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research notes and comments: Regional science: From crisis to opportunity

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  • John Rees

    (Geography Department, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA)

Abstract

This essay reacts to the idea of crisis implied in earlier reviews of regional science and suggests that ongoing methodological debates in the fields of geography and economics provide many opportunities for regional scientists. The recent shift away from spatial analysis to social theory in geography has not found much support in regional science, but it is the implications of postmodernism that should be of most concern. Recent trends in economics have shown that lively debates can occur without embracing every new intellectual fashion. Regional science has much to gain from engagements in such debates as we approach the fin de millennium.

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  • John Rees, 1999. "research notes and comments: Regional science: From crisis to opportunity," Papers in Regional Science, Springer;Regional Science Association International, vol. 78(1), pages 101-110.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:presci:v:78:y:1999:i:1:p:101-110
    Note: Received: 16 October 1998
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    Cited by:

    1. Martin Müller, 2006. "Discourses of postmodern epistemology: radical impetus lost?," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 6(4), pages 306-320, October.
    2. Rees, John, 2000. "Regional Science: Evolving in New Directions," The Review of Regional Studies, Southern Regional Science Association, vol. 30(1), pages 43-47, Summer.
    3. Olivier Kramsch & Frans Boekema, 2002. "Breaking out of the ‘Isolated State’: Views on the Status and Future of Regional Science from a European Border Region," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 34(8), pages 1373-1393, August.
    4. Zhenhua Chen & Laurie A. Schintler, 2023. "Rediscovering regional science: Positioning the field's evolving location in science and society," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(3), pages 617-642, June.

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    Keywords

    Methodology; postmodernism; geography; economics; opportunity;
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    JEL classification:

    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General
    • R10 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General

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