Thematic encyclopedia of regional science / edited by Peter Nijkamp (School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China and Faculty of Economics, Rijeka University, Rijeka, Croatia), Karima Kourtit (Faculty of Management, Open University of the Netherlands), Kingsley E. Haynes (Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, USA) and Zeynep Elburz (Faculty of Architecture, City and Regional Planning Department, Izmir Institute of Technology, Türkiye).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nijkamp, Peter, editor.

Kourtit, Karima, editor.

Haynes, Kingsley E., editor.

Elburz, Zeynep, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar encyclopedias in economics and finance

Elgar encyclopedias in economics and finance series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Encyclopedias.

Science.

Science--Economic aspects--Encyclopedias.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (808 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"This thematic Encyclopedia explores the multifaceted world of regional science, presenting a systematic and coherent overview of its central topics. It highlights the interdisciplinary nature of the field, examining the wide range of concepts, theories, methods and models that shape spatial-oriented approaches to the social sciences. Contributions from expert scholars delve into key aspects of regional science, from urban poverty and natural resource management to smart cities and AI. Highly accessible entries cover the definition, history, theoretical background, and applications of each topic, as well as avenues for future research. Key Features: Over 300 entries written by leading academics from across the globe Considers a broad range of issues in the context of both developed and emerging economies Clear thematic categorization of concepts into seven pivotal research domains reflecting the heterogeneity of the field Students and scholars of regional and urban economics, human and economic geography, planning, environmental science, transportation science, urban and rural sociology, and spatial econometrics will greatly benefit from this comprehensive Encyclopedia. It is also an essential resource for researchers, policymakers and industry professionals seeking to understand cutting-edge developments in the field"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Words of thanks

Part a: Space and time

Section I: Location

A.I.1 industrial location / Daniel Shefer

A.I.2 location of people / Elizelle Juanee Cilliers

A.I.3 facility location / Adeline Heitz

A.I.4 agglomeration economies / Gabriela Carmen Pascariu

A.I.5 industrial clusters / Christian Ketels

A.I.6 spatial systems / Bogdan-Constantin Ibanescu

A.I.7 intra-city population dynamics / Kingsley E. Haynes

Section II: Allocation

A.II.1 spatial interdependencies / Umut Türk and John Östh

A.II.2 spatial assignment / Kingsley E. Haynes

A.II.3 fdi and regional development / Laura Resmini

A.II.4 spatial equilibrium / Kingsley E. Haynes

A.II.5 globalization / Yuri Mansury

A.II.6 global cluster networks / Pengfei Li and Harald Bathelt

A.II.7 spatial allocation of firms / Cintya Lanchimba and Juan Pablo Díaz-Sánchez

Section III: Land use

A.III.1 urban economics / Juan Carlos Lopez

A.III.2 land rent / Tomaz Ponce Dentinho

A.III.3 location and land use / John F. McDonald

A.III.4 monocentricity and polycentricity / Zeynep Elburz

A.III.5 peri-urbanity and rurality / Abdul Shaban

A.III.6 spatial access barriers / Thomas Carl Keene

A.III.7

A.riculture / Mikaël Akimowicz

Section IV: Regions

A.IV.1 definitions and typology / Fernando Rubiera-Morollón

A.IV.2 regional borders / Kathrine Richardson

A.IV.3 regional disparities / Daniel Felsenstein

A.IV.4 regional dynamics and resilience / Hugo Pinto and Luiz Viana

A.IV.5 regions as active spaces / Marina S. van Geenhuizen

A.IV.6 territorial capital / Roberta Capello

A.IV.7 regions as networks / Folke Snickars

Section V: Cities

A.V.1 definition and delineation of cities / Celine Rozenblat

A.V.2 city size / Hasan Engin Duran

A.V.3 suburbanisation / Tigran Haas

A.V.4 metropolitan areas / Bogdana Neamtu and Calin E. Hintea

A.V.5 peri-urban areas / Cristina Lincaru, Adriana Grigorescu and Speranța Camelia Pîrciog

