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Portuguese Review of Regional Studies (RPER): Nº 63 (2023) is already available!
No. 63 (2023): Portuguese Review of Regional Studies
Editor-in.Chef: José Cadima Ribeiro
Co-Editors: Conceição Rego e João Marques
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In Memoriam: John Brian Parr (1941-2023)
John Parr, a member of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) since the mid 1960s passed away at his home in London in early January 2023. John was born in the U.K. and graduated from University College, London with a degree in economics in 1962. In 1967, he completed his Ph.D. in economic geography at the University of Washington working with Morgan Thomas and Charles Tiebout. From 1967 until 1975, he was successively Assistant and then Associate Professor in the Department of Regional Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He then returned to the UK and from 1975 until 2015 he was a member of the faculty in what ended up as the Department of Urban Studies, in the University of Glasgow in Scotland; he was promoted to Professor in 1989. After retiring from Glasgow, he returned to London in 2016 when he was appointed an Honorary Professor in the Bartlett School of Planning at his alma mater, University College London. He was a frequent visiting scholar at institutions in the US (especially Illinois and West Virginia), Australia, New Zealand and Israel. After his return to the UK in 1975, he became very active in the British Section (now British & Irish Section) of RSAI, serving as Chairman of the section from 1981-1985; however, he retained an affinity for the North American Regional Science (NARSC) conferences and for the World Congresses of RSAI. He was elected as an Academician (Fellow) of the UK Academy of Social Sciences in 2000. From the RSAI: British and Irish Section, he received the Moss Madden Memorial Medal in 2003 and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015. Parr was elected as a Fellow of the RSAI in 2006.
His main interests centered in regional/spatial policy and the spatial structure of regions with a strong commitment to exploring and re-interpreting the works of von Thünen, Christaller and Lösch. In his more recent work, the role of spatial structure infused several papers that explored new interpretations of regional policy, its challenges and, in many cases, its failures viewed through the lens of spatial organization broadly conceived. His publication list is extensive and includes many contributions in the Papers in Regional Science (and its earlier form), Journal of Regional Science, Annals of Regional Science, Urban Studies, Regional Studies, Economic Geography, Environment and Planning and Spatial Economic Analysis. These works, with different foci and methodology, have in common an excellent writing style; Parr had little patience for obfuscation and felt it important that articles should be easy to read. Editors who attempted to change this style usually received a certain amount of opprobrium with one editor commenting that Parr was the most difficult author with whom he had to deal! After several articles on regional policy (the focus of his doctoral dissertation), the bulk of his attention was directed to the spatial structure of city systems, initially drawing inspiration from central place theory. He had enormous admiration for Lösch and would return to his contributions frequently throughout his career. For the last decade, he refocused once more on regional policy but now infused with new interpretations based on the structure of regional economies and their embedded urban systems. The ideas ranged from alternative views and definitions of agglomeration economies, the structure of interdependence within urban systems and even returning to consideration of the role of spatial administration.
In many ways, his academic contributions were equaled by his commitment to enhancing the field of regional science, broadly defined. His presence in many conferences each year was a very visible manifestation of this sense of the role of more senior scholars; many colleagues have commented on the myriad ways he assisted them during their careers, one remarking that Parr had become a valued mentor, by being the academic and person he was rather than explicitly giving advice. He had a great sense of humor that was infectious; he took his work seriously but rarely himself and graciously tolerated the gentle ribbing that inevitably occurred.
Parr’s wife of 49 years, Pamela, died in 2014; he is survived by his two daughters Sheila and Anne.
ERSA2023 Call for Abstracts (and) Papers in now OPEN!
