Applied Geography
A World Perspective
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Expanding the Content of Regional Science: Risks and Rewards, an Essay
Regional Science has developed as a rigorous science with a strong foundation in economics and geography. There is no apparent reason for regional science to seek an entirely new orientation, but there is an a...
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Emerging trends in regional science
Regional science has been evolving as a discipline since the 1950s. Whereas it has a distinctive focus and personality, it has not evolved in isolation. We recognize the early influences of economics and geogr...
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The first fifty years of the Western Regional Science Association: the making of the WRSA brand
In 1954 the Regional Science Association held its first conference in Detroit, Michigan. Seven years later, in 1961, the Western Regional Science Association was founded as one of the four United States-based ...
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Biographies and fields
Antoine Bailly (b. 1944, France) is Professor of Economic and Urban Geography at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). He is President of the Swiss National Geographic Committee, President of the European Cl...
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Introduction
Applied Geography: A World Perspective makes geography’s utility as an applied science explicit. It has been argued that geographic applications in corporations, government agencies and in non-governmental org...
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Managing geography after Y2K
All academic disciplines evolve and geography is no exception. Physics, French, or even economics change over time, but at the end of the day (or decade) they are still physics, French, or economics. Geography...
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Regional science: Directions for the future
Academic disciplines evolve and regional science is no exception. Physics, French or economics changes over time but at the end of the day (or decade), they remain physics, French or economics. But regional sc...
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Economic base theory and applied geography
Economic base theory belongs to both economics and geography. The theory per se belongs to economics but it is geographers who have brought it to life by tieing it to real places and their economic landscapes....
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Regional science: Directions for the future
Academic disciplines evolve and regional science is no exception. Physics, French or economics changes over time but at the end of the day (or decade), they remain physics, French or economics. But regional sc...
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Institutionalizing regional science
Regional Science is alive and well. If we wish to maintain our position we need to explore ways to expand our numbers and the constituencies that we serve. Expanding undergraduate and graduate teaching progra...
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To Juliette An Epilogue for a Valued Colleague and Dear Friend
The papers contained in this book represent a high level of scientific rigor that is appropriate given the man to which they are dedicated. Jean Paelinck is a gifted communicator with the language of mathemati...
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Value Added in Agriculture as a Regional Development Strategy
The World Bank describes China as a ‘low income economy’, whereas it calls the USA a ‘high income economy’ (and in between are the middle- and upper-middle income economies.) In recent years, economic growth i...
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Structure, Pattern and Prospects for the United States Telecommunications Industry
Much has been written about telecommunications and this industry’s effect on the way business is, and will be done. The literature of regional science and geography appropriately emphasizes flows and networks ...
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The Pacific Rim: Region or regions?
Given the dynamic nature of the Pacific Rim, the Pacific Regional Science Conference Organization (PRSCO) has a unique opportunity to both grow with the region and contribute solutions to the problems which co...
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Some Tributes to Michael Mischaikow
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