A.V.6 systems of cities / Davide Ponzini

A.V.7 cities and borrowed size / Désirée Nilsson

Section VI: Environment and resources

A.VI.1 theory of externalities / Amitrajeet A. Batabyal

A.VI.2 environmental quality / Irina Di Ruocco

A.VI.3 sustainability / Vasiliki Delitheou and Evanthia Michalaki

A.VI.4 livability / Steffen Lehmann

A.VI.5 climate change / Sebastien Bourdin

A.VI.6 ecological and historical landscapes / Mark Scott

A.VI.7 rural development / Menelaos Gkartzios

Section VII: Technology and space

A.VII.1 digitalization, cities and regions / Janet E. Kohlhase

A.VII.2 research and development / Hiroyuki Shibusawa and Mingji CuA.VII.3 Digital technology / Varadharajan Sridhar

A.VII.4 spatial proximity and technology / Andre Torre

A.VII.5 industrial districts / Fabio Sforzi and Rafael Boix-Domènech

A.VII.6 networks and technology adoption / Boyeong Park and Donghwan An

A.VII.7 culture and industrial development / David Emanuel Andersson

Part b: Actors and society

Section I: Individuals and households

B.I.1 demography and regional science / Leonardus J.G. Van Wissen and Veronique Schutjens

B.I.2 commuting / Kala Seetharam Sridhar

B.I.3 migration / K. Bruce Newbold

B.I.4 creativity / Sorin Mazilu

B.I.5 poverty / David C. Folch

B.I.6 urban poverty and social inequality / Robert C. Kloosterman

B.I.7 cultural diversity / Saskia Sassen and Karima Kourtit

Section II: Firms and entrepreneurs

B.II.1 new firm formation / Zoltan Acs

B.II.2 entrepreneurs as business innovators / Rolf Sternberg

B.II.3 locational motives / Abraham Song

B.II.4 relocation / Valentina Giannini and Donato Iacobucci

B.II.5 spatial entrepreneurial competition / Stefano Colombo

B.II.6 industrial linkages / Antonella Nocco

B.II.7 entrepreneurial ecosystems / Christina Theodoraki and David B. Audretsch

Section III: Income and distribution

B.III.1 income generation / David Willis and David W. Hughes

B.III.2 income expenditures / Konstantinos Eleftheriou and Konstantinos Christopoulos

B.III.3 income gaps / Chen Sharony

B.III.4 spatial income disparities / Haifeng Qian

B.III.5 urban inequality / Clémentine Cottineau and Denise Pumain

B.III.6 socio-economic segmentation / Martijn J. Smit

B.III.7 income distribution in developing countries / Budy P. Resosudarmo

Section IV: Economic growth and regional development

B.IV.1 spatial-economic growth theory and policy / Fabio Mazzola

B.IV.2 endogenous regional growth / Robert J. Stimson

B.IV.3 regional competition / Miguel A. Márquez

B.IV.4 convergence theory / Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura

B.IV.5 new economic geography / Antonella Nocco

B.IV.6 cumulative causation / Sumana Bandyopadhyay

B.IV.7 urban agglomeration dynamics / Patrícia C. Melo

Section V: Spatial well-being

B.V.1 well-being / Sebastien Bourdin

B.V.2 quality of life / Eva Psatha

B.V.3 well-being and the city / Philip S. Morrison

B.V.4 environmental quality and safety / Miruna Mazurencu-Marinescu Pele

B.V.5 spatial health / Marina S. van Geenhuizen

B.V.6 public amenities / Chiara Garau and Pierre Frankhauser

B.V.7 urban-rural happiness paradox / Marloes M. Hoogerbrugge and Martijn J. Burger

Section VI: Spatial innovation

B.VI.1 measurement of regional innovation / Fernando Bruna and Juan Fernández-Sastre

