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This e-book draws on papers presented and discussed at the ESRC-funded seminar series on 'Business Clusters and Regionalisation', held in London in 2005/6. This series brought together academics and practitioners engaged in questions of region building and 'best' forms of regional governance in economic development in metropolitan areas. In particular, discussions centered on the relationship between varying and changing formations of economic spaces, and the territories of regulation devised by related policies

Asian American Communities and Health: Context, Research, Policy, and Action -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- FOREWORD -- THE EDITORS -- THE CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART 1: SETTING THE CONTEXT: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States -- CHAPTER 1: TOWARD A CONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON THE STUDY OF ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH -- ISSUES CURRENTLY FACING ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH RESEARCH -- FOCUS ON CONTEXT: A NEW LENS TO UNDERSTAND ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH -- RELEVANCE OF ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND HEALTH -- STRUCTURE OF ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND HEALTH -- USING ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND HEALTH AS A TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL TOOL -- TERMINOLOGY AND PRESENTATION OF DATA IN ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND HEALTH -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2: SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ASIAN AMERICANS -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND AND HISTORY OF ASIAN AMERICANS -- MAJOR ASIAN AMERICAN ISSUES -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3: SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF U.S. PACIFIC ISLANDERS -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4: ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH RESEARCH: Baseline Data and Funding -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- INTRODUCTION -- DOCUMENTING HEALTH DISPARITIES -- QUEST FOR BASELINE ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH DATA -- FUNDING FOR ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH RESEARCH -- THE FUTURE OF ASIAN AMERICAN HEALTH RESEARCH AND FUNDING -- SUMMARY -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- REFERENCES -- PART 2: PERSPECTIVES: Health Across the Life Span and Special Populations -- CHAPTER 5: THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS -- LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- INTRODUCTION.