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Thematic Encyclopedia of Regional Science

Edited by Peter Nijkamp (), Karima Kourtit (), Kingsley E. Haynes () and Zeynep Elburz ()

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This thematic Encyclopedia explores the multifaceted world of regional science, presenting a systematic and coherent overview of its central topics. It highlights the interdisciplinary nature of the field, examining the wide range of concepts, theories, methods and models that shape spatial-oriented approaches to the social sciences.

Keywords: Space And Time; Actors And Society; Goods And Markets; Services And Economy; Transport And Interactions; Governance And Policy Methods And Techniques (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781800379275
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Chapters in this book:

Introduction to the Thematic Encyclopedia of Regional Science: unity in pluriformity Downloads
Peter Nijkamp, Karima Kourtit, Kingsley E. Haynes and Zeynep Elburz
Industrial location Downloads
Daniel Shefer
Location of people Downloads
Elizelle Juanee Cilliers
Facility location Downloads
Adeline Heitz
Agglomeration economies Downloads
Gabriela Carmen Pascariu
Industrial clusters Downloads
Christian Ketels
Spatial systems Downloads
Bogdan-Constantin Ibanescu
Intra-city population dynamics Downloads
Kingsley E. Haynes
Spatial interdependencies Downloads
Umut Türk and John Östh
Spatial assignment Downloads
Kingsley E. Haynes
FDI and regional development Downloads
Laura Resmini
Spatial equilibrium Downloads
Kingsley E. Haynes
Globalization Downloads
Yuri Mansury
Global cluster networks Downloads
Pengfei Li and Harald Bathelt
Spatial allocation of firms Downloads
Cintya Lanchimba and Juan Pablo Díaz-Sánchez
Urban economics: land use Downloads
Juan Carlos Lopez
Land rent Downloads
Tomaz Ponce Dentinho
Location and land use Downloads
John F. McDonald
Monocentricity and polycentricity Downloads
Zeynep Elburz
Peri-urbanity and rurality Downloads
Abdul Shaban
Spatial access barriers Downloads
Thomas Carl Keene
Agriculture Downloads
Mikaël Akimowicz
Definitions and typology Downloads
Fernando Rubiera-Morollón
Regional borders Downloads
Kathrine Richardson
Regional disparities Downloads
Daniel Felsenstein
Regional dynamics and resilience Downloads
Hugo Pinto and Luiz Viana
Regions as active spaces Downloads
Marina S. van Geenhuizen
Territorial capital Downloads
Roberta Capello
Regions as networks Downloads
Folke Snickars
Definition and delineation of cities Downloads
Celine Rozenblat
City size Downloads
Hasan Engin Duran
Suburbanization Downloads
Tigran Haas
Metropolitan areas Downloads
Bogdana Neamtu and Calin E. Hintea
Peri-urban areas Downloads
Cristina Lincaru, Adriana Grigorescu and Speranta Camelia Pîrciog
Systems of cities Downloads
Davide Ponzini
Cities and borrowed size Downloads
Désirée Nilsson
Theory of externalities Downloads
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal
Environmental quality Downloads
Irina Di Ruocco
Sustainability Downloads
Vasiliki Delitheou and Evanthia Michalaki
Livability Downloads
Steffen Lehmann
Climate change Downloads
Sebastien Bourdin
Ecological and historical landscapes Downloads
Mark Scott
Rural development Downloads
Menelaos Gkartzios
Digitalization, cities and regions Downloads
Janet E. Kohlhase
Research and development Downloads
Hiroyuki Shibusawa and Mingji Cui
Digital technology Downloads
Varadharajan Sridhar
Spatial proximity and technology Downloads
Andre Torre
Industrial districts Downloads
Fabio Sforzi and Rafael Boix-Domènech
Networks and technology adoption Downloads
Boyeong Park and Donghwan An
Culture and industrial development Downloads
David Emanuel Andersson
Demography and regional science Downloads