B.VI.2 knowledge spillovers / Oto Hudec

B.VI.3 the role of universities / Arda Tuncer and Ferhan Gezici

B.VI.4 intelligent cities / Nicos Komninos and Anastasia Panori

B.VI.5 territorial innovation systems / Anastasia Panori and Nicos Komninos

B.VI.6 absorption capacity / Rafael Garduño-Rivera

B.VI.7 creative class / Richard Florida

Part c: Goods and markets

Section I: Housing markets

C.I.1 urban sprawl / Fernando Rubiera-Morollón

C.I.2 supply / Carlos Almeida Marques and Cisbélia Sousa Cevadinha

C.I.3 affordable housing and social policy / Martin Grander

C.I.4 externalities and housing market policy / John Edwin Anderson

C.I.5 hedonic price formation / Charles Ka Yui Leung

C.I.6 migration and housing markets / Carlos Garriga, Aaron Hedlund and Ping Wang

C.I.7 public space and house prices / David M. Brasington

Section II: Spatial labour markets

C.II.1 labour market segmentation / Peter Gladoić Håkansson

C.II.2 the wage curve / Uwe Blien and Stephan Brunow

C.II.3 employment subcenters in metropolitan areas / John F. McDonald

C.II.4 creative class and space / Alina M. Schoenberg and Rebecca Schwarz

C.II.5 migration and labor markets / Mark Brown and Bruce Newbold

C.II.6 ageing and labour market participation / Brian H.S. Kim

C.II.7 regional labour market supply and demand / Ana Maria Bonomi Barufi

Section III: Commodity markets

C.III.1 distance factors / Fernando Rubiera-Morollón

C.III.2 inequality in market access / Julio Martinez-Galaragga and Daniel A. Tirado-Fabregat

C.III.3 value chains / Joao-Pedro Ferreira

C.III.4 logistics / Kevin O'Connor

C.III.5 advanced producer services / Rafael Boix-Domènech and Fabio Sforzi

C.III.6 spatial commodity flows / Geoffrey J.D. Hewings

C.III.7 industry and i-o analysis / Kingsley E. Haynes

Section IV: Public facilities

C.IV.1 public goods / Philip E. Graves

C.IV.2 concentration vs. Deconcentration / Pedro Herrera-Catalán

C.IV.3 spatial consumer markets / Bogdan-Constantin Ibanescu

C.IV.4 geographic specialisation / Alexandru Bănică

C.IV.5 social diversity / Daniela-Luminita Constantin

C.IV.6 distribution and financing aspects / Mihaela Clincu

C.IV.7 local amenities and spatial household choices / Steven G.

Craig and Hoanh Le

Section V: Built environment and planning

C.V.1 the real estate market / Charles Ka Yui Leung

C.V.2 spatial land use competition / Dani Broitman and Danny Czamanski

C.V.3 density and livability / Carlos Moreno, Didier Chabaud and Catherine Gall

C.V.4 urban landscapes / Luigi Fusco Girard, Francesca Nocca and Martina Bosone

C.V.5 geodesign / Carl Steinitz and Karima Kourtit

C.V.6 urban real estate / Charles Ka Yui Leung

C.V.7 urban heat islands and land-use planning / Jean-Michel Guldmann

Section VI: Resources and energy

C.VI.1 resource supply and demand / Shriya Rangarajan

C.VI.2 renewable energy / Abdellatif Khattabi

C.VI.3 resource competition / Oudom Hean and Parker Jabas

C.VI.4 local environmental quality / Yoshiro Higano

C.VI.5 local climate adaptation / Peter Nijkamp and Karima Kourtit

C.VI.6 natural resources and the region / Kingsley E. Haynes

C.VI.7 green and blue areas / Soomi Lee

Part d: Services and economy

Section I: Knowledge and information

D.I.1 knowledge and data analytics / Lukas Behrend

D.I.2 knowledge creation / Robert Laurini

D.I.3 knowledge dissemination and access / Maryam Ghorbankhani

D.I.4 triple and quadruple helix views / Marina S. van Geenhuizen

D.I.5 smart cities / Andrea.

