This Manifesto provides a joint proposal to create a Regional Science Academy as a think-tank support platform for a strategic development of the spatial sciences. The Regional Science Academy is a strategic spatial knowledge catalyst: it acts as a global intellectual powerhouse for new...

This paper addresses the multifaceted relationships between culture and urban performance. It seeks to identify and examine evidence-based characteristics of urban success (or socio-economic performance) that are related to the cultural profile ("urban cultural value") of a city. Also, the...

Chapter 1. Geodemographics and urban planning analysis: an historical review -- Chapter 2. When is Competition Between Cities for Members of the Creative Class Efficient? -- Chapter 3. Revisiting Marshallian versus Walrasian Stability in an Experimental Market -- Chapter 4. Analysis of spatial...