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Books reviewed in this article:
Spatial Economic Science: New Frontiers in Theory and Methodology (Advances in Spatial Science). Aura Reggiani (ed.).
Invention and the Rise of Technocapitalism. Luis Suarez-Villa.
Regional Economic Change in Russia. P. Hanson, M. Bradshaw (eds).     

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Regional Convergence in the European Union: Facts, Prospects and Policies (Advances in Spatial Science). J.R. Cuadrado-Roura and M. Parellada (eds.)
Regional Economic Development: Analysis and Planning Strategy (Advances in Spatial Science). R.J. Stimson, R.R. Stough, and B.H. Roberts
Convergence after Divergence? Regional Growth in Europe. Gabriele Tondl
The Decline of the South African Economy. Stuart Jones (ed)
Regional Policies and Comparative Advantage. Börje Johansson, Charlie Karlsson, and Roger R. Stough (eds.)     

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Mathematical Location and Land Use Theory: An Introduction (2nd ed.) Tönu Puu.
European Regional Growth. Bernard Fingleton (ed.).
New Forms of Urbanization: Beyond the Urban-Rural Dichotomy. Tony Champion and Graeme Hugo (eds.)
Spatial Interaction Modelling: A Regional Science Context. John R.     

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Regional Development and Planning for the 21^st Century. Allen G. Noble, Frank H. Costa, Ashok K. Dutt and Robert B. Kent (Eds.)
The Economics of Industrial Location: A Logistics-Costs Approach. (Advances in Spatial Science) Philip McCann
Cultivating Grass-Roots for Regional Development in a Globalising Economy: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Organised Markets. James Cecora     

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Recent Developments in Spatial Analysis. Spatial Statistics, Behavioural Modelling, and Computational Intelligence. (Advances in Spatial Science) Manfred M. Fischer and Arthur Getis
Regional and Local Potential for Transformation in Poland. G. Gorzelak
The City and its Sciences. C.S. Bertuglia, G. Bianchi, A. Mela (Eds.)     

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Urban and Regional Economics. Philip McCann
New Analytical Advances in Transportation and Spatial Dynamics. Massimo Gastaldi and Aura Reggiani (eds.)
Intelligent Transport Systems. Roger R. Stough (ed.)
International Urban Planning Settings: Lessons of Success (International Review of Comparative Public Policy, Vol. 12). Jack F. Williams and Robert J. Stimson (eds.)
Information and Communications Technology as Potential Catalyst for Sustainable Urban Development. L. van den Berg L. and W. van Winden     

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Local and Regional Economic Development: Renegotiating Power Under Labour. R.J. Bennett and D. Payne.
International Migration into the 21^st Century. Essays in Honour of Reginald Appleyard. M.A.B. Siddique (ed.).
Economic Structure and Maturity: Collected papers in input-output modelling and applications. Ranko Bon.
Regional planning and development in Europe. David Shaw, Peter Roberts, and James Walsh (eds).     

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Ethnicity and Housing: Accommodating Differences. Frederick W. Boal (ed).
Valuing the Built Environment: GIS and House Price Analysis. Scott Orford.
Understanding and Interpreting Economic Structure (Advances in Spatial Science). G.J.D. Hewings, M. Sonis, M. Madden and Y. Kimura (eds).     

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The Information Economy and American Cities. Matthew P. Drennan.
Transportation Networks and the Optimal Location of Human Activities: A Numerical Geography Approach. (Transport Economics, Management and Policy Series.)
Travel Behaviour: Spatial Patterns, Congestion and Modelling. E. Stern, I. Salomon, P.H.I. Bovy (eds).
Input-Output Analysis: Frontiers and Extensions. Michael L. Lahr and Erik Dietzenbacher (eds).     

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Knowledge, Innovation and Economic Growth. The Theory and Practice of Learning Regions. Frans Boekema, Kevin Morgan, Silvia Bakkers and Roel Rutten (eds.).
High-Technology Clusters, Networking and Collective Learning in Europe. David Keeble and Frank Wilkinson (eds).
Globalizing Cities: A New Spatial Order? Peter Marcuse and Ronald van Kempen (eds).     

