ISBN: 3540009345
TITLE: History of Regional Science and the Regional Science Association International
AUTHOR: Isard
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Acknowledgments V
Preface VII
1 The Setting and Initial Events 1
2 The Emergence and Struggling Years of Regional Science 7
2.1 Early Developments and Significant Recognition of Location Theory 7
2.2 Growth of Interest in Regional Problems, Informal Meetings of Regional Researchers and Promotion Efforts 11
2.3 Era of Conceptual Thinking and Model Development with Multidisciplinary Explorations 44
3 The Evolution of the Designations: Regional Science, Regional Science Association and the Field of Regional Science 71
4 The Formation of the Regional Science Association 73
5 The Rooting and Emergence of Regional Science as a Major Field of Study 113
6 The Invasion of and Extensive Expansion in Europe Concomitant with the Formation of Sections 133
7 The Spread of Regional Science into Japan, India, and Latin America 153
8 My Current Thinking on the Scope and Nature of Regional Science and Opportunities for Its Advance in Basic Research and Policy Analyses 187
Appendix A: Memorandum on a Census Monograph on the Location of Economic Activity and Its Relation to Population 195
Appendix B: Request for Support of a Project in the Field of Regional Economic Studies 207
Appendix C: Regionalism and American Economic History. Lee Benson (12/9/51) 213
Appendix D: Conference of the Regional Science Association 4-7 September 1961, Institute of Social Studies, Molenstraat 27, The Hague, Netherlands 221
Appendix E: Annual Programs in the United States, 1958-1967 (EXCEPT 1963) 227
Appendix F: Regional Science Association Council Members 257
References 265
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