In this short memoir, I try to recall some of my impressions of Andrew Isserman as well as offering an appreciation of his recent teaching activities.

This paper chronicles Andy Isserman’s editorship of the International Regional Science Review during the period in which the first ten volumes were published (1975–86). The article first provides an overview of the articles that were published during that time, summarizes evidence...

Throughout his scholarly career, Andrew Isserman made bold calls for vision, storytelling, and narrative construction in regional science and planning. The necessity to plan and make infrastructure and development decisions with incomplete evidence often requires narratives—gists,...