Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
acquaintances. In Walter's case, the network is much tighter, probably requiring
only three personal linkages, not only in this volume but in all of regional science.
The first course of this menu is a starter which zooms in on spatial systems
analysis and the raison d'etre of regional science.
The next course offers a great variety of contributions on one of the core issues
of regional science, namely regional growth and distribution.
In the third course we can enjoy refreshing contributions to regional policy and
uncertainty, an issue that has always been at the heart of regional science.
The dessert is a surprise course that focuses the attention on one of the most
prominent and amazing phenomena in regional science, viz. urban agglomerations.
All articles included in this volume are an original tribute to a real scholar who
has changed our views on the complex space-economy. Walter Isard's research
reflects an undisputed highlight in the history of regional science.
References
Batty M (1997) Virtual geography. Futures 29:337-352
Cairncross F (1997) The death of distance. Harvard Business School Press, Cambridge, MA
Friedman TL (2005) The world is flat. Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York
Fujita M, Krugman P, Venables A (1999) The spatial economy. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
Gorman S, Malecki EJ (2000) The networks of the internet. Telecommun Pol 24:113-134
Gorter C, Nijkamp P (2001) Location theory. In: Hanson S (ed) International encyclopedia for the
social and behavioural sciences. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 9013-9019
Isard W (1949) The general theory of location and space economy. Q J Econ 63(4):476-506
Isard W (1951) Interregional and regional input-output analysis: a model of a space-economy. Rev
Econ Stat 53:318-328
Isard W (1954) Location theory and trade theory: short-run analysis. Q J Econ 68:305-320
Isard W (1956) Location and space-economy. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
Isard W (1960) Methods of regional analysis. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
Isard W (2003) History of regional science and the regional science association international.
Springer, Berlin
Isard W, van Zele R (1975) Practical regional science analysis for environmental management. Int
Reg Sci Rev 1:1-25
Isard W (in association with Choguill C, Kissin J, Seyforth R and Tatlock R) (1972) Ecologic-
economic analysis for regional development. Free Press, New York
Isard W (in association with Smith TE, Isard P, Tung TH and Dacey M) (1969) General theory,
social, political, economic, and regional, with particular reference to decision-making analysis.
MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
Janowski B (2013) On distances as a factor of cultural development. Bogucki, Poznan
Kitchin R (1998) Cyberspace. Wiley, New York
Nijkamp P (2013) The universal law of gravitation and the death of distance. Rom J Reg Sci 7
(2):1-10
Ponsard C (1983) History of spatial economic theory. Springer, Berlin
Reggiani A, Nijkamp P (eds) (2009) Complexity and spatial networks. Springer, Berlin
Rose A, Folmer H, Nijkamp P (2014) Walter Isard's contributions to environmental economics
and ecological economics. Int Reg Sci Rev 37:96-106
