History of Regional Science and the Regional Science Association International The Beginnings and Early History

History of Regional Science and the Regional Science Association International The Beginnings and Early History / by Walter Isard.

The book portrays how a new unique social science field of study evolved and describes the formation of a society associated with the field. It starts with the rise of Hitler, the advent of the Keynesian Revolution, the intense mathematization of economics and relates how an individual's creati...

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Main Author: Isard, Walter (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
Edition:1st ed. 2003.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Economics.
Management science.
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Geography.
Regional planning.
Urban planning.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 The Setting and Initial Events
  • 2 The Emergence and Struggling Years of Regional Science
  • 2.1 Early Developments and Significant Recognition of Location Theory
  • 2.2 Growth of Interest in Regional Problems, Informal Meetings of Regional Researchers and Promotion Efforts
  • 2.3 Era of Conceptual Thinking and Model Development with Multidisciplinary Explorations
  • 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, andLatin America
  • 8 My Current Thinking on the Scope and Nature of Regional Science and Opportunities for Its Advance in Basic Research and Policy Analyses
  • Appendix A: Memorandum on a Census Monograph on the Location of Economic Activity and Its Relation to Population
  • Appendix B: Request for Support of a Project in the Field of Regional Economic Studies
  • Appendix C: Regionalism and American Economic History. Lee Benson (12/9/51)
  • Appendix D: Conference of the Regional Science Association 4–7 September 1961, Institute of Social Studies, Molenstraat 27, The Hague, Netherlands
  • Appendix E: Annual Programs in the United States, 1958–1967 (EXCEPT 1963)
  • Appendix F: Regional Science Association Council Members
  • Reference.

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