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> REMINDER: The Call for Special Sessions Proposals remains open for a few more days
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The latest issue of Regional Science Policy & Practice are available! Vol. 14, No. 6, December 2022, Special Issue: Accessibility and Inequality in Latin-America
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Pages: 181-370 December 2022 Issue Edited by: Carlos Azzoni |
Regional Science Policy & PracticeISSUE INFORMATION
Free Access
Pages: 181-182 | First Published: 11 January 2023
INTRODUCTION
Accessibility and inequality in Latin America
Carlos Azzoni
Pages: 183-184 | First Published: 11 January 2023
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Impact of airport policies on regional development. Evidence from the Colombian case
Oscar Díaz Olariaga, Carlos Alonso-Malaver
Pages: 185-210 | First Published: 01 October 2021
Criteria prioritization for investment policies in General Aviation aerodromes
Mauro Caetano, Evandro José Silva, Diogo José Vieira, Cláudio Jorge Pinto Alves, Carlos Müller
Pages: 211-233 | First Published: 19 April 2022
Transport and density of population groups in the urban area of the city of Salvador
Daniel S. A. Carvalho, Gervásio F. Santos
Pages: 234-253 | First Published: 08 November 2021
Public transport and gentrification. Evidence from São Paulo metro new stations
Vitor Pestana Ostrensky, Alexandre Alves Porsse, Leonardo Matsuno da Frota
Pages: 254-269 | First Published: 19 April 2022
Inter‐provincial trade in Argentina: Financial flows and centralism
Pedro Elosegui, Marcos Herrera-Gomez, Jorge Colina
Pages: 270-291 | First Published: 26 December 2021
The potential impact of products seized on the western border of Paraná on the Brazilian economy
Carlos Alberto Goncalves Jr, Ricardo Luis Lopes, Cristiano Stamm
Pages: 292-307 | First Published: 17 July 2021
Public sector efficiency in Brazil
Francisco Germano Carvalho Lucio, Jhorland Ayala-García
Pages: 308-321 | First Published: 16 August 2021
Felipe Livert, Cecilia Osorio, Jose Acuña
Pages: 322-343 | First Published: 16 November 2022
Income inequality and economic complexity: Evidence from Mexican states
Manuel Gómez-Zaldívar, María Isabel Osorio-Caballero, Edgar Juan Saucedo-Acosta
Pages: 344-363 | First Published: 27 September 2022
BOOK REVIEWS
Family Business Case Studies across the World: Succession and Governance in a Disruptive Era, edited by Jeremy Cheng, Luis Diaz‐Matajira, Nupur Pavan Bang, Rodrigo Basco, Andrea Calabro, Albert E. James, Georges Samara Cheltenham, Edward Elgar publishing, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800884250
Piotr Pachura
Pages: 364-365 | First Published: 21 August 2022
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal
Pages: 366-367 | First Published: 29 November 2022
REFEREES
Pages: 368-370 | First Published: 11 January 2023
FINAL PROGRAMME : The Second Global Conference on Regional Development January 13-14, 2023
Announcement
Dear TRSA members & friends:
This week will be the start of the Second Global Conference on Regional Development on the theme: “Uncertainty in Regional Development: Shocks and Resilience - Innovative Strategies of Regions and Cities”, to be held in the Shenzhen Greater Bay Area, China, from January 13-14, 2023. This is unfortunately an online venue due to the alarming corona explosion in China.
You are cordially invited to participate online in this prestigious and international event, which is co-organized by The Regional Science Academy, the Shenzhen Talent Institution and Tsinghua University, School of Public Policy & Management, Beijing.
We are pleased to inform you that Professor Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in economics, will give a keynote lecture on ‘Is the 'New Economic Geography' still Relevant in 2023?’. He will also join the interesting Round Table discussion on Friday, January 13, 2022 at 20:45-22:00 (Beijing local time), while also Saskia Sassen, Michael Porter, Edward Glaeser, Michael Storper, and many other renowned speakers will join.
On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 20:45-22:00 (Beijing time), Edward Glaeser (Harvard University) will present the TRSA lecture on GREAT MINDS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE on: The Scientific Significance of Paul Krugman, which will be followed by a concise Round Table discussion also joined by Paul Krugman, Edward Glaeser and other interesting panel members.