Leo Van Wissen and Veronique Schutjens
Commuting Downloads
Kala Seetharam Sridhar
Migration Downloads
K. Bruce Newbold
Creativity Downloads
Sorin Mazilu
Poverty Downloads
David C. Folch
Urban poverty and social inequality Downloads
Robert C. Kloosterman
Cultural diversity Downloads
Saskia Sassen and Karima Kourtit
New firm formation Downloads
Zoltan Acs
Entrepreneurs as new firm founders - the role of the regional environment Downloads
Rolf Sternberg
Locational motives Downloads
Abraham Song
Relocation Downloads
Valentina Giannini and Donato Iacobucci
Spatial entrepreneurial competition Downloads
Stefano Colombo
Industrial linkages Downloads
Antonella Nocco
Entrepreneurial ecosystems Downloads
Christina Theodoraki and David B. Audretsch
Income generation Downloads
David Willis and David W. Hughes
Income expenditures Downloads
Konstantinos Christopoulos and Konstantinos Eleftheriou
Income gaps Downloads
Chen Sharony
Spatial income disparities Downloads
Haifeng Qian
Urban inequality Downloads
Clémentine Cottineau and Denise Pumain
Socio-economic segmentation Downloads
Martijn J. Smit
Income distribution in developing countries Downloads
Budy P. Resosudarmo
Spatial-economic growth theory and policy Downloads
Fabio Mazzola
Endogenous regional growth Downloads
Robert J. Stimson
Regional competition Downloads
Miguel A. Márquez
Convergence theory Downloads
Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura
New economic geography Downloads
Antonella Nocco
Cumulative causation Downloads
Sumana Bandyopadhyay
Urban agglomeration dynamics Downloads
Patrícia C. Melo
Well-being Downloads
Sebastien Bourdin
Quality of life Downloads
Eva Psatha
Well-being and the city Downloads
Philip S. Morrison
Environmental quality and safety Downloads
Miruna Mazurencu-Marinescu Pele
Spatial health Downloads
Marina S. van Geenhuizen
Public amenities Downloads
Chiara Garau and Pierre Frankhauser
Urban-rural happiness paradox Downloads
Marloes M. Hoogerbrugge and Martijn J. Burger
Measurement of regional innovation Downloads
Fernando Bruna and Juan Fernández-Sastre
Knowledge spillovers Downloads
Oto Hudec
The role of universities Downloads
Arda Tuncer and Ferhan Gezici
Intelligent cities Downloads
Nicos Komninos and Anastasia Panori
Territorial innovation systems Downloads
Anastasia Panori and Nicos Komninos
Absorption capacity Downloads
Rafael Garduño-Rivera
Creative class Downloads
Richard Florida
Urban sprawl Downloads
Fernando Rubiera-Morollón
Supply Downloads
Carlos Almeida Marques and Cisbélia Sousa Cevadinha
Affordable housing and social policy Downloads
Martin Grander
Externalities and housing market policy Downloads
John Edwin Anderson
Hedonic price formation Downloads
Charles Ka Yui Leung
Migration and housing markets Downloads
Carlos Garriga, Aaron Hedlund and Ping Wang
Public space and house prices Downloads
David M. Brasington
Labour market segmentation Downloads
Peter Gladoić Håkansson
The wage curve Downloads
Uwe Blien and Stephan Brunow
Employment subcenters in metropolitan areas Downloads
John F. McDonald
Creative class and space Downloads
Alina M. Schoenberg and Rebecca Schwarz
Migration and labor markets Downloads
Mark Brown and K. Bruce Newbold
Ageing and labour market participation Downloads
Brian H.S. Kim
Regional labour market supply and demand Downloads
Ana Maria Bonomi Barufi
Distance factors Downloads
Fernando Rubiera-Morollón
Inequality in market access Downloads
Julio Martinez-Galarraga and Daniel A. Tirado-Fabregat
Value chains Downloads
João-Pedro Ferreira
Logistics Downloads
Kevin O’Connor
Advanced producer services Downloads
Rafael Boix-Domènech and Fabio Sforzi
Spatial commodity flows Downloads
Geoffrey J.D. Hewings
Industry and I-O analysis Downloads
Kingsley E. Haynes
Public goods Downloads
Philip E. Graves
