Dear Colleague:

The 60th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, November 13-16. 2013. Our hosts this year will be the Southern Regional Science Association. We are looking forward to an exciting meeting that will bring together regional scientists from all over the world. The conference provides an excellent forum for the exchange of scholarly ideas as well as an opportunity to catch up with old friends and make some new ones. In addition to the traditional paper sessions we will be offering an opportunity for those of you who would prefer to present your research in the form of a poster the opportunity to do so. We will also be offering a small number of Workshops on the Wednesday of the conference.

Conference organizers welcome individual papers and organized sessions relating to a wide variety of topics inclusive within the diverse realm of regional science.  We are an international scholarly organization that focuses on regional analysis, ranging from urban and spatial theory to applied problems in regional development, sustainability, environmental management, and rural land use.  We are an interdisciplinary association, with members representing fields as diverse as economics, agricultural economics, public policy, urban planning, civil engineering, geography, finance, and demography.

The conference will be held in the Grand Hyatt which is located in the uptown neighborhood of Buckhead in Atlanta. We have negotiated an excellent nightly hotel rate of $189/night for a single or a double (plus applicable taxes of 15%). The weather should be nice in Atlanta in November. The city has a continental climate with average November temperatures being a high of 62°F (17°C)and a low of  45°F (7°C).

One very important change regarding this year's conference is that the deadline for abstract submissions is  JULY, 1 (a month earlier than previous years). We have made this change as it will allow us to inform you a month earlier than usual about the status of your submission. We hope that this earlier notification will facilitate your travel plans.

The Program Chair for this year's conference is Peter Stenberg who can be contacted atThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Local Organizers are Chris Cunningham ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Warren Kriesel (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

We anticipate that the submission portal will open in early April. In the meantime more detailed information about the conference can be found at  http://www.narsc.org/newsite/?page_id=10.

If you have any questions regarding the conference please do not hesitate to contact me, the Program Chair, or one of the Local Organizers.

Neil Reid, Ph.D.
Executive Director, North American Regional Science Council

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Please find below the information relating to the journal from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, it is published in Hungarian every two months and in English once a year.

You can find the home page of the journal at:  http://www.ksh.hu/terstat_eng

Here is the Special Issue: http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/2012/eterstat12.pdf

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Carlos Azzoni was recently selected as At Large Councilor of the RSAI. Azzoni has been professor of economics at the University of Sao Paulo for 33 years. He is presently dean of the faculty of economics, administration and accounting of USP. Previously he was chairman of the department of economics, and director of the graduate program in regional economics. He helped organize the Brazilian Regional Science Association (ABER) and was its first president. He presently is the president of its Council. Azzoni has been participating in RSAI meetings since 1979, both in the US, Europe and Asia. He is on the editorial board of the International Regional Science Review and of Investigaciones Regionales (Spanish section of RSSAI), as well as on other international academic journals in economics. He has published extensively in Brazilian and international academic journals on topics related to regional science. He has received two of the most important prizes for academic performance in Brazil. 

Matthew Kahn and Mark Partridge have joined Marlon Boarnet as co-editors of the Journal of Regional Science. Andrew Haughwout, co-editor since 2002, has left the editorial team to devote more time to his duties at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Haughwout will join past editors Walter Isard, Ronald Miller, Gordon Mulligan, and David Plane on the journal’s Advisory Board of Former Editors. The journal’s editorial offices will remain at UC Irvine.

Matthew Kahn is a professor of economics and an affiliate of the Institute of the Environment at UCLA. Kahn has taught at Tufts University, Columbia University, Harvard University, and Stanford University. He is an expert on environmental economics and was guest editor of the February 2007 JRS theme issue on environmental economics and regional science. Kahn is author of the recent book “Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment” (Brookings Institution Press), and has published over 50 referee articles in outlets such as the Journal of Regional Science, Journal of Urban Economics, and Quarterly Journal of Economics. Kahn also hosts greeneconomics.blogspot.com, an environmental economics blog. He was a visiting scholar at the Public Policy Institute of California.

Mark Partridge is the C. William Swank Chair of Rural-Urban Policy in the Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University. Prior to that he was the Canada Research Chair in the New Rural Economy at the University of Saskatchewan, where he is currently an Adjunct Professor. He has published over 60 academic and scholarly papers in journals such as the Journal of Regional Science, American Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, and Review of Economics and Statistics. He recently co-authored a book entitled “The Geography of American Poverty: Is there a Role for Place-Based Policy?”, published by the W.E. Upjohn Institute. He served as President of the Southern Regional Science Association.

Marlon Boarnet is Professor of Planning, Policy, and Design and Economics at the University of California, Irvine, where he recently completed a four-year term as chair of the Department of Planning, Policy, and Design. Boarnet is co-author of “Travel by Design: The Influence of Urban Form on Travel” (Oxford University Press), and author of over 30 journal articles which have appeared in outlets such as the Journal of Regional Science, Journal of Urban Economics, Papers in Regional Science, National Tax Journal, and Journal of the American Planning Association. Boarnet has served on the North American Regional Science Council.