Caragliu and chiara f. Del bo

D.I.6 learning regions / Alina Irina Popescu

D.I.7 responsible research and innovation / Pavlos Kilintzis and Elpida Samara

Section II: Digital technology and data

D.II.1 digital technology effects / Camilla Lenzi

D.II.2 data and modelling / Katarzyna Kopczewska

D.II.3 spatial data / Ling Wu and Xinyue Ye

D.II.4 local data warehouses / Ling Wu, Xinyue Ye and Rangan Feng

D.II.5 big data / Laurie A. Schintler

D.II.6 blockchain systems / Ana Balan

D.II.7 local data analysis and management / Rob Kitchin

Section III: Services and development

D.III.1 producer services / Michiel van Meeteren

D.III.2 industrial dynamics in space / Alexandra Tsvetkova and Jean-Claude Thill

D.III.3 the death of distance / Jacques Poot

D.III.4 spatial competition in location / Gordon F. Mulligan

D.III.5 spatial competition and innovation / Lu Chen and Ting Zhang

D.III.6 regional industrial leadership / Terry Clower

D.III.7 socioeconomic opportunities / Alexandra Sandu

Section IV: Public services

D.IV.1 culture and regional development / Alexander Lehner

D.IV.2 culture and language / Rosella Nicolini

D.IV.3 the experience economy / Jaewon Lim

D.IV.4 spatial access to services / Mert Kompil and Chris Jacobs-Crisioni

D.IV.5 public health and space / Hanxue Wei

D.IV.6 human health / Konstantinos Christopoulos and Konstantinos Eleftheriou

D.IV.7 spatial well-being and health / Carolina Guevara Rosero

Section V: Diversity and culture

D.V.1 urban ethnic and migrant concentration / Cem Özgüzel

D.V.2 advocacy, innovation and minority entrepreneurs / Helen Lawton Smith

D.V.3 entrepreneurship policy and gender / Kehinde Ogunjemilusi, Colette Henry, Brian Boyd and Kate Johnston

D.V.4 transport equity / Isabel Cunha and Louafi Bouzouina

D.V.5 talent and cities / Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander

D.V.6 urban cultural plurality / Luigi Fusco Girard

D.V.7 cultural tourism / Martina Bosone and Antonia Gravagnuolo

Part e: Transport and interactions

Section I: Transport

E.I.1 space-time geography / John Östh and Umut Türk

E.I.2 urban transport networks and systems / Balázs Lengyel

E.I.3 networks and graphs / Renata Żochowska and Piotr Soczówka

E.I.4 roads / Dimitrios Tsiotas

E.I.5 railways / Genevieve Giuilano and Ahsan Habib Joy

E.I.6 public transport / Itzhak Benenson

E.I.7 bicycling / Kees Maat

Section II: Trade

E.II.1 spatial borders / Neil Reid

E.II.2 trade barriers / Eduardo A. Haddad

E.II.3 spatial competition / Daniel A. Griffith

E.II.4 foreign direct investment (fdi) / Zoltán Gál

E.II.5 spatial market areas / Edward Coulson

E.II.6 regional trade and complex logistics / Cynthia Sénquiz-Díaz

E.II.7 regional value chains / Pui-Hang Wong

Section III: Traffic

E.III.1 the mobile society / Francesca Torrieri and Marco Rossitti

E.III.2 spatial choices: Destination, route, mode / Itzhak Benenson

E.III.3 distance effects / Jason Hawkins

E.III.4 inequality in access / David Duran-Rodas and Benjamin Büttner

E.III.5 traffic safety / Alexander Lehner

E.III.6 bike sharing / Valeria Bernando

E.III.7 ride-hailing and urban congestion / Xavier Fageda

Section IV: Commuting

E.IV.1 living and working / Thomas de Graaff

E.IV.2 labour markets, housing markets and transport / Barbara Schwengler and Per Kropp

E.IV.3 transport and environment / Bert van Wee

E.IV.4 segmented spatial labor markets / Timothy R. Wojan

E.IV.5 spatial networks / Kevin Credit

E.IV.6 models for commuting behavior / Luca Zamparini

Section V: Mobility

E.V.1 spatial choices: Modes, motives, destinations / Luca Zamparini

E.V.2 travel demand modelling / Yantao Huang and Kara Kockelman

E.V.3 residential mobility patterns / William A.V. Clark

E.V.4 rising city size and mobility / Peter Rogerson

E.V.5 leisure mobility / Marina Toger

E.V.6 urban mobility and environment / Kostas Bithas and Antonis Rovolis

Section VI: Tourism

E.VI.1 tourism and recreation / Luiz Carlos de Santana Ribeiro and Gervásio Ferreira dos Santos

