Location, agglomeration and infrastructure
In this article we discuss the relationships between transportation infrastructure, firm location, agglomeration and regional development. We will argue that the spatial transaction costs faced by modern firms have changed over recent decades, and that th
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History of Regional Science and the Regional Science Association International The Beginn ings and Early History 2003, X. 267 p, Hardcover E 49.95; £ 3850; sfr 8850 ISBN 3-540-00934-5
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A weU-written and exciting historical account of the way in which regional science and the formation of the society associated with the field. Regional Science Association International. developed. The text has been written by the founde r of the Regional Science Association and current President of the orth American Regional Science Council. It is of interest to regional scientists, economists. sociologists. urban- and regional planners. geographers. and transportation researchers.
Content: Preface.- I. The Setting and Initial Events.2. The Emergence and Struggling Years of Regional Science.- 3. The Evolution of the Designations; Regional Science. Regional Science Association and the Field of Regional Science.- 4. The Formation of the Regional Science Association. - 5. The Rooting and Emergence of Regional Science as a Major Field of Study.- 6. The Invasion of and Extensive Expansion in Europe Concomitant with the Formation of Sections. 7. The Spread of Regional Science into Japan. India. and Latin America.- 8. My Current Thinking on the Scope and ature of Regional Science and O pportunities for Its Advance in Basic Research and Policy Analyses.- Appendices.- References.
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