The History, Status, and Future of Regional Science: An American Perspective

This comprehensive paper examines the roots and dreams of early regional science, focusing on its scholarly association, its concepts of science and region, and its claim to be a separate discipline. Regional science never became a science or a discipline, and it has had a peculiar relationship to r...

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Published in:International regional science review 1995-01, Vol.17 (3), p.249-296
Main Author: Isserman, Andrew M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Future
History
History of the social sciences
Regional analysis
Regional science
Regionalism
Science
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U.S.A
United States
USA
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Summary:This comprehensive paper examines the roots and dreams of early regional science, focusing on its scholarly association, its concepts of science and region, and its claim to be a separate discipline. Regional science never became a science or a discipline, and it has had a peculiar relationship to regions. Yet, it has had spectacular success as an international, interdisciplinary scholarly forum, and it has produced noteworthy contributions to several disciplines. This paper also assesses the standing of contemporary regional science within economics, geography, planning, and other academic fields and points out its achievements and failures. It discusses the place of regional science in academic space, intellectual space, and real world space and proposes future directions with respect to each.
ISSN:0160-0176
1552-6925
DOI:10.1177/016001769501700301