The Nectar biannual Conference took place in São Miguel Azores with the support of the NECTAR Secretariat, the Portuguese Regional Science Association (APDR) and the Center for Economic Applied Studies of the Atlantic. It was a stupendous period of exchange of views on transportation, networking and accessibility. Moments that vivified the importance of trust and risk in any scientific meeting in a beautiful  island in the middle of nowhere. Many thanks to Aura, Elisabete and Susana.

Tomaz Dentinho

APDR President

The North American Regional Science Council is pleased to announce the inaugural issue of its newsletter. The newsletter can be found at  http://www.narsc.org/newsite/?page_id=417.

Also, please note that the abstract submission deadline for the 2013 NARSC annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia is JULY 1 and is fast approaching. The abstract submission portal can be found at  http://www.narsc.org/newsite/?page_id=64.

Neil Reid, Ph.D.
NARSC Executive Director

L’Université du Sud-Toulon-Var organise,les 17 et 18 octobre, les Cinquièmes doctoriades euro-méditerranéennes quiont pourobjetdedonneraux jeunes chercheurs, doctorants et jeunes docteurs, une occasion de présenteretvaloriserleurrecherche auprèsd’un public plus largequeceluideleurUniversitéd’origine.

Le LEAD organise dans ce cadre deux types d’ateliers :

1/Un atelier sur le thème qui sera privilégié cette année :« Inégalités des territoires et dynamiques économiques »

2/Un atelier portant sur le thème  « Développement économique et social des pays du Bassin Méditerranéen», en partenariat avec le GDR International du CNRS DREEM (Développement des Recherches Économiques Euro-Méditerranéennes).

Les propositionsde communication sont àretourner à doctoriades2013.lead@gmail.com  et à  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. auplustardle 1^er  septembre2013. Elles doivent se faire à travers l’envoi d’un article (éventuellement dans une version préliminaire) ou d’une version résumée longue (d’au moins 6-7 pages).

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Vous trouverez l'appel à contributions ci-joint.

9TH CONGRESS "VIRTUAL CITY AND TERRITORY" - "CITY MEMORY PEOPLE"

Roma, 2-4 ottobre 2013

NEW DEADLINE CALL FOR PAPER

Dear colleagues

On the request of many people, we are pleased to inform you that has been extended to 28 June 2013 the deadline of the call for paper to the 9th International Congress on Virtual City and Territory, "City Memory People" (Roma 2, 3 and 4 October 2013).

You will find the information on the conference website (www.9cvtroma2013.com)

We look forward to your participation.

Best regards.

Organizing Committee

Mario Cerasoli (coordinatore) - Università Roma Tre (Italia)

Anna Laura Palazzo - Università Roma Tre (Italia)

Elena Battaglini - IRES Istituto Ricerche Economiche e Sociali (Italia)

Rolando Biere Arenas - UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (España)

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14.6.2013 -data limite invio / fecha límite de presentación / submission deadline ABSTRACT

28.6.2013 - nuova data invio / nueva fecha de presentacion / new submission deadline ABSTRACT

28.6.2013 - data limite invio / fecha límite de presentación / submission deadline POSTER

31.7.2013 - comunicazione accettazione / comunicación de aceptación / acceptance notice ABSTRACT e POSTER

1.8.2013 / 30.9.2013 - Registrazione al / Registración al / Registration to 9° CCTV Roma 2013

20.8.2013 - data limite versamento quota di iscrizione ridotta (RELATORI) / fecha límite de pago reducido cuota de inscripción (PONENTES) / payment deadline reduced registration fee (SPEAKERS)

15.9.2013 - data limite versamento quota di iscrizione (RELATORI) / fecha límite de pago cuota de inscripción (PONENTES) / payment deadline registration fee (SPEAKERS)

15.9.2013 - data limite versamento quota di iscrizione ridotta (UDITORI) / fecha límite de pago reducido cuota de inscripción (ASISTENTES) / payment deadline reduced registration fee (AUDITORS)

30.9.2013 - data limite versamento quota di iscrizione (UDITORI) / fecha límite de pago cuota de inscripción (ASISTENTES) / payment deadline registration fee (AUDITORS)

2-3-4.10.2013 - 9° Congresso Città e Territorio Virtuale "CITTA' MEMORIA GENTE" - Roma 2013

31.10.2013 - data limite invio articoli completi (Atti del Congresso) / fecha límite envío de trabajos completos (Actas del Congreso) / deadline sending full papers (Conference Proceedings)

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Mario Cerasoli

Coordinador del 9° Congreso Ciudad y Territorio Virtual

CIUDAD MEMORIA GENTE

Roma, 2-4 de octubre 2013

The Department of Spatial Economics at the VU University Amsterdam is engaged in many economic problems in which space plays a prominent role. The department of Spatial Economics offers insights and applications from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

The 60 staff members are involved in both fundamental research, as well as in national and international commissioned research. With this research, the department has gained national and international recognition, as shown by the large number of international publications and awards, the appearance of different staff members as experts in the media and the presence of various section members on the typically Dutch phenomenon of 'Economists Parade'.

