In this issue

Special Issue Editorial

Spotlight on the region analytical contributions on regional development

Peter Nijkamp, Karima Kourtit, Mehmet Güney Celbiş

Roger Stough: his contribution to regional science

Robert Stimson, Kingsley Haynes, Patricio A. Aroca

Industrial transformations and regional inequalities in Europe

Roberta Capello, Silvia Cerisola

Economic vulnerability in US metropolitan areas

Gordon F. Mulligan

Quality of life, quality of business, and destinations of recent graduates: fields of study matter

Arthur Grimes, Shaan Badenhorst, David C. Maré, Jacques Poot, Isabelle Sin

Will the economic growth benefit public health? Health vulnerability, urbanization and COVID-19 in the USA

Ye Fan, Ming Fang, Xin Zhang, Yongda Yu

The global digital platform economy and the region

Zoltan J. Acs

The role of collaboration and external knowledge for innovation in small food firms

Sofia Wixe, Pia Nilsson, Lucia Naldi, Hans Westlund

Correction

Correction to: The role of collaboration and external knowledge for innovation in small food firms

Sofia Wixe, Pia Nilsson, Lucia Naldi, Hans Westlund

How regional economic structure matters in the era of COVID-19: resilience capacity of U.S. states

Ayoung Kim, Jaewon Lim, Aaron Colletta

Piped water supply and usage and the question of services of general interest: a spatial panel data analysis

Daniela-Luminita Constantin, Zizi Goschin, Cristina Serbanica

Regional poverty and infection disease: early exploratory evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic

Abu Bakkar Siddique, Kingsley E. Haynes, Rajendra Kulkarni, Meng-Hao Li

Land-cover/land-use change dynamics modeling based on land change modeler

Meryem Qacami, Abdellatif Khattabi, Said Lahssini, Nabil Rifai, Modeste Meliho

Quantitative performance assessment of Asian stellar cities by a DEA cascade system: a capability interpretation

Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp, Soushi Suzuki

Entrepreneurship in China’s peripheral regions

Fenjie Long, Longfei Zheng, Haifeng Qian

Threshold effect of tourism density on urban livability: a modeling study on Chinese cities

Jingjing Liu, Jamie M. Chen, Peter Nijkamp, James F. Petrick