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Analytical Transport Economics: An International Perspective (Transport Economics and Management Policy Series). Jacob B. Polak and Arnold Heertje (eds).
Creating the New Economy: The Entrepreneur and the US Resurgence. R.D. Norton.
Globalization and Marginality in Geographical Space: Political, Economic and Social Issues of Development in the New Millenium. Heikki Jussila, Roser Majoral, Fernanda Delgado-Cravidao (eds.).
Travel by Design: The Influence of Urban Form on Travel (Spatial Information Systems Series). Marlon Boarnet and Randall Crane.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Innovative Behavior in Space and Time. (Advances in Spatial Science) C. Bertuglia, S. Lombardo, P. Nijkamp (Eds.)
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some are So Rich and Some So Poor. David Landes
Modeling Dynamic Economic Systems. Matthias Ruth, Bruce Hannon     

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Water Wisdom , by Colin Allsebrook.
Regional Ground-Water Quality. Edited by W. M. Alley.
Respirometry of Activated Sludge , by Milenko Ros.
Strategy for the Sustainable Use of England's Estuaries , by English Nature.
European Environmental Law Casebook , by L. Krämer.     

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Institutions and Regional Labour Markets in Europe. L. van der Laan and S.M. Ruesga (Eds.)
The European High-Speed Train and Urban Development: Experiences in Fourteen European Urban Regions (EURICUR Series). L. van den Berg, P. Pol
European Cities in Competition (ESF series). C. Jensen-Butler, A. Schachar and J. van Weesep (Eds.)     

Determinants of the spatial distribution of exporters in regions: the role of ownership

The Annals of Regional Science - Spatial distribution of exporters only recently has attracted the attention of researchers, while the location of economic activity as such has been subject of...     

A Spatial Employment and Economic Development model

This paper describes a powerful yet user-friendly large-scale model for urban and regional economic development planning, which is under development at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The procedure, called the Spatial Employment and Economic Development (SEED) procedure, currently gives a variety of labor-shed information. It can also provide the means to evaluate job-training and transportation system improvements.An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 11th Pacific Regional Science Conference, Singapore, July 1989.     

基于MSPA的区域绿色基础设施构建——以苏锡常地区为例

区域绿色基础设施普遍被视为维护区域生态安全的有效途径,其构建方法对于其功能实现具有重要作用。形态学空间格局分析(MSPA)方法,具有需求数据量小、分析与规划匹配度高等优势,成为近年研究与应用的热点。在分析MSPA应用原理的基础上,整合遥感、GIS技术,通过绿色基础设施要素提取、景观连接度评价、最小路径分析对生态廊道进行分级,并以长三角苏锡常地区为例,验证技术框架的可行性,得到苏锡常区域绿色基础设施规划空间结构,并对网络结构提出优化策略。     

The “green book” twenty years on: A new look at the research program of Isard and Liossatos's “spatial dynamics and optimal space-time development”

The publication in 1979 of Isard and Liossatos's \textit{Spatial Dynamics and Optimal Space-Time Development} marked the culmination of a progression of papers in which the authors explored parallels between processes modeled in theoretical physics and the spatial development of social systems. While providing a rigorous, incisive and exhaustive treatment of the subject, the book has begotten little secondary scholarship. This research note revisits the research program of what the senior author called his “green book”, assesses it from the present perspective, and considers how it might be continued in the light of recent theoretical, methodological and computational developments. Received: 29 August 2000/Accepted: 15 October 2001 RID="*" ID="*"This note was originally prepared for the North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November 11–14, 1999, in honor of Walter Isard's 80th birthday. The author would like to thank editor Jean-Claude Thill and two anonymous referees for helpful comments and constructive criticisms.     

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European Water: Meeting the Supply Challenges , by B. McCann and B. Appleton.
The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme: A Practical Guide , by R. Hillary.
Hazardous Waste Management: Technical and Legislative Prospects , by B. Price.
Tracer Hydrology. Edited by H. Hötzl and A. Werner.
Advances in Water Resources Journal, (Vol. 16, No. 2, 1993). Edited by M. A. Celia, W. G. Gray and S. M. Hassanizadeh.
Improving Environmental Performance: A Guide to a Proven and Effective Approach , by S. Bragg, P. Knapp, and R. McLean; a title in the 'Business and the Environment Practitioner Series' published by Technical Communications.
Integrated Computer Applications in Water Supply, Volumes 1 and 2 . Edited by B. Coulbeck.     

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Social Change and Sustainable Transport. William R. Black and Peter Nijkamp (eds). Bloomington:
Asia Meets Europe: Inter-Regionalism and the Asia-Europe Meeting. Julie Gilson.
Culture, Institutions and Economic Development. A Study of Eight European Regions. Michael Keating, John Loughlin and Kris Deschouwer.
Innovation Clusters and Interregional Competition. Johannes Bröcker, Dirk Dohse and Rüdiger Solwede (eds.)