Since 1958, the Journal of Regional Science has been the premier outlet for regional science scholarship. The journal publishes original analytical research at the intersection of economics and quantitative geography. This includes rigorous methodological contributions and seminal theoretical pieces. The JRS is one of the most highly cited journals in urban and regional research, planning, geography, and the environment. The JRS continues to publish work that advances our understanding of the geographic dimensions of urban and regional economies, human settlements, and policies related to cities and regions. Articles appearing in recent issues cover the full span of topics within regional science, and submissions on all regional science topics are welcomed.

Dave Marcouiller and Steve Deller, Editors of the Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy announce the release of a Special Issue of the Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy (JRAP) on State Rural Development Policy. Guest edited by Edward Feser and Andrew Isserman of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, this issue has been compiled as a tribute to the late Ron Shaffer, regional economist and community development specialist with the University of Wisconsin - Madison/Extension. You can access the Special Issue at:
 http://www.jrap-journal.org/pastvolumes/2000/v37/index371.html

Also, this is being sent to announce the new permanent on-line home of JRAP, the official peer-reviewed journal of the Mid-continent Regional Science Association. Feel free to bookmark  http://www.jrap-journal.org/ for future reference.

This Special Issue includes articles written by a variety of regional scientists:

• Table of Contents - Special Issue on Rural Development Policy (A Tribute to Ron Shaffer), Guest Editors - Edward Feser and Andrew Isserman
• Linking Research and Development Policy 37(1): 1-3. Edward Feser, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Keeping Options Open 37(1): 4-6. Roger Bolton, Williams College
• An Arts-Based State Rural Development Policy 37(1): 7-9. Ann Markusen, University of Minnesota
• Increasing the Equity and Efficiency of Tax Abatement Programs 37(1): 10-14. Scott Loveridge and Denys Nizalov,Michigan State University & Kyiv Economic Institute
• Examples and Principles of State-Level Rural Environmental Initiatives 37(1): 15-17. Amy Ando, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Comprehensive Planning for Sustainable Rural Development 37(1): 18-20. Gerrit-Jan Knaap and Arnab Chakraborty, University of Maryland
• The Economic Case for State-Level Land Use Decision-Making 37(1): 20-24. Stephan J. Goetz, NERCRD - Pennsylvania State University
• Cultural and Recreational Industries in Rural America: Opportunities for State Legislators 37(1): 25-27. William B. Beyers, University of Washington
• “Boosting” Tourism as Rural Public Policy: Panacea or Pandora’s Box? 37(1): 28-31. Dave Marcouiller, University of Wisconsin – Madison/Extension
• Building Community Visions of Assets, Competitiveness, and Regional Partnerships: A State’s Role in Rural Economic Development 37(1): 32-35. Stephan Weiler, Colorado State University
• A Brief on When and How Rural Economic Development Should be Done 37(1): 36-39. Dan Rickman, Oklahoma State University
• Building a 21st Century Rural Workforce 37(1): 40-43. Martin Shields, Colorado State University, and Anastasia Snyder, The Pennsylvania State University
• Rural Economic Development Prospects in a High Energy Cost Environment 37(1): 44-47. Mark D. Partridge, The Ohio State University
• Rural Poverty: Why Should States Care and What Can State Policy Do? 37(1): 48-52. Bruce A. Weber, Oregon State University
• Mitigating Impacts of Big Box Retail on Local Communities 37(1): 53-55. Elena G. Irwin and Jill Clark, Ohio State University
• State-level Rural Health Policy 37(1): 56-59. Paul E. McNamara, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Roles for State Government in International Trade 37(1): 60-61. Alex Winter-Nlson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Impacts of Tax & Expenditure Limitations on Small Local Governments: Lessons from Colorado and Missouri 37(1): 62-65. Judith I. Stallmann, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Rural Telecommunications Subsidies Do Not Help 37(1): 66-68. Michael R. Ward, University of Texas at Arlington
• Encouraging Broadband Deployment from the Bottom Up 37(1): 69-72. Edward Feser, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Getting State Rural Policy Right: Definitions, Growth, and Program Eligibility 37(1): 73-77. Andrew Isserman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

At the annual convocation of the Royal Institute of Technology last November, John Quigley was awarded an honorary doctor’s degree. Two others received honorary degrees at the same time, including Hans Blix (who was Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency in the early 1990s). 

The citation states that “John Quigley is regarded as the world’s eminent researcher in the fields of regional and urban economics, as well as in areas related to public economics and infrastructure investment.” RSAI congratulates John on a great achievement.

Recently, Professor Manas Chatterji and Professor Walter Isard organized two Regional Science Meetings in Kolkata and Mumbai. Professor Chatterji instituted an indian section prize 'Manas 
Chatterji Award for excellence in research in Regional Science' and an Annual Distinguished Walter Isard Lecture in Regional Science.

1. next meeting of the Indian section will be held in Ahemedabad on16-17, 2009. Among others topics there will be some sections on Spatial Statistics and Spatial Econometrics. Person interested to attend the meeting are requested to contact Professor Chatterji: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

RSAI is delighted to announce the winners of the Fellow awards for 2008. Our congratulations to one and all!! We look forward to presenting these awards at various RSAI conferences throughout 2008. The new fellows are (in alphabetical order)

T.R. Lakshmanan 
Daniel McMillen 
John McDonald 
Jan Oosterhaven 
Harry W. Richardson 
Roger Stough 
Takatoshi Tabuchi