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A short history of the field of regional science

In: Fifty Years of Regional Science

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  • David Boyce

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The Regional Science Association was founded 50 years ago in December 1954; however, the institutional origins of the field were much earlier, perhaps when Walter Isard began his graduate studies in economics at Harvard University. This article briefly traces the history of the field of regional science and its association from those beginnings to the present. The focus of the article is the evolution of the association as an institution, and some of its major contributors, and to a much lesser extent, on the scope and scholarly content of the field.

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  • David Boyce, 2004. "A short history of the field of regional science," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Raymond J. G. M. Florax & David A. Plane (ed.), Fifty Years of Regional Science, pages 31-57, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-662-07223-3_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-07223-3_2
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    1. David Plane, 2012. "What about aging in regional science?," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 48(2), pages 469-483, April.
    2. Gabriela Arionesei & Cristian-Valentin Hapenciuc & Mihai Costea, 2016. "Statistical Confrontation of the Evolution of Tourism in the North East Region in Comparison with the other Regions of Romania," The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania, vol. 18(S10), pages 798-798, November.
    3. Lay Gibson & Robert Monahan & David Plane, 2012. "The first fifty years of the Western Regional Science Association: the making of the WRSA brand," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 48(2), pages 363-389, April.
    4. Peter J B Brown & Alexander Singleton & Rui Carvalho, 2004. "Reviews: History of Regional Science and the Regional Science Association International: The Beginnings and Early History, Handbook of Data Analysis, Me++: The Cyborg Self and the Networked City," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 31(5), pages 799-802, October.
    5. Mark Drabenstott, 2005. "A review of the federal role in regional economic development," Monograph, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, number 2005arotfrire.
    6. Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp & Soushi Suzuki, 2021. "The science of space: new endeavours in regional science," Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Springer, vol. 5(1), pages 149-153, February.
    7. Mohsen Shojaee Far, 2015. "An exploration on integrated spatial issues in geopolitical conflict zones to describe the conceptual framework of ?Geopolitical Brownfields?," ERSA conference papers ersa15p1450, European Regional Science Association.

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    Keywords

    Regional science; history;

    JEL classification:

    • B20 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - General
    • B25 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Austrian; Stockholm School
    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals
    • B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General

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