We have great pleasure in sending you herewith the final programme (see also: https://we.tl/t-y5dv3e0o5H). To get a full and free access to the conference please inform Ying Xue (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. It promises to become an exciting event with a great audience and more than 1000 (online) participants! Despite the corona limitations, the conference promises to become a scientific highlight which will set the tone for innovative thinking on new regional and urban development concepts and practices. We look forward to meeting you this week and to continue our cooperation in the coming years.
We will be pleased and honoured to have you with us in this Second Global Conference.
Cordially yours,
Karima Kourtit, also on behalf of Peter Nijkamp and Chinese hosts.
RSPP Call for Papers | Special Issue on Climate Economics
Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP) Call for Papers
Special Issue on Climate Economics
Guest Editors
Karina Sass (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Motivation
Climate change is without a doubt one of the biggest challenges of our time. It can harm the entire ecosystem, worsening the living conditions of humans and many animal species. It can increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, like hurricanes, floods, and drought, causing several socioeconomic impacts. It is a global event, but their impact and mitigation and adaptation actions are regional. Climate economics has a crucial role here. It can link the scientific base of climate change to the policy by estimating the socioeconomic impact of different climatic scenarios, identifying local and regional vulnerabilities, and evaluating mitigation and adaptation policies.
This call aims to mobilize publications on climate and regional development strategies and possible policy responses to climate change. We kindly invite contributions on topics related (but not limited) to:
- The cost of action and/or inaction to face climate change
- Local and regional impacts of extreme weather events
- Effects of climate change on migration and labor market
- Vulnerability assessment
- Policy evaluation
- New tools and methods for climate economics analysis
Invitation for submission
We welcome original, unpublished papers that address the above questions, or any other research questions not mentioned, as they relate to regional and climate economics. We look forward to papers from all parts of the world.
Please note that the deadline for submitting papers to https://rsaiconnect.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17577802 for the RSPP Special Issue on Climate Economics is November 15, 2023, with foreseen publication of accepted papers in 2024. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you need more information.
Call for Special Session Proposals: EXTENDED DEADLINE
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New issue of the Romanian Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 16, Winter Issue 2022 now available!
The 2022 Winter Issue of the Romanian Journal of Regional Science (Vol.16, No.2) has been recently launched. All articles can be accessed at http://www.rjrs.ase.ro/index.php/current-issue/
Vol.16, No.2, Winter, Issued December 2022
All articles are downloadable
General Articles
The Geography of the Sharing Economy in Europe ● pp. 1-17
by Camilla Lenzi, Elisa Panzera, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Spatio-Temporal Patterns of the Talent Labour Market Across European Countries ● pp.18-38
by Cristina Lincaru, Speranta Pirciog, National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection, Adriana Grigorescu, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Gabriela Tudose, National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection, Romania
Invited article and book review on NEW WORKING SPACES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (based on the research under Cost Action CA18214 “The geography of new working spaces and the impact on the periphery”)
Socio-Cultural Hybrid Spaces in Milan Coping with the Covid-19 Pandemic ● pp. 39-59
by Bruno Trapanese, Ilaria Mariotti, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Ilaria Mariotti, Mina Di Marino, Pavel Bednář (Editors), The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Future of Working Spaces, Routledge, 2022 ● pp. 60-63
by Kaire Piirsalu-Kivihall, University of Tartu, Estonia
Forthcoming ERSA 2023 Events, awards and publications' opportunities
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Open position for PhD (economics, management and related areas) Project Vine&Wine PT_ Sustainable competitiveness| Deadline: 17 jan 2023
Open position for a PhD (economics, management and similar) researcher (Investigador junior/ Recognised Researcher (R2)) for the research project "Vine&Wine Portugal", supported by the PRR - Recovery and Resilience Plan and the NextGeneration EU European Funds, under the Mobilizing Agendas for Reindustrialisation at the UTAD (University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro), Vila Real, Portugal.
Full-time, 36 months contract. Immediate availability required.
Details available https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/51209 (www.utad.pt)
About Us
The Regional Science Association International (RSAI), founded in 1954, is an international community of scholars interested in the regional impacts of national or global processes of economic and social change.