Lists of the world's most populous urban areas are surprisingly inconsistent in standard reference sources. These even disagree about which area is the world's largest. We first review the differences found in lists of the 20 largest areas reported by several unofficial sources and by the United...

In this study, a land use/land cover change analysis method was developed to examine patterns of land use/land cover conversions of cropland to urban uses and conversions of rangeland to cropland uses in the United States (US) Midwest region. We used the US 2001 and 2006 National Land Cover...

Books Reviewed: Michael L. Lahr and Ronald E. Miller (eds.), Regional Science Perspectives in Economic Analysis: A Festschrift in Memory of Benjamin H. Stevens Graham Clarke and Moss Madden (eds.), Regional Science in Business Luis Suarez-Villa, Invention and the Rise of Technocapitalism Sam...

Books reviewed: Der-Horng Lee, Urban and Regional Transportation Modeling: Essays in Honor of David Boyce Richard Netzer, The Property Tax, Land Use and Land Use Regulation Eric Sheppard and Robert B. McMaster, Scale and Geographic Inquiry: Nature, Society, and Method Laura A. Reese and David...