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Fig. 2.3
The spatial economy and its relations with complementary sciences.
NEG
new economic
geography,
SIS
spatial information systems,
GIS
geographic information systems
disciplines and scientific domains play a role. This viewpoint calls essentially for a
comprehensive holistic approach in which regional science, geography and other
spatial disciplines are embedded (see also Goodchild et al.
2000
; Goodchild and
Janelle
2004
).
This complex interdependent force field is mapped out in Fig.
2.3
. Clearly, such
a conceptual framework is rich in scope and depicts the interfaces between real-
world spatial phenomena and a variety of scientific orientations.