Programs and Degrees in Regional Science

VU Graduate School of Economics and Business MSc program STREEM: Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics		The Tinbergen Institute: graduate school and research institute in economics of Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam

Thesis on Regional Science in the last five years

2016

Bakens, Jessie – Ph.D. – Economic impacts of immigrants and ethnic diversity on cities

H.L.F. de Groot, R.J.G.M. Florax & P. Mulder

Dimitropoulos, Alexandros – Ph.D. - Low emission vehicles: Consumer demand and fiscal policy

J.N. van Ommeren

Husby, Trond – Ph.D. – Economic impacts of behavioural responses to flood risk - Exloring general equilibrium using micro-level insights

M.W. Hofkes & H.L.F. de Groot

Jacobs-Crisioni, Chris – Ph.D. – Spatial data analyses of urban land use and accessibility

H.J. Scholten & E. Koomen

Kagan, Mark – Ph.D. – Issues in climate change economics: Uncertainty renewable energy innovation and fossil fuel scarcity

C.A.A.M. Withagen & F. van der Ploeg

Mouwen, Arnoud – Ph.D. – The impact of public transport reform: An assessment of deregulation policies

J.N. van Ommeren & C.C. Koopmans

Ryszka, Karolina – Ph.D. - Resource extraction and the green paradox: Accounting for political economy issues and climate policies in a heterogeneous world.

C.A.A.M. Withagen & G.C. van der Meijden

Wang, Zhiling. People on the move: Barriers of culture, networks and language

P. Nijkamp, T. de Graaff & B.R. Chiswick

2015

Caragliu, Andrea – Ph.D. – The economics of proximity: regional growth, beyond geographic proximity

P. Nijkamp & R. Capello

Dijk, Justin – Ph.D. – On the efficiency and effectiveness of policy instruments for the procurement of environmental services

D.P. van Soest & J.H. Ansink

Estrada Porrua, Francisco – Ph.D. – (2015, April 01). A contribution to the study of the economic causes and consequences of climate change: An interdisciplinary approach

R.S.J. Tol, E. Papyrakis & P. Perron

Gheasi, Masood – Ph.D. – Social economic aspects of the diaspora world

P. Nijkamp & P. Rietveld

Gosens, Tom – Ph.D. – The value of recreational areas in urban regions

P. Rietveld & J. Rouwendal

Gubins, Sergejs – Ph.D. –Information technologies and travel

E.T. Verhoef & dr. T. de Graaff

Kobus, Martijn – Ph.D. – Economic studies on public facility use

P. Rietveld & J.N. van Ommeren

Ridderstaat, Jorge – Ph.D. – Studies on determinants of tourism demand dynamics in a small island destination

P. Nijkamp & R.R. Croes

Silva Montalva, Hugo – Ph.D. – Airport pricing policies. Airline conduct, price discrimination, dynamic congestion and network effects

E.T. Verhoef & V.A.C. van den Berg

Vries, Jacob J. de – Ph.D. – Estimation of Alonso's theory of movements for commuting

J.N. van Ommeren & P. Rietveld

Weijde, Harry van der – Ph.D. – The industrial organization of transport markets. modeling, pricing, investment and regulation in rail and road networks

E.T. Verhoef & V.A.C. van den Berg

2014

Gerritse, Michiel – Ph.D. –  Policy competition and the spatial economy

H.L.F. de Groot & E.T. Verhoef

Loon, Ruben van – Ph.D. – Tourism and the economic valuation of cultural heritage

P. Rietveld & J. Rouwendal

2013

Behrens, Christian – Ph.D. – Product differentiation in aviation passenger markets. The impact of demand heterogeneity on competition

