Academic disciplines evolve and regional science is no exception. Physics, French or economics changes over time but at the end of the day (or decade), they remain physics, French or economics. But regional science is different; it can take on the perspectives of geography, economics, planning,...

Le « non urbain » couvre l’essentiel de l’espace des pays occidentaux. C’est le lieu d’invention de nouvelles pratiques économiques, sociales, de pouvoir, liées à un processus fondamental : la rurbanisation. Cet article se propose d’analyser les causes de ce mouvement et de...

In occidental countries the ?non urban? land covers the majority of national territories. It is the place of invention for new economic, social, and power practices, linked to the fundamental process of rurbanisation. In this paper, we propose to analyze the reasons for this movement and to find...

The notion of proximity is increasing in popularity in economic and geographic literature, and is now commonly used by scholars in regional science and spatial economics. Few academic works, however, have explored the link between regional development and proximity relations. This comprehensive...