Concentration vs. deconcentration Downloads
Pedro Herrera-Catalán
Spatial consumer markets Downloads
Bogdan-Constantin Ibanescu
Geographic specialisation Downloads
Alexandru Bănică
Social diversity Downloads
Daniela-Luminita Constantin
Distribution and financing aspects Downloads
Mihaela Clincu
Local amenities and spatial household choices Downloads
Steven G. Craig and Hoanh Le
The real estate market Downloads
Charles Ka Yui Leung
Spatial land use competition Downloads
Dani Broitman and Danny Czamanski
Density and livability Downloads
Carlos Moreno, Didier Chabaud and Catherine Gall
Urban landscape Downloads
Luigi Fusco Girard, Francesca Nocca and Martina Bosone
Geodesign Downloads
Carl Steinitz and Karima Kourtit
Urban real estate Downloads
Charles Ka Yui Leung
Urban heat islands and land-use planning Downloads
Jean-Michel Guldmann
Resource supply and demand Downloads
Shriya Rangarajan
Renewable energy Downloads
Abdellatif Khattabi
Resource competition Downloads
Oudom Hean and Parker Jabas
Local environmental quality Downloads
Yoshiro Higano
Local climate adaptation Downloads
Peter Nijkamp and Karima Kourtit
Natural resources and the region Downloads
Kingsley E. Haynes
Green and blue areas Downloads
Soomi Lee
Knowledge and data analytics Downloads
Lukas Nikolaus-Behrend
Knowledge creation Downloads
Robert Laurini
Knowledge dissemination and access Downloads
Maryam Ghorbankhani
Triple and quadruple helix views Downloads
Marina S. van Geenhuizen
Smart cities Downloads
Andrea Caragliu and Chiara F. Del Bo
Learning regions Downloads
Irina Alina Popescu
Responsible research and innovation Downloads
Pavlos Kilintzis and Elpida Samara
Regional digital transformations Downloads
Camilla Lenzi
Data and modelling Downloads
Katarzyna Kopczewska
Spatial data Downloads
Ling Wu and Xinyue Ye
Local data warehouses Downloads
Ling Wu, Xinyue Ye and Rangan Feng
Big data Downloads
Laurie A. Schintler
Blockchain systems Downloads
Ana Balan
Local data analysis and management Downloads
Rob Kitchin
Producer services Downloads
Michiel van Meeteren
Industrial dynamics in space Downloads
Alexandra Tsvetkova and Jean-Claude Thill
The death of distance Downloads
Jacques Poot
Spatial competition in location Downloads
Gordon F. Mulligan
Spatial competition and innovation Downloads
Lu Chen and Ting Zhang
Regional industrial leadership Downloads
Terry Clower
Socioeconomic opportunities Downloads
Alexandra Sandu
Culture and regional development Downloads
Alexander Lehner
Culture and language Downloads
Rosella Nicolini
The experience economy Downloads
Jaewon Lim
Spatial access to public services Downloads
Mert Kompil and Chris Jacobs-Crisioni
Public health and space Downloads
Hanxue Wei
Human health Downloads
Konstantinos Christopoulos and Konstantinos Eleftheriou
Spatial well-being and health Downloads
Carolina Guevara Rosero
Urban ethnic and migrant concentration Downloads
Cem Özgüzel
Advocacy, innovation and minority entrepreneurs Downloads
Helen Lawton Smith
Entrepreneurship policy and gender Downloads
Kehinde Ogunjemilusi, Colette Henry, Brian Boyd and Kate Johnston
Transport equity Downloads
Isabel Cunha and Louafi Bouzouina
Talent and cities Downloads
Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander
Urban plural culture Downloads
Luigi Fusco Girard
Cultural tourism Downloads
Martina Bosone and Antonia Gravagnuolo
Space-time geography Downloads
John Östh and Umut Türk
Urban networks Downloads
Balázs Lengyel
Networks and graphs Downloads
Renata Żochowska and Piotr Soczówka
Roads Downloads
Dimitrios Tsiotas
Railways Downloads
Genevieve Giuliano and Ahsan Habib Joy
Public transport Downloads
Itzhak Benenson
Bicycling Downloads
Kees Maat
Spatial borders Downloads
Neil Reid
Trade barriers Downloads
Eduardo A. Haddad
Spatial competition Downloads
