A Panoramic Overview of Regional Science Research Editorial Introduction to the Jubilee Issue of Studies in Regional Science

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karima KOURTIT ◽  
Peter NIJKAMP ◽  
Jacques POOT
Keyword(s):  
Science Research ◽  
Regional Science ◽  
Editorial Introduction

scholarly journals For Whom the Bells Toll

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel S. Franklin ◽  
Eveline S. van Leeuwen
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Address ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Regional Science ◽  
Population Loss ◽  
Right Hand ◽  
P 16 ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
The Right ◽  
Regional Science Association

In his presidential address to the Regional Science Association over thirty years ago, William Alonso presented the case for “Five Bell Shapes in Development” and argued that “the developed countries will enter fully in to the realm of the right-hand tail of these curves” (p. 16) and that this transition might result in several surprises. He proposed, therefore, that we should study the right tail of these “curves” as well as interactions among them. Much of what Alonso suggested has come to pass, although his prognostications were not always exact. And although he touched on several issues of relevance to regional scientists, the discipline has been slow to move away from a growth-centered paradigm. The strength of regional science—the capacity to consider economic, demographic, and geographical aspects of an issue simultaneously—has yet to be focused on some of the “right-hand” challenges that have arisen, population loss, for example. In this article, we provide a review of regional science research within the context of Alonso’s five bells and hypothesize how Alonso’s propositions might differ in today’s world. We then focus more specifically on one particular area: population loss. Using these examples allows us to highlight how regional science might contribute to the conceptualization of “right-hand tail” development challenges, especially where theory, issues of spatial scale, and interregional dependencies are concerned.

Coauthorship in Regional Science

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-409
Author(s):  
Jing Chen ◽  
Randall Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Scientific Collaboration ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Regional Science ◽  
Collaboration Networks ◽  
Regional Research ◽  
Coauthorship Network ◽  
And Cluster Analysis ◽  
Over Time

The year 2015 marked the fiftieth anniversary of West Virginia University’s (WVU) Regional Research Institute (RRI), which has played an important role in many scientific collaboration networks. Through social network analysis (SNA) focusing on the RRI research community since its inception in 1965, this article illustrates the role that organizations and the networks they promote can play in scientific problem domains, promoting scholarly collaborations and coauthorship in the field of regional science. We analyzed an evolving WVU RRI coauthorship network that has grown and gained in complexity over time in terms of (1) global metrics, (2) components and cluster analysis, (3) centrality, and (4) PageRank and AuthorRank. The results of these analyses depict a well-developed and influential scientific collaboration structure within both WVU and the regional science research community.

Infrastructure: A treat for regional science research

1989 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Folke Snickars
Keyword(s):  
Science Research ◽  
Regional Science

Challenges for regional science research: past and present

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Stimson
Keyword(s):  
Science Research ◽  
Regional Science
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