Publications, 1998, pp. 751-764, ISBN 185-743058-1.

(1998) Collier, P; Fontana, D; Pearson A; and Ryder A.  “The State of Mapping in the European Republics of the Former Soviet Union” The Cartographic Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, December, 1998, pp. 165-168.

(1996) Collier, P; Fontana, D; Pearson, Ryder A “The State of Mapping in the Former Satellite Countries of Eastern Europe” The Cartographic Journal, vol. 33, no. 2, December, 1996, pp. 131-139.

(1996) “Reform and UK Higher Education in the Enterprise Era” Higher Education Quarterly, vol. 50, no. 1, January 1996, pp. 54-70.

(1996) “Belarus” in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 1997, London: Europa Publications, 1996, pp. 179-189, ISBN 185-743025-5

(1996) “Slovakia” in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 1997, London: Europa Publications, 1996, pp. 699-716, ISBN 185-743025-5

 (1994) “What Went Wrong with Poland's Warsaw Metro?” Transportation Quarterly, Vol. 48, no. 1, Winter, 1994, pp. 79-89.

(1994) “Belarus” in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 1994 London: Europa Publications, 1994, pp. 166-172, ISBN 0-946653-95-X.

(1994) “Slovakia” in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 1994 London: Europa Publications, 1994, pp. 606-612, ISBN  0-946653-95-X.

 (1992) “Urban Planning in Post War Poland With Reference to Cracow” Cities.  August, 1992.

(1992) “Polish Transit in the New World”  Mass Transit vol. XIX, July/August, 1992, pp. 40-41.

(1992) “Eastern Europe: People of the Borderland” in Alisdair Rogers, ed. Peoples and Cultures.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, pp. 150-159.

(1992) “The Soviet Republics and their Neighbors” in Alisdair Rogers, ed. Peoples and Cultures.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1992, pp. 160-167.

(1991) “Economic Japan: A Russian View”  Proceedings of the Seventh Biennial Conference, Japanese Studies Association of Australia.  Canberra: Australian National University, 1991.

(1991) “Polish Cities: Central Places and Socialist Planning” Geography Review.  Vol. 4, no. 4, March 1991.

(1990) “Growth Pole Policy in Poland and the Lenin Steel-works” Geoforum.  Vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1990.

(1989)  “Polish Municipal Authorities and Reform: Krakow and the Lenin Steel Works.” Slovo Vol. 2, no. 2, November, 1989.

Consultant Publications.

Contributor, Territorial Review: Seoul OECD, Paris: 2005.

Contributor, Territorial Review of Canada, OECD Paris, 2001.

Contributor: Territorial Review of Hungary OECD: Paris 2000 [DT/TDPC(2000)25]

(2000)  Regional Issues and Rural Policies in Hungary Paris: OECD August, 2000, 44 pages.

(2000)  Tourism in Hungary, Paris: OECD, August, 2000, 11 pages.

(1996)  Regional Problems and Policies in the Baltics and Kaliningrad  Paris: OECD, December, 1996. DT/REG(96)11. 97 pages.

(1994)  Trans-border Cooperation in Eastern Europe  Paris: OECD, December 1994, internal document, CCET/DSTI/IND (94) 92.  31 pages.

(1994)  Regional Problems and Policies in the Czech Republic. Paris: OECD December, 1994.  Released in an earlier version as OECD Internal Document, DSTI/IND/WP6 (93) 10/Part 1.

(1994)  Regional Problems and Policies in the Slovak Republic. Paris: OECD December, 1994.  Released in an earlier version as OECD Internal Document, DSTI/IND/WP6 (93) 10/Part 2.

(1993)  Trans-border Cooperation in Eastern Europe: Current Programmes and Future Prospects.  Paris: OECD, December 1993.  Internal Document, CCET/DSTI/IND(93)186.

(1993)  Regional Problems and Policies in The Czech and Slovak Republics. Paris: OECD, 20 October 1992.  Internal Document, DSTI/IND/WP6 (92) 17.

(1993)  Aide Memoire on Regional Problems and Policies in Czechoslovakia Paris: OECD, June, 1992, DSTI/IND/WP6(92) 10.

Refereed Conference Papers.

(1991) “The Metro in Warsaw” Transportation Research Board, Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.  January, 1991.

Other Conference Papers/Panel Participation.

(2009) “Urban change in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic since 1989.  It ” Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers annual conference, Las Vegas, 2009.

(2008)  “Gentrification or desperation: changes in dwelling costs and household numbers per housing unit in New York, San Francisco and Chicago” Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers annual conference, Boston, 2008.

(2007) Participation and Presentation on tax reform and tax compliance, Conference on Expanding tax compliance in Tanzania  Bukoba, Tanzania  Eastern and Southern African Universities Research Programme \ Tanzanian Revenue Authority.

