The 40th anniversary of regional science, celebrated in 1994, closely coincided with the closure of the Regional Science department at the University of Pennsylvania. Consequently, it is not surprising to find that commentaries on the future of regional science invariably go together with a...

This commentary on Nijman's presentation at the 100th anniversary celebration of "TESG" underlines how his study of the Mumbai slum reconciles the multiple dualisms that lie at the core of the study of economic and social geography. The dualisms that are identified are located in the personal...

Studies of the health implications of refugee movements have generally focused on the effects of dislocation on the health of refugees and the impacts on health care provision at the destination. A somewhat more neglected aspect of the refugee-health research has been the impact of refugee flows...

POON J. and PANDIT K. (1996) The geographic structure of cross-national trade flows and region states, Reg. Studies 30, 273-285. Recent trends in the globalization of production and the formation of regional coalitions has brought into question the suitability of the nation state as the relevant...