Handbook of Regional Science

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XLVIII

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2. History of Regional Science

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Regional Science Methods in Planning

      • Peter Batey

      Pages 3-24

   3. A Reconnaissance Through the History of Shift-Share Analysis

      • Michael L. Lahr, João Pedro Ferreira

      Pages 25-39

   4. City-Size Distribution: The Evolution of Theory, Evidence, and Policy in Regional Science

      • Gordon F. Mulligan, John I. Carruthers

      Pages 41-59

   5. Classical Contributions: Von Thünen and Weber

      • Roberta Capello

      Pages 61-80

   6. Market Areas and Competing Firms: History in Perspective

      • Folke Snickars

      Pages 81-98

   7. Spatial Interaction Models: A Broad Historical Perspective

      • Johannes Bröcker

      Pages 99-123

   8. Regional Science Methods in Business

      • Graham Clarke

      Pages 125-140

   9. Worlds Lost and Found: Regional Science Contributions in Support of Collective Decision-Making for Collective Action

      • Kieran P. Donaghy

      Pages 141-163

3. Location and Interaction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. Travel Behavior and Travel Demand

      • Kenneth Button

      Pages 167-185

   3. Activity-Based Analysis

      • Harvey J. Miller

      Pages 187-207

   4. Social Network Analysis

      • Richard Medina, Nigel Waters

      Pages 209-228

   5. Land-Use Transport Interaction Models

      • Michael Wegener

      Pages 229-246

   6. Network Equilibrium Models for Urban Transport

      • David Boyce

      Pages 247-275

   7. Supply Chains and Transportation Networks

      • Anna Nagurney

      Pages 277-299

   8. Computable Models of Dynamic Spatial Oligopoly from the Perspective of Differential Variational Inequalities

      • Terry L. Friesz, Amir H. Meimand

      Pages 301-324

   9. Complexity and Spatial Networks

      • Aura Reggiani

      Pages 325-347

   10. Factor Mobility and Migration Models

       • Johannes Bröcker, Timo Mitze

       Pages 349-372

The Handbook of Regional Science is a multi-volume reference work providing state-of-the-art information, prepared by respected scientists in the field. This second edition includes new sections on the history of regional science, and on regional policy. It has been thoroughly updated to reflect new developments, including new chapters on R&D collaboration networks, knowledge spillovers, web-based tools for exploratory spatial data analysis, fuzzy modeling, multivariate spatial process models, heterogeneous coefficient spatial regression panel models, and endogeneity in spatial models, among others.

The multi-volume handbook covers the field of regional science comprehensively, including topics such as location and interaction, regional housing and labor markets, regional economic growth, innovation and regional economic development, regional policy in emerging markets, new economic geography and evolutionary economic geography, environmental and natural resources, spatial analysis and geocomputation, as well as spatial statistics and spatial econometrics. The book is intended to serve the needs of graduate students, beginning and experienced scientists in regional science and related fields with an interest in exploring local and regional socio-economic issues.

• Location Theory
• New Economic Geography
• Innovation and Regional Economic Development
• Regional Economic Growth
• Spatial Analysis and Geocomputation
• Spatial Econometrics
• Regional Housing and Labor Markets
• Evolutionary Economic Geography
• Environmental and Natural Resources
• Spatial Statistics
• Theory and History of Regional Science
• Regional Policy in Emerging Markets

• Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria

  Manfred M. Fischer

• Free University Faculty of Economics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Peter Nijkamp

Manfred M. Fischer is Professor of Economic Geography at Vienna University of Economics and Business and Adjunct Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was Co-founder of the prominent interdisciplinary journal Geographical Systems(Gordon & Breach) and is now Editor-in-Chief of its successor, theJournalof Geographical Systems (Springer). Professor Fischer also co-founded the Springerbook series Advances in Spatial Science and served for eight years as Chair of theIGU Commission on Mathematical Models. In this role he was responsible fororganizing several of the Commission’s highly successful international meetingsaround the world, including symposia in Shanghai and Beijing (1990). For morethan 40 years he has consistently made significant contributions to regional sciencein general, and spatial data analysis, geocomputation, and spatial econometrics inparticular. Professor Fischer has published widely, both books and articles, in dozensof distinct academic journals. Some of his books can be read in Chinese. On accountof his scholarly achievements, he has been named a Fellow of the Regional ScienceAssociation International, the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, the AustrianAcademy of Sciences, and the International Academy of Sciences for Europe andAsia. Moreover, Professor Fischer has received the highest accolades of the RSAI:the Jean Paelinck Award 2015 for outstanding scholarly achievements in the field of Regional Science Methods, and the Founder’s Medal 2016 that is awarded everyfour years for significant lifetime contributions.

Peter  Nijkamp is Professor of Regional and Urban Economics and EconomicGeography at VU University and affiliated to the Jheronimus Academy of DataScience (JADS);‘s-Hertogenbosch (the Netherlands); the Royal Institute of Tech-nology (KTH), Stockholm (Sweden); and A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan(Poland). He serves on the editorial/advisory boards of more than 30 journals.According to the RePec list, Professor Nijkamp is one of the top 30 most well-known economists in the world. His main research interests cover quantitative planevaluation, regional and urban modelling, multicriteria analysis, transport systemsanalysis, mathematical systems modelling, technological innovation, entrepreneur-ship, environmental and resource management, and sustainable development. In thepast years, he has focused his research in particular on new quantitative methods for policy analysis as well as on spatial-behavioral analysis of economic agents. Pro-fessor Nijkamp has broad expertise in the area of public policy, services planning,infrastructure management, and environmental protection. In all thesefields he haspublished many books and numerous articles.
Professor Nijkamp has been a visiting professor in many universities all over theworld. He is Past President of the European Regional Science Association and of theRegional Science Association International. Professor Nijkamp is also Fellow of theRoyal Netherlands Academy of Sciences and its former Vice President. From 2002to 2009, he served as President of the Governing Board of the Netherlands ResearchCouncil (NWO). In addition, he is Past President of the European Heads of ResearchCouncils (EUROHORCs). Professor Nijkamp is also Fellow of the AcademiaEuropaea and member of many international scientific organizations. He has actedregularly as advisor to (inter)national bodies and (local and national) governments.In 1996, he was awarded the most prestigious scientific prize in the Netherlands, the Spinoza Award.

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