E.v1.2 typology of tourism / Mauro Ferrante

E.v1.3 benefits of tourism / Eva Psatha

E.v1.4 local identity and tourism / Jingjing Liu and Yahui Su

E.v1.5 crowding / Bart Neuts

E.v1.6 tourism and aviation / Juan Carlos Martín

E.VI.7 mode and destination choice in tourism / Dimitrios Buhalis, Karima Kourtit and Vanessa G.B. Gowreesunkar

Part f: Governance and policy

Section I: Regional policy

F.I.1policy principles / Ugo Fratesi

F.I.2 place-based or people-based / Sebastien Bourdin

F.I.3 policy incentives / Terance Rephann

F.I.4 public investments / Jolta Kacani

F.I.5 policy evaluation / Paolo Di Caro

F.I.6 fiscal equalization / Marie Breuille and Julie Le Gallo

F.I.7. Regional policy tools / Paul Snow (Ling Xue)

Section II: Spatial planning

F.II.1 planning theory / Daniel Galland

F.II.2 public spaces / Tigran Haas

F.II.3 information and planning / Zhixuan Li and Becky P.Y. Loo

F.II.4 regional information systems / Robert Laurini

F.II.5 spatial planning for megaregions / Ming Zhang

F.II.6 urbanization in the developing world / Kyle Farrell

F.II.7 smart planning tools / Koray Velibeyoğlu and Pelin Özden

Section III: Institutions

F.III.1 governance and society / Ramona Tiganasu

F.III.2 non-governmental organisations (ngos) / Cynthia Sénquiz-Díaz

F.III.3 sustainable development goal (sdg) principles / Magnus Andersson

F.III.4 financial aspects of urban sustainability / Adriana Kocornik-Mina and Robin King

F.III.5 social and institutional innovation / Serdar Türkeli

F.III.6 institutions and city-regional planning / Raine Mäntysalo

F.III.7 nature in regional governance / Mikaël Akimowicz, Charline Collard and Céline Domengie

Section IV: Public participation

F.IV.1 citizen involvement / Irina Di Ruocco

F.IV.2 public participation: Success and failure / Elizelle Juanee Cilliers

F.IV.3 citizen science / Marina S. van Geenhuizen

F.IV.4 participatory geo-design / Eduardo Simao Da Graca Dias

F.IV.5 local public cooperation / Marie Breuille and Julie Le Gallo

F.IV.6 spatial competences / Teresa de Noronha

F.IV.7 stakeholders in local public participation / Sarah Low

Section V: Social cohesion

F.V.1 inclusive spatial development / Fjollë Caka

F.V.2 social capital / Hans Westlund and Kamila Borsekova

F.V.3 social policy / Adam Polko

F.V.4 governance and society / Teresa de Noronha

F.V.5 discontent and violent behaviour / Daria Denti

F.V.6 entrepreneurial diversity and regional development potential / Michael Fritsch

F.V.7 cultural-ethnic diversity / Kingsley E. Haynes

Section VI: Green policy

F.VI.1 regional environmental capital / Alexandru Bănică

F.VI.2 quality of life / Takahiro Yoshida

F.VI.3 the climate commandment / Fjollë Caka

F.VI.4 energy use and transition / Sol Maria Halleck Vega

F.VI.5 circular economy / Sebastien Bourdin

F.VI.6 green spaces / Elizelle Juanee Cilliers

F.VI.7 valuation of urban ecosystem services / Yujing Ma, Jamie M. Chen and Xudong Rao