E.T. Verhoef, E. Pels & M.G. Lijesen

Duijn, Mark van – Ph.D. – Location choice, cultural heritage and house prices

P. Rietveld & J. Rouwendal

Groot, Stefan – Ph.D. – Agglomeration, globalization and regional labor markets

H.L.F. de Groot & P. Rietveld

Koster, Hans – Ph.D. – The internal structure of cities
P. Rietveld & J.N. van Ommeren

Mohlmann, Jan – Ph.D. – Globalization and productivity

H.L.F. de Groot & P. Rietveld

Ozgen, Ceren – Ph.D. – Impacts of immigration and cultural diversity on innovation and economic growth

P. Nijkamp & H.J. Poot

Peer, Stefanie – Ph.D. – The economics of trip scheduling, travel time variability and traffic information E.T. Verhoef & C.C. Koopmans

Steenbruggen, John – Ph.D. – Road traffic incident management and situational awareness

P. Rietveld, H.J. Scholten & A.J. van der Vlist

Awards in Regional Science in the last ten years

Regional Science Scholars’ 

Link Staff Department

REPEC Ranking

The Department of Spatial Economics at VU University Amsterdam is a world player in the domains of Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics. REPEC ranks the Department in the top 5% of the world in the following domains: Transport Economics, Tourism Economics, Economic Geography  Environmental Economics, Energy Economics, and Urban and Real Estate economics. For the Transport Economics field it even achieves position 4 worldwide (May 2013).

No less than 7 professors from the Department are ranked by REPEC in the top 5% of Economics authors of the world, namely Peter Nijkamp, Richard Tol, Piet Rietveld, Rick van der Ploeg, Cees Withagen, Erik Verhoef and Henri de Groot.   

The University of São Paulo (USP) is the top-ranked university in Latin America, as world rankings recognize.

The University of Sao Paulo Regional and Urban Economics Lab – NEREUS – is based in the Department of Economics at USP, the top-ranked Department of Economics in the country. It draws its researchers from faculty, gra

duate and undergraduate students interested in the spatial dimension of socioeconomic processes. Many of the projects the students work on then become the basis for their Master theses and PhD dissertations. It offers students a sound academic background, which takes into consideration recent advances in theoretical and empirical Economics. About one-third of the department’s publications are on Regional Science related topics, playing a prominent role in the academic life of the Department of Economics. Moreover, students taking the field in Regional and Urban Economics can take advantage of the diversity provided by the university environment, having the opportunity to attend courses in other departments.

At the undergraduate level, courses on Regional and Urban Economics, Input-output Analysis, and Project Evaluation are regularly offered by the NEREUS faculty, with an annual attendance of around 300 students in Economics.

Graduate Courses on Regional Science – regularly offered at the Graduate Program in Economics

EAE5823              Urban Economics

EAE5853              Spatial Econometrics

EAE5918              Applied General Equilibrium Models

EAE5955              Input-Output Analysis: Theory, Foundations and Applications

EAE5975              Spatial Economics

EAE5976              Environmental Economics

EAE5983              Public Policy Evaluation

NEREUS holds a weekly seminar series providing students with the opportunity to present their work in progress in a constructive environment.

NEREUS faculty members are active researchers who publish regularly in leading academic journals in their fields. Altogether, they have published over 90 articles and 60 books and book chapters in the last five years. Their research has appeared, among others, in the following journals:

Regional Science and Urban Economics, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy, Ecological Indicators, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Revue d'Économie Politique, Biological Sciences, EURE, Fronteras de La História, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Journal of Economic Studies, Habitat International, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Journal of Development and Economic Policies, Economy of Region, Latin American Business Review, REGION, BMC Public Health, Energy Economics, The Annals of Regional Science, Journal of Regional Science, Tourism Economics, Italian Journal of Regional Science, Journal of Development Effectiveness, Regional Studies, Journal of Applied Statistics, International Regional Science Review, Economic Systems Research, Regional Science Policy and Practice, Ensayos sobre Política Económica, Journal of Economic Structures, Foreign Affairs, Studies in Regional Science, Annals of Tourism Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Papers in Regional Science.

NEREUS: Team 2016-2017

Exchange Visitors

There is a constant flow of visitors to and from NEREUS that helps fostering the international scholarly collaboration network actively involving faculty and students from the group. Recent visitors include scholars from a different range of international and domestic universities and think tanks, such as: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, American University of Beirut, Princeton University, Rutgers University, Ohio University, McMaster University, Leiden University, University of Manchester, University of Gröningen, University of Cambridge, Universidad Católica del Norte, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO), OCP Policy Center, Federal University of Paraná, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Federal University of Pernambuco, University of Maringá, Federal University ofUberlândia, Federal University ofBahia, among others.

