Fifty Years of Regional Science (Advances in Spatial Science)

Florax, Raymond J. G. M. (Editor)/ Plane, David A. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 3540223614 / ISBN 13: 9783540223610

Published by Springer Verlag, 2005

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1st edition. 400 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fifty Years of Regional Science (Advances in Spatial Science)
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540223614
• ISBN 13: 9783540223610
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.76 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book contains the complete text of the special Golden Anniversary issue of the flagship journal of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), Papers in Regional Science (Volume 83, Number 1), as well as the full text of Walter Isard's Presidential Address "The future (near and far) of regional science". Professor Isard originally delivered the speech in a special plenary session of the fiftieth North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International. The session began with a ceremonial kickoff to the year-long celebration of the multidisciplinary field's first 50 years. At the ceremony, held on the morning of Friday, November 21,2004 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Philadelphia, we presented Walter Isard, the founder of our multidisciplinary field, as well as Antoine Bailly, the President of the Regional Science Association International, and David Boyce, the Association's Archivist, with commemorative first copies of the anniversary issue. This book, entitled Fifty Years of Regional Science, consists of a compendium of "thought" papers authored by a representative sampling of some of the field's leading scholars. For the special journal issue we originally titled the collection: "The Brightest of Dawns".

Review

From the reviews:

"This book was written on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI). ... It documents the progress that has been made to date in interdisciplinary regional science research and represents a self-critical assessment of research priorities for the future. It contains a wealth of factual information about the development of the Regional Science Association International ... ." (Online Information Bulletin, Issue 12, 2004)