(2007) “Tompkins Square Revisited: analyzing “gentrification” in New York City” Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers annual conference, San Francisco, 2007

(2006) “Governmental Devolution as a motor of local development” Paper to be presented at the Association of American Geographers annual conference, Chicago, 7-11 March, 2006.

(2005) “Central-east European cities after communism: changes since 1989” Paper presented at Association of American Geographers, Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, 4 to 9 April, 2005.

(2004) “20 Years On: London’s Docklands Revisited” Association of American Geographers, Annual Conference, Philadelphia, 14 to 19 March, 2004.

(2003) “Regional Policy in Canada, the US and The United Kingdom: lessons from success and failure” 2003, Open Minds Conference Lódż, Poland, September, 2003.

(2003) “Polish cross border trade and economic development” Association of American Geographers, Annual Conference, New Orleans, 5-8 March 2003.

(2003)  Panel discussant, “Comparative international perspectives on regional cooperation and competition” Association of American Geographers, Annual Conference, New Orleans, 5-8 March 2003.

(2002) “Changing urban mobility in central-eastern Europe” Association of American Geographers, Annual Conference, Los Angeles, 19-23 March, 2002.

(2001) “Agriculture in Central Eastern Europe since 1989” Association of American Geographers, New York.  Session on agricultural change in various regions, February 28 - March 3, 2001.

(2000) “Changing Ethnicity in the Baltic States Before and After Independence: The Case of Latvia” Association of American Geographers, Pittsburgh, Session on Demographic Change and the Contestation of Place and Identity in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, April 4-8, 2000.

(1994) “Competitive tendering in the U.K”  Conference on Innovatory Entrepreneurship as a Motor of Local Development, Univerzity J. M. Purkyne, Usti-nad-Labem, Czech Republic, June 7-8, 1994.

(1994) “Local Government and Innovatory Entrepreneurship in the United States”  Conference on Innovatory Entrepreneurship as a Motor of Local Development, Univerzity J. M. Purkyne, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic, June 7-8, 1994.

(1993) Participant and referee, study visit looking at regional problems and policies in Hungary, sponsored by the Hungarian Ministry of the Environment and Regional Policies, October, 1993.

(1993) “Trans-border Cooperation: A Western Perspective” OECD Conference on Trans-border Cooperation in Eastern Europe, Krakow, Poland, 21-23 September, 1993.

(1993) “Problems and Priorities in East Central Europe: Determining a Regional Agenda” International Conference on Regional Problems in East-Central Europe, Brno, The Czech Republic, 24 - 26 February, 1993.

(1992) Presentation on regional problems and policies in Czechoslovakia, Paris, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, June 11, 1992.

(1992) Panel Chairman, “Eastern Europe: Waste Management and the Environment”  Wasteman >92 Conference, Birmingham, England,  25-27 February 1992.

(1991) “Economic Japan: A Russian View” Seventh Biennial Conference, Japanese Studies Association of Australia, Australian National University, Canberra, 11-13 July, 1991.

(1990) “Geographical Aspects of Reform: Krakow and the Lenin Steel Works”  4th World Conference for Soviet and East European Studies, Harrogate, England, July 1990.

Book reviews, letters to the editor, and other public service work

(2009) “Russia likely to lose gas war” Kyiv Post 16 January 2009 Also on line.

(2007) Letter to the Independent  Thursday, 5 April “Iranian government's gesture of generosity could still backfire”.

(2005) Letter to Building Design, August 26, 2005 “£60,000 house lacks flexibility”  

(2004) Letter to The Economist June 26, 2004, p. 20.

(1999)  Letter to the Financial Times, 31 August, 1999 “How Russia is subsidising world economy”.

(2007) Review of Herrschel,  Tassilo (2007) Global Geographies of Post-Socialist Transition (Abingdon: Routledge)  Geography v. 92, no. 3, pp. 308-9

(2006) Review of  Dench, Geoff; Gavron, Kate; Young, Michael (2006) The New East End (London: Profile Books) Geography, forthcoming.

(2006) Review of Oldfield, Jonathan (2005) Russian Nature  Exploring the environmental consequences of social change  (Aldershot: Ashgate)  Geography, v. 91, no. 3, p. 284.

 (2005) Review of Kim, Younkyoo (2003) The Resources Curse in a post-communist regime: Russia in comparative perspective  (Aldershot: Ashgate)  Geography, v. 90, no. 1, pp. 104-5.

 (2005) Review of Crowley, David (2003) Warsaw (London: Reaktion Books, Ltd.) Geography, v. 90, no. 1, p. 105.

 (2002) Review of Goetz, Stepehn J; Jaksch, Tanja; and Siebert, Rosemary, eds (2002) Agricultural Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe (Aldershot: Ashgate) Geography vol. 87, no. 2, pp. 174-5 (2002).

(1999) Review of Peet, Richard (1998) Modern Geographical Thought (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers) Geography  vol. 82, no. 2, pp. 186-7 (1999).