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Modelling Economic Landscapes: A Geographical Perspective

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P LUMMER P. (2003) Modelling economic landscapes: a geographical perspective, Reg. Studies 37 , 687-695. Contemporary research into the evolution of regional economies is characterized by a dualism of "new' economic geographies based upon dominant ways of knowing in both economics and geography. This dualism of theoretical and methodological perspectives encompasses both qualitative versus quantitative ways of knowing, and cultural versus economic explanations of regional growth and change. In this paper I explore an alternative way of thinking about regions that is grounded in the theoretical suppositions of classical/Marxian political economy, and yet employs both mathematical and statistical reasoning. To facilitate my argument, I contrast this regional political economy with the theory and empirics of explanation claims derived from neoclassically oriented approaches to regional growth and change. I focus on how both space and time are conceptualized in each approach, and the implications for both theory construction and empirical testing. I conclude by outlining the challenges facing a genuinely geographical perspective that takes both space and time seriously. P LUMMER P. (2003) La modelisation des paysages economiques: une perspective geographique, Reg. Studies 37 , 687-695. La recherche contemporaine sur l'evolution des economies regionales se caracterise par un dualisme de "nouvelles' ge ographies economiques fondees sur des facons de savoir dominantes a la fois dans l'economie et dans la geographie. Ce dualisme de perspectives theoriques et methodologiques regroupe et les facons qualitatives par rapport aux facons quantitatives de savoir, et les explications culturelles par opposition aux explications economiques de la croissance et de l'evolution regionales. Dans cet article, on examine une autre facon d'aborder les regions qui est fondee sur les suppositions de l'economie politique classiciste/ marxiste et qui emploie un raisonnement mathematique et statistique. Pour faciliter le raisonnement, on fait ressortir le contraste entre cette economie politique regionale et la theorie et l'empirisme des explications provenant des facons d'aborder la croissance et l'evolution regionales plutot neoclassicistes. On se concentre sur la conceptualisation de l'espace et du temps pour chacune des facons, et sur les retombees pour la construction des theories et l'e valuation empirique. En guise de conclusion, on esquisse les defis auxquels fait face une perspective reellement geographique qui prend au serieux et l'espace et le temps. P LUMMER P. (2003) Das Entwerfen von Wirtschaftslandschaften: eine geographische Perspektive, Reg. Studies 37 , 687-695. Zeitgenossische Untersuchungen der Evolution regionaler Wirtschaften werden durch einen Dualismus "neuer' Wirtschaftsgeographien charakterisiert, die sich auf vorherrschende Arten der Kenntnisse in Geographie und Wirtschaftwissenschaft stutzen. Dieser Dualismus theoretischer und methodologischer Perspektiven umfasst sowohl qualitative als auch quantitative Arten des Wissens, und kulturelle wie wirtschaftliche Erklarungen regionalen Wachstums und Wandels. In diesem Aufsatz wird eine alternative Art der Auffassung von Regionen untersucht, die sich auf theoretische Annahmen der klassischen/ Marxistischen Volkswirtschaft grundet, und doch mathematische und statistische Argumente ins Feld fuhrt. Um den Zugang zu diesen Argumenten zu erleichtern, wird der Regionalvolkswirtschaft die Theorie und praktische Erfahrung von Anspruchen der Erklarung gegenubergestellt, die sich von neoklassisch orientierten Arten, regionales Wachstums und Wandel anzugehen, ableiten. Dabei richtet sich die Aufmerksamkeit auf die Art und Weise der Auffassung von Raum und Zeit in beiden Ansatzen, und die Implikationen fur die Konstruktion von Theorien und empirisches Prufen. Der Aufsatz schliess t mit einem Umriss der Herausforderungen, denen sich eine wirklich geographische, Raum und Zeit ernst nehmende, Perspektive gegenubersieht.

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  • Paul Plummer, 2003. "Modelling Economic Landscapes: A Geographical Perspective," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(6-7), pages 687-695.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:37:y:2003:i:6-7:p:687-695
    DOI: 10.1080/0034340032000108778
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