Thesis and Dissertations on Regional Science in the last five years

2016

Scriptore, Juliana Souza – Ph.D. – Impacts of Sanitation on Health and Education: A Spatial Analysis – Carlos R. Azzoni

Palialol, Bruno Toni – M.A. – In-kind Transfers in Brazil: Household Consumption and Welfare Effects – Paula C. Pereda

Andrade, Luíza Cardoso de – M.A. – Spillover Effects of Blacklisting Policy in the Brazilian Amazon – André Luis Squarize Chagas

Li, Denise Leyi – M.A. – The New ENEM and the Sisu Platform: Effects on Migration and School Evasion – André Luis Squarize Chagas

Oliveira, Gabriel Lyrio de – M.A. – The Effect of Cash Transfers on Migration Flows between Brazilian Municipalities from 2008 to 2010 – André Luis Squarize Chagas

Cavalcante, Elias Celestino – M.A. – Determinants of Tax Rates in the Local Level: The Case of the ISS in the State of São Paulo – André Luis Squarize Chagas

Rozenfeld, Tales – M.A. – Economic Impacts of Road Investments under Different Financing Alternatives – Eduardo A. Haddad

2015

Imori, Denise – Ph.D. – Brazilian Regions in the Global Value Chain: Trade and the Environment – Joaquim J. M. Guilhoto

Vassallo, Moisés Diniz – Ph.D. – Sectoral and Regional Economic Impacts of Investments in Transport Infrastructure – Eduardo A. Haddad

Barufi, Ana Maria Bonomi – Ph.D. –  Agglomeration Economies and Labour Markets in Brazil – Eduardo A. Haddad

Campos, Rodrigo Calabrich – M.A. – A Spatial Impact Assessment of the Sistema Viário Oeste - Bahia: A Computable General Equilibrium and Acessibility Index Approach – Eduardo A. Haddad

2014

Chagas, Lucas Squarize – M.A. – Strategy and Lobby: An Analysis of the Interaction of Economic Groups and Campaign Contributions – Eduardo A. Haddad

Marcos, Rafael Perez – M.A. – Decomposition of the Decrease in Regional and Personal Income Inequalities in Brazil between 2004 and 2009: An Analysis via Social Accounting Matrices – Carlos R. Azzoni

Góis Sobrinho, Ednaldo Moreno – M.A. – The Location and the Innovative Gegree of the Brazilian Relevant Industrial Agglomerations – Carlos R. Azzoni

2013

Castelani, Sergio André – Ph.D. – Forests and Cities: Essays on Urban Growth and Development in the Brazilian Amazon – Danilo C. Igliori

Sidone, Otávio José Guerci – M.A. – Spatial Analysis of Scientific Production and Collaboration Networks in Brazil: 1990-2010 – Eduardo A. Haddad

Santos, Eliane Teixeira dos – M.A. – Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters in Megacities: The Case of Floods in São Paulo – Eduardo A. Haddad

Awards in Regional Science

PAULO HADDAD prize

2012 - Ana Maria B. Barufi - Expansion of undergraduate courses and the the migration of students in Brazil: an analysis with the Demographic Census of 2010

The Peter Nijkamp RSAI Research Encouragement Award for an Early Career Scholaawardr from a Developing Country

2011 - Fernando S. Perobelli

EPAINOS Prize

2001 - Eduardo A. Haddad and Fernando S. Perobelli - Regional Absorption of Terms of Trade Shocks  

National Awards

CAPES Thesis Award 2011, Brazilian Ministry of Education

2012 - Gervásio F. dos Santos - Energy policy and regional inequalities in the Brazilian economy

BNDES Economy Award 2010 – Best Doctoral Thesis

 2011 - Gervásio F. dos Santos - Energy policy and regional inequalities in the Brazilian economy

National Confederation of Industry Prize (CNI Economics Award)

2011 - Daniela Schettini and Carlos Roberto Azzoni - Regional industrial productivity differentials in Brazil in the 21st centur

Ruy Miller Paiva Prize, Brazilian Society of Agricultural Studies (SOBER)

2007 - Joaquim Guilhoto, Carlos Azzoni, Silvio Ichihara and Fernando G. da Silveira - The importance of agribusiness activities in the Brazilian economy

Regional Science Scholars’ 

Link Staff NEREUS

Eduardo Haddad

Carlos Azzoni

Joaquim Guilhoto

Paula Carvalho Pereda

Alexandre Porsse

André Luis Chagas

Carlos Gonçalves Junior

Marcos Ki Hyung Lee

Other relevant information

The faculty group from NEREUS has organized and hosted the VIII World Conference of the RSAI (2008), the 17th International Input-output Conference (2009) and the EcoMod Network Conference (2007).

