Soft Variables in Regional Science

Edward J. Malecki
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Edward J. Malecki: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

The Review of Regional Studies, 2000, vol. 30, issue 1, 61-69

Abstract: This paper outlines briefly how "soft" variables related to social, political, and psychological phenomena are involved in issues central to regional science, such as development. The discussion centers around three concepts-knowledge, social capital, and institutions that influence or catalyze economic development. Each of these concepts has crept into regional science over the past decade, but they have not been integrated into our mainstream understanding of how development takes place. These soft variables may be more important to regional and local economies than the traditional considerations of economic development.

Date: 2000
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