After initiating a provocative discussion on "regional science in crisis" (Bailly and Coffey 1994; Gibson 1994; Plane 1994; Stough 1994; Anas 1994; Vickerman 1994; Casetti 1995), we now wish to present some additional thoughts on how regional scientists can simultaneously make their field more relevant scientifically...

Regional movements are emerging in Europe, often to promote historical, cultural or economic regions. Are we going to have a new regional Europe with 60 regions instead of 27 nation-states?

Fast food development is not any more centered on homogenous world products. Fast food chains are more and more using regional food to attract new markets. After a period where the world system was the engine of fast food diffusion, ethnic and regional food is back. In countries where people are...

The ?dense city? is a well accepted concept. ?Rurbanization?, on the contrary, is often criticized despite the fact that a vast majority of people prefer to live in an individual home, close to nature, outside the cities. This paper deals with the causes and consequences of rurbanization and...