Section VII: Place-based policy

F.VII.1 spatial differentiation / Elena Lasarte-Navamuel and Alberto Diaz-Dapena

F.VII.2 place-based approaches / Elizabeth Redmond and John I. Carruthers

F.VII.3 rural-urban dichotomy / Menelaos Gkartzios

F.VII.4 disaster resilience / Alexandru Bănică

F.VII.5 limitations of spatial policy / Jean-Michel Guldmann

F.VII.6 urban and regional modelling / Tschangho John Kim

F.VII.7 geoscience and regional science / Stefan de Graaf and Henk Scholten

Part g: Methods and techniques

Section I: Regional science tools

G.I.1. Economic base models / K. Mert Cubukcu

G.I.2 shift-and-share analysis / Miguel A. Márquez

G.I.3 spatial i-o analysis / Jan Oosterhaven

G.I.4 spatial interaction models / Aura Reggiani

G.I.5 spatial search models / A. Stewart Fotheringham

G.I.6 spatial dynamic equilibrium analysis / Terry L. Friesz

G.I.7 regional cge models / Euijune Kim

Section II: Planning and projection methods

G.II.1.

Swot analysis / Eva Psatha

G.II.2 cost-benefit and costeffectiveness analysis / Carolina Serpieri

G.II.3 multicriteria analysis / Sumeeta Srinivasan

G.II.4 data envelopment analysis / Soushi Suzuki and Peter Nijkamp

G.II.5 urban self-organization and simulation / Dani Broitman and Danny Czamanski

G.II.6 morphological assessment / Sergio Porta and Vitor Oliveira

G.II.7 structural equation modeling / Bart Neuts

Section III: Society and geography

G.III.1. Consultation methods / Jiwon Baik

G.III.2 environmental impact analysis / Irina Di Ruocco

G.III.3 scenario analysis / Ziga Malek

G.III.4 hedonic price models / Coro Chasco

G.III.5 agent-based models / Ouassim Manout

G.III.6 analysis of urban form / Claudia van der Laag Yamu and Işın.

Can traunmüller

G.III.7 spatial trends in regional science / Fernando Bruna

Section IV: Spatial dynamics

G.IV.1 spatial input-output and cge modeling / Geoffrey J.D. Hewings

G.IV.2 spatial aspects of disasters / Giulio Breglia and Marco Modica

G.IV.3 resilience analysis / Alessandra Faggian and Carlo Caporali

G.IV.4 fractal geometry and scaling / Michael Batty

G.IV.5 bayesian spatial-temporal models / Gede Nyoman Mindra Jaya and Henk Folmer

G.IV.6 machine learning and ai / Güney Celbis and Pui-Hang Wong

G.IV.7 machine learning and agglomerations / Adipandang Yudono, Raden Chrisna, Trie Hadi Permana and Firman Afrianto

G.IV.8 system dynamics on smart technologies / Elpida Samara, Pavlos Kilintzis and Paraskevi Kosti

Section V: Spatial econometrics

G.V.1 spatial autocorrelation analysis / François Bavaud

G.V.2 spatial weight matrix / François Bavaud

G.V.3 durbin and geary models / Sumeeta Srinivasan

G.V.4 spatial regression models / Gianfranco Piras

G.V.5 spatial var models / Daniel Felsenstein

G.V.6 spatial dependence modeling / J. Paul Elhorst

G.V.7 nonlinear spatial econometric models / Konstantinos Christopoulos and Konstantinos Eleftheriou

Section VI: Spatial statistics

G.VI.1. Exploratory spatial data analysis / Adriana Grigorescu, Speranța Camelia Pîrciog and Cristina Lincaru

G.VI.2 geographic information system (gis) methodology / Eric Vaz

G.VI.3 cluster analysis / Speranța Camelia Pîrciog, Cristina Lincaru and Adriana Grigorescu

G.VI.4 spatial scales (maup) / David Manley

G.VI.5 stochastic kernels / Angelos Liontakis and Christos T. Papadas

G.VI.6 spatial microsimulation / Terance Rephann

G.VI.7 self-organising processes and mapping (som) / Lidia Diappi

G.VI.8 measures of concentration / Francois Bavaud

G.VI.9 wasserstein distance in regional science / Ting Zhang and Lu Chen.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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