This is the first volume in a new series on 'Great Minds in Regional Science,' which seeks to present a contemporary view on the scientific relevance of the work done by great thinkers in regional science. It presents, among others, Walter Isard, Martin Beckmann and Gunnar Myrdal. Each...

1.Introduction -- Part I: Fundamental Issues -- 2. Expanding the Content of Regional Science--Risks and Rewards, An Essay -- 3. Is Regional Science just Economics with a "dij" added to all Equations? Some Thoughts of an Economist -- 4. Sustainability and Resilience through Micro-Scale Decisions...

Regional Intelligence is an emerging field that leverages the lessons learned through decades of regional science. By merging spatial analysis with quantitative analytical techniques in the Anthropocene, this book contributes to the multidisciplinary understanding of regional issues. The...

Chapter 1. I Dream of Gini: Measures of Population Concentration and Their Application to U.S. Population Distribution -- Chapter 2. Unraveling David Plane’s Tools for Analyzing the Income Impacts of Interregional Migration Flows -- Chapter 3. A Short Exercise to Assess the Effects of Temporal...

Chapter 1 Introduction - Editor -- PART I Territorial Impact Assessment (TIA): mainstream methodologies -- Chapter 2 TARGET_TIA -- Chapter 3 TEQUILA model -- Chapter 4 STeMA -- Chapter 5 ESPON EATIA: A qualitative approach to Territorial Impact Assessment -- PART II Territorial Impact Assessment...

Part I: Firms in the Tourism Industry -- Part II: Temporal and Spatial Perspectives in the Analysis of Tourism -- Part III: The Impacts of Tourism -- Part IV: Tourism Segments and Tourist Behaviours -- Part V: Environmental Perspectives and Tourism Policy.

Foreword -- Preface -- Part Ⅰ: New perspectives, modelling and methodology in Regional Science -- Chapter 1: The cost of missed EU integration -- Chapter 2: On the Existence of an Equilibrium in Models of Local Public Good Use by Cities to Attract the Creative Class -- Chapter 3: Canadian...

Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1 Leisure, Tourism and Space; An Introduction -- Part II: Tourism, Specialisation and Competition -- Chapter 2 Ranking World Tourism Competitiveness. A Comparison of Two Composite Indicators -- Chapter 3 Smart Tourism Specialization to Outfox the Competition: An...

Chapter 1: The socio-economic impact of cultural heritage: setting the scene -- Part 1: From cultural heritage to local development: the role of tourism -- Chapter 2: Cultural heritage, tourism and economic development in the existing literature and beyond -- Chapter 3: From cultural heritage to...

1 The Spatial Economics of Agricultural Development and the Formation of Agro-Industrial Value Chains: The Brazilian Cerrado(Akio Hosono, Nobuaki Hamaguchi, and Alan Bojanic) -- 2 Economic and Social Impacts of Cerrado Agriculture: Transformation for Inclusive Growth through Clusters and Value...