Daniel A. Griffith
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Downloads
Zoltán Gál
Spatial market areas Downloads
Edward Coulson
Regional trade and complex logistics Downloads
Cynthia Sénquiz-Díaz
Regional value chains Downloads
Pui-Hang Wong
The mobile society Downloads
Francesca Torrieri and Marco Rossitti
Spatial choices: destination, route, mode Downloads
Itzhak Benenson
Distance effects Downloads
Jason Hawkins
Inequality in access Downloads
David Duran-Rodas and Benjamin Büttner
Traffic safety Downloads
Alexander Lehner
Bike sharing Downloads
Valeria Bernardo
Ride-hailing and urban congestion Downloads
Xavier Fageda
Living and working Downloads
Thomas de Graaff
Labour markets, housing markets and transport Downloads
Barbara Schwengler and Per Kropp
Transport and environment Downloads
Bert van Wee
Segmented spatial labor markets Downloads
Timothy R. Wojan
Spatial networks Downloads
Kevin Credit
Models for commuting behavior Downloads
Luca Zamparini
Spatial choices: modes, motives, destinations Downloads
Luca Zamparini
Travel demand modelling Downloads
Yantao Huang and Kara Kockelman
Residential mobility patterns Downloads
William A.V. Clark
Rising city size and mobility Downloads
Peter Rogerson
Leisure mobility Downloads
Marina Toger
Urban mobility and environment Downloads
Kostas Bithas and Antonis Rovolis
Tourism and recreation Downloads
Luiz Carlos de Santana Ribeiro and Gervásio Ferreira dos Santos
Typology of tourism Downloads
Mauro Ferrante
Benefits of tourism Downloads
Eva Psatha
Local identity and tourism Downloads
Jingjing Liu and Yahui Su
Crowding Downloads
Bart Neuts
Tourism and aviation Downloads
Juan Carlos Martín
Mode and destination choice in tourism Downloads
Dimitrios Buhalis, Karima Kourtit and Vanessa G.B. Gowreesunkar
Policy principles Downloads
Ugo Fratesi
Place-based or people-based policies Downloads
Sebastien Bourdin
Policy incentives Downloads
Terance Rephann
Public investments Downloads
Jolta Kacani
Policy evaluation Downloads
Paolo Di Caro
Fiscal equalization Downloads
Marie Breuille and Julie Le Gallo
Regional policy tools Downloads
Paul Snow (Ling Xue)
Planning theory Downloads
Daniel Galland
Public spaces Downloads
Tigran Haas
Information and planning Downloads
Zhixuan Li and Becky P.Y. Loo
Regional information systems Downloads
Robert Laurini
Spatial planning for megaregions Downloads
Ming Zhang
Urbanization in the developing world Downloads
Kyle Farrell
Smart planning tools Downloads
Koray Velibeyoğlu and Pelin Özden
Governance and society Downloads
Ramona Tiganasu
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) Downloads
Cynthia Sénquiz-Díaz
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) principles Downloads
Magnus Andersson
Financial aspects of urban sustainability Downloads
Adriana Kocornik-Mina and Robin King
Social and institutional innovation Downloads
Serdar Türkeli
Institutions and city-regional planning Downloads
Raine Mäntysalo
Nature in regional governance Downloads
Mikaël Akimowicz, Charline Collard and Céline Domengie
Citizen involvement Downloads
Irina Di Ruocco
Public participation: success and failure Downloads
Elizelle Juanee Cilliers
Citizen science Downloads
Marina S. van Geenhuizen
Participatory geodesign Downloads
Eduardo Simao Da Graca Dias
Local public cooperation Downloads
Marie Breuille and Julie Le Gallo
Spatial competences Downloads
Teresa de Noronha
Stakeholders in local public participation Downloads
Sarah A. Low
Inclusive spatial development Downloads
Fjollë Caka
Social capital Downloads
Hans Westlund and Kamila Borsekova
Social policy Downloads
Adam Polko
Governance and society Downloads
Teresa de Noronha
Discontent and violent behaviours Downloads
Daria Denti
Entrepreneurial diversity and regional development potential Downloads
