Tool Kits in Regional Science

This book provides a sampling of the toolkit available to analysts interested in understanding and interpreting the complexity of the spatial structure of sub-national economies. The set of tools ranges from the more traditional to new developments.

Regional Science is now more than 50 years old; in the last two decades, significant advances in methodology have occurred, spurred in large part by access to computers. The range of analytical techniques now available is enormous; this books provides a sampling of the toolkit that is now at the disposal of analysts interested in understanding and interpreting the complexity of the spatial structure of sub- national economies. The set of tools ranges from the more traditional (input-output) to new developments in computable general equilibrium models, nonlinear dynamics, neural modelling and innovation.

First collection of tools Excellent introduction to applied regioanl science Of value to younger scholars

Inhalt
Complex Socio-Economic Systems in Regional Science.- New Developments in Input-Output Analysis.- Interregional Computable General Equilibrium Models.- Optimality Versus Stability: Pattern Formation in Spatial Economics.- Urban and Hinterland Evolution Under Growing Population Pressure.- Socio-Spatial Dynamics and Discrete Non-Linear Probabilistic Chains.- Principles of Neural Spatial Interaction Modeling.- Quick but not so Dirty ML Estimation of Spatial Autoregressive Models.- Innovation Diffusion Theory: 100 Years of Development.- Urban Economics at a Cross-Road.- Conclusion.