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...

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...

"Interdisciplinary in its approach, with expert contributors from diverse backgrounds, Resilience and Regional Development brings to light the significance of multiple dimensions of resilience and its implications for the economy. Using a spectrum of analytical tools and a diverse range of...

Cities, towns, and rural areas form a complex spatial system influenced by governance, economic factors, and the perceptions of their residents. This paper introduces the concepts of 'cityphilia' and 'cityphobia' as metaphors for the spatial attraction and repulsion forces that shape local...