The assessment of local, regional or national impacts of an influx of tourists – of different kind and origin – has in recent years become a new challenge for economics research in the tourism sector. There is a clear need to develop solid methodologies through which the socio-economic...

The Handbook of Regional Science is a multi-volume reference work providing a state-of-the-art knowledge on regional science composed by renowned scientists in the field. The Handbook is intended to serve the academic needs of graduate students, and junior and senior scientists in regional...

Part I: Conceptual and Historical Contributions -- Part II: International Migration -- Part III: Migration Effects on Destination Areas -- Part IV: Migration Effects on Sending Areas -- Part V: Migration and Policy.

Foreword -- Preface -- Part Ⅰ: New perspectives, modelling and methodology in Regional Science -- Chapter 1: The cost of missed EU integration -- Chapter 2: On the Existence of an Equilibrium in Models of Local Public Good Use by Cities to Attract the Creative Class -- Chapter 3: Canadian...

1 Theory and History of Regional Science -- 2 Location and Interaction -- 3 Regional Housing and Labor Markets -- 4 Regional Economic Growth -- 5 Innovation and Regional Economic Development -- 6 Regional Policy in Emerging Markets -- 7 New Economic Geography and Evolutionary Economic Geography...

This book investigates dynamic regions in the context of greater global interaction in a world economy increasingly driven by knowledge and innovation. It offers novel empirical evidence on the underlying factors of the growth performance of these spaces. In particular, the following questions...

Editorial Introduction -- Behavioral Issues: Loyalty Measurement in Tourism -- Tourists Return Intentions -- Evaluation of the Interrailers’ Satisfaction Regarding the Tourism Services and Activities in Italy, Greece and Croatia -- Forecasting Tourism Demand for South Africa Using a Single...