Faculty from NEREUS have led the creation of the Brazilian Branch of RSAI (ABER – Brazilian Association of Regional and Urban Studies), and have provided two of its presidents since 2002 (Carlos Azzoni, 2002-2004; Eduardo Haddad, 2008-2010).

Leading faculty from NEREUS have contributed to the creation and operation of RSAmericas, which represents the affiliated and common interests of the various Regional Science organizations of the American Continents – Eduardo Haddad was the first president of RSAmericas (2008-2010). In addition, they have actively helped in the creation of other RSAI branches in South America (e.g. Chile, Colombia and Argentina). 

Communauté de communes: «Cluses, Arve et Montagnes»
INTERNATIONAL AWARD ON LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
NOTICE OF COMPETITION

Article 1 – Introduction and purpose
La Communauté de communes «Cluses, Arve et Montagnes» publishes an international competition for an internationally recognised and distinguished prize on research and successful initiatives in promoting and supporting local development, particularly important and distinctive at international level. This aims to encourage scholars, experts, young researchers, public institutions, public and private subjects and businesses to enhance awareness of local development policies, by focusing on analytic tools and processes, and enhancing the capability to diagnose and compare them at international level.
The Award is divided into the following sections:
a) Section "essays" – This section is open to essays published in a volume in the last three years.
Internationally known scholars and experts can also take part in this section if their work has made a major contribution to the identification of development models, the interpretation of territorial development trajectories, and to promotion of ideas and project proposals of special significance for the advancement of local development strategies. The Award amounts to € 5,000.
b) Section "young researchers" - This section is open to young researchers, whose doctoral thesis presented and discussed in the last three years, is particularly innovative in its methodology and interpretive models and in analysing new relevant cases for local development that have produced effective intervention strategies. The Award consists in a scholarship which amounts to € 3,000. The evaluation panel can recommend publication of the winning thesis.
c) Section "territories" - This section is open to territories that stand out for their innovative actions that were essential for their social and economic transformation, by allowing them to overcome their backwardness, long declin and economic stagnation. The present notice is also open to those territories that have started/promoted an integrated or shared development process in one of the following issues: innovation, internationalization, human resources qualification, etc. – Eligible applicants are development agencies, public institutions, private associations, public-private partnership organizations, consortia and other organizations working on the implementation of local development strategies and policies.
d) Section "enterprises" - This section is open to those enterprises, both single and associated, which have developed initiatives or projects involving other actors of the territory in the following issues: innovation, internationalization, training and qualification of human resources, entrepreneurial development, social cohesion, productive chain integration, etc. (territorial responsibility of the enterprise).

Article 2 – How to participate
Participation in this competition is voluntary. You should send your application, fully completed and accompanied by the necessary documentation, to allow the evaluation panel to assess your proposal within the 30th Juin 2013, in three copies,to: Communauté de communes «Cluses, Arve et Montagnes», Mairie de Cluses, Place Charles de Gaulle, 74300 CLUSES (F).
The documentation needs to be submitted in one of the following languages: English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish. If the original documentation is available in a different language, you need to enclose a translation into one of the above mentioned languages.
The participation is confidential and may be presented by third parties.
The members of the judging board may directly submit nominations for the different sections of the Award.

Article 3 – Ineligible applications
Applications received after the expiration date of the present notice, wrongly filled because not in accordance with the rules of the notice or incomplete, will not be evaluated.

Article 4 – Assessment of the applications
An evaluation panel, appointed by the Communauté de communes: «Arves et Montagnes» and with four academic members and Professor Gioacchino Garofoli as the President, will evaluate the applications received within the expiration date. The evaluation panel will complete its assessment by 10th September 2013. Documents will not be returned.

Article 5 – Award cerimony
The Award ceremony will be held in Cluses (F) in the framework of the International Conference on Local Development scheduled for the second part of September 2013. Interested participants will be informed in due advance about the date and programme of the Conference.

