This book examines major policy and planning issues in development studies from the regional science perspective. It investigates questions such as: How are communities able to deal with uncertainties raised by conflicts, technology, and external shocks in the process of development?; How can nations achieve sustainable development in terms of resource allocation and management?; and How can developing countries improve their economic competitiveness while maintaining the objectives of equitable and coordinated growth among different regions? using case studies that focus on different subfields, like infrastructure, environment, data science, sustainability and resilience. The book is organized in three parts. Part I clarifies fundamental issues regarding development studies and regional science in general, while Part II includes several case studies that address development-related opportunities and challenges with a focus on Asian countries. Lastly, Part III offers a global perspective and explores development experiences from countries throughout the world. Featuring contributions by leading academics and practitioners working at various organizations linked to international development, and including multidisciplinary analyses, the book appeals to students who are interested in development studies and regional science. It also offers planners and policymakers fresh insights into regional economic development.

Discusses topics related to development studies, such as infrastructure, environment, and urban and regional analysis Illustrates the frontiers, opportunities and challenges, and research needs in the field of development studies Is a valuable reference work for researchers, scholars, planners and policymakers, as well as graduate students

Autorentext

Zhenhua Chen, The Ohio State University
William M. Bowen, Cleveland State University
Dale Whittington, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Manchester 

Inhalt
1.Introduction.- Part I: Fundamental Issues.- 2. Expanding the Content of Regional Science--Risks and Rewards, An Essay.- 3. Is Regional Science just Economics with a "dij" added to all Equations? Some Thoughts of an Economist.- 4. Sustainability and Resilience through Micro-Scale Decisions for Change.- 5. Residency, Race, and the Right to Public Employment.- 6. Humanitarian Local and Regional Economic Development: A potential answer to sustainability and conflict prevention in the information age.- 7. Regional Policy Analysis in the Era of Spatial Big Data.- 8. A Spatial Interaction Model Based On Statistical Mechanics.- 9. Regional modeling of major projects: what factors determine net social benefits?.- Part II: Asian Perspective.- 10. Environmental Equity and Nuclear Waste Repository Siting in East Asia.- 11. Proximate Causes of Worldwide Mega-Regional CO2 Emission Changes, 1995 2009.- 12. Uneven Development in Bangladesh: A Temporal and Regional Analysis.- 13. Infrastructure and Regional Economic Growth in the One Belt and One Road Regions: A Dynamic Shift-Share Approach.- 14. Chinese and Western Approaches to Infrastructure Development.- 15. Subnational Government, Infrastructure, and the Role of Borrowing and Debt.- 16. Urban nodal regions through communities of functionally critical locations in the transportation network.- Part III: Global Perspective.- 17. A global assessment of non-tariff customer assistance programs in water supply and sanitation.- 18. Entrepreneurship and the economic geography of intergenerational mobility in US cities.- 19. THE RISE OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY IN THE MEGALOPOLIS.- 20. Investigating Factors Explaining Spatial Variation in Endogenous Regional Employment Performance Across Australia.- 21. Recent Population and Employment Change in U.S. Metropolitan Areas.- 22. Estimating U.S. Anti-Dumping/Countervailing Duty Enforcement Benefits.- 23. Social Capital, Rurality, and Accessibility: A Comparative Study Between Turkey and Italy.- 24. Second-Degree Price Discrimination and Inter-group Externalities in Airline Routes between European Cities.- 25. Business Relocation Incentive Decisions: Opinions of economic development professionals.- 26. The Creative Class and National Economic Performance.