Michael Fritsch
Cultural-ethnic diversity Downloads
Kingsley E. Haynes
Regional environmental capital Downloads
Alexandru Bănică
Quality of life Downloads
Takahiro Yoshida
The climate commandment Downloads
Fjollë Caka
Energy transition Downloads
Sol Maria Halleck Vega
Circular economy Downloads
Sebastien Bourdin
Green spaces Downloads
Elizelle Juanee Cilliers
Valuation of urban ecosystem services Downloads
Yujing Ma, Jamie M. Chen and Xudong Rao
Spatial differentiation Downloads
Elena Lasarte-Navamuel and Alberto Diaz-Dapena
Place-based approaches Downloads
Elizabeth Redmond and John I. Carruthers
Rural-urban dichotomy Downloads
Menelaos Gkartzios
Disaster resilience Downloads
Alexandru Bănică
Limitations of spatial policy Downloads
Jean-Michel Guldmann
Urban and regional modelling Downloads
Tschangho John Kim
Geoscience and regional science Downloads
Stefan de Graaf and Henk Scholten
Economic base models Downloads
K. Mert Çubukçu
Shift-and-share analysis Downloads
Miguel A. Márquez
Spatial I-O analysis Downloads
Jan Oosterhaven
Spatial interaction models Downloads
Aura Reggiani
Spatial search models Downloads
A. Stewart Fotheringham
Spatial equilibrium Downloads
Terry L. Friesz
Regional CGE models Downloads
Euijune Kim
SWOT analysis Downloads
Eva Psatha
Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis Downloads
Carolina Serpieri
Multicriteria analysis Downloads
Sumeeta Srinivasan
Data envelopment analysis Downloads
Soushi Suzuki and Peter Nijkamp
Urban self-organization and simulation Downloads
Dani Broitman and Danny Czamanski
Morphological assessment Downloads
Sergio Porta and Vitor Oliveira
Structural equation modeling Downloads
Bart Neuts
Consultation methods Downloads
Jiwon Baik
Environmental impact analysis Downloads
Irina Di Ruocco
Scenario analysis Downloads
Žiga Malek
Hedonic price models Downloads
Coro Chasco
Agent-based models Downloads
Ouassim Manout
Analysis of urban form Downloads
Claudia van der Laag Yamu and Işın Can Traunmüller
Spatial trends in regional science Downloads
Fernando Bruna
Spatial input-output and CGE modeling Downloads
Geoffrey J.D. Hewings
Spatial aspects of disasters Downloads
Giulio Breglia and Marco Modica
Resilience analysis Downloads
Alessandra Faggian and Carlo Caporali
Fractal geometry and scaling Downloads
Michael Batty
Bayesian spatial-temporal models Downloads
Gede Nyoman Mindra Jaya and Henk Folmer
Machine learning and AI Downloads
Mehmet Güney Celbiş and Pui-Hang Wong
Machine learning and agglomerations Downloads
Adipandang Yudono, Raden Chrisna Trie Hadi Permana and Firman Afrianto
System dynamics on smart technologies Downloads
Elpida Samara, Pavlos Kilintzis and Paraskevi Kosti
Spatial autocorrelation analysis Downloads
François Bavaud
Spatial weight matrix Downloads
François Bavaud
Durbin and Geary models Downloads
Sumeeta Srinivasan
Spatial regression models Downloads
Gianfranco Piras
Spatial VAR models Downloads
Daniel Felsenstein
Spatial dependence modeling Downloads
J. Paul Elhorst
Nonlinear spatial econometric models Downloads
Konstantinos Christopoulos and Konstantinos Eleftheriou
Exploratory spatial data analysis Downloads
Adriana Grigorescu, Speranta Camelia Pîrciog and Cristina Lincaru
Geographic Information System (GIS) methodology Downloads
Eric Vaz
Cluster analysis Downloads
Speranta Camelia Pîrciog, Cristina Lincaru and Adriana Grigorescu
Spatial scales (MAUP) Downloads
David Manley
Stochastic kernels Downloads
Angelos Liontakis and Christos T. Papadas
Spatial microsimulation Downloads
Terance Rephann
Self-organising processes and mapping (SOM) Downloads
Lidia Diappi
Measures of concentration Downloads
François Bavaud
Wasserstein distance in regional science Downloads
Ting Zhang and Lu Chen

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