Article 6 – Confidentiality of information
All information regarding the Applicants’ profile, enterprises, proposals and contents are considered strictly confidential and reserved.
All interested people looking for more information could address to the Communauté de communes «Cluses, Arve et Montagnes» at the following adress: Mairie de Cluses. Place Charles de Gaulle. 74300 CLUSES This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Zhenhua Chen, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Public Policy at George MasonUniversity, was selected as the winner of the Fourteenth Annual Benjamin H. Stevens Graduate Fellowship in Regional Science. The Fellowship will provide one-year stipend of $30,000 to support Chen in his research entitled, Transportation and Regional Output in the Northeast Megaregion: A Spatial Econometric Computable General Equilibrium Assessment. Chen’s research seeks to contribute new ideas for infrastructure impact analysis by developing a CGE model with an integration of spatial econometric techniques to solve for spatial dependence. Chen’s approach is expected to be very robust since the parameters of factor substitution elasticity are exogenously estimated and the issue of spatial dependence is adequately controlled. The results of the CGE simulation are expected to be much closer to reality than by traditional methods. His research is supervised by Professor Kingsley Haynes of the School of Public Policy at George Mason University.

 The Fellowship is awarded in memory of Dr. Benjamin H. Stevens, an intellectual leader whose selfless devotion to graduate students as teacher, advisor, mentor, and friend continues to have a profound impact on the field of regional science. Fundraising efforts to increase the Fellowship’s endowment are ongoing. Donations should be sent to: The Stevens Fellowship Fund, First Financial Bank, 1205 S. Neil Street, Champaign, IL 61820 USA. Checks should be drawn to The Stevens Fellowship Fund. Donations may also be made by credit card through the NARSC website at  http://www.narsc.org/newsite/donations2.php.

The 2013-14 Stevens Fellowship competition was judged by a Selection Committee composed of: Antonio Páez, Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, chair; Lawrence Brown, Geography, Ohio State University;Tony Grubesic, Information Science and Technology, Drexel University; Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Economics, Brown University; and Laurie Schintler, Public Policy, George Mason University. The Stevens Fellowship Committee administrates the Stevens Fellowship Fund on behalf of the North American Regional Science Council; its members are: Ronald Miller, Chair; David Boyce, Secretary; Michael Lahr, Treasurer; Janet Kohlhase; and Neil Reid, Executive Director of NARSC.

The Committee thanks the 18 students who entered the competition this year, as well as their thesis supervisors. Faculty at all North American Ph.D. programs related to the interdisciplinary field of Regional Science are urged to encourage their best students to apply for the Fifteenth Annual Stevens Graduate Regional Science Fellowship. The winning student’s thesis research in the field of Regional Science will be supported during the 2014-2015 year with a one-year stipend of $30,000. The application deadline is February 15, 2014. Full submission guidelines will be posted at  http://www.narsc.org/bapp.html 

June 10, 2013

Regional Science Policy & Practice

© RSAI

Volume 5, Issue 2 Pages i - i, 149 - 262, June 2013

Special Issue: The new urban world – opportunity meets challenge

The latest issue of Regional Science Policy & Practice is available on Wiley Online Library

Issue Information

Issue Information (page i)
Article first published online: 4 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-7802.2013.01094.x

EDITORIAL PREFACE

The new urban world – opportunity meets challenge (pages 149–151)
Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp and Mark D. Partridge
Article first published online: 2 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12000

ARTICLES

The new urban world 2050: perspectives, prospects and problems (pages 153–165)
Janet E. Kohlhase
Article first published online: 2 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12001

In praise of megacities in a global world (pages 167–182)
Karima Kourtit and Peter Nijkamp
Article first published online: 2 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12002

A study of Shanghai's development strategy to 2020 (pages 183–200)

Yizhi Wang, Hiroyuki Shibusawa, Edward Leman, Yoshiro Higano and Guoping Mao
Article first published online: 2 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12003

Global challenges and local responses: creating a new urban world in the shrinking cities of the US industrial midwest (pages 201–217)
Sujata Shetty and Neil Reid
Article first published online: 2 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12004

The future of non-metropolitan areas (pages 219–224)
Gordon F. Mulligan
Article first published online: 2 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12005

The Swedish countryside in the neo-urban knowledge economy (pages 225–236)
Hans Westlund and Wolfgang Pichler
Article first published online: 2 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12006

The declining role of the automobile and the re-emergence of place in urban transportation: The past will be prologue (pages 237–253)
Marlon G. Boarnet
Article first published online: 2 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12007

Increasing returns to smart cities (pages 255–262)
Hans Lööf and Pardis Nabavi
Article first published online: 2 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12008