Great Minds in Regional Science, Vol. 2

Peter Batey is the current President of The Regional Science Academy. He held the Lever Chair in Town and Regional Planning at the University of Liverpool (UK) until his retirement in 2015 and is now Emeritus Professor.  A Past President of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), Peter was elected a Fellow in 2006. He is the RSAI's Archivist and has a particular interest in the history of planning methodology. David Plane is Professor Emeritus of Geography and Regional Development at the University of Arizona in Tucson (USA), where he served on the faculty from 1981 to 2019 and as Department Head from 1990 to 1997. He is a Fellow of the Regional Science Association International and the Western Regional Science Association. In 2013 he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Population Specialty Group.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I. Antecedents of Regional Science.- Chapter 2. Adam Smith (1723–1790): Uncovering His Legacy for Regional Science (Roberto Camagni).- Chapter 3. Johann Heinrich Von Thünen (1783–1850): A Systemic View of Human Interaction within Space (Tomás Ponce Dentinho).- Chapter 4. Alfred Weber (1868–1958): The Father of Industrial Location and Supply-Chain Design (Richard L. Church).- Chapter 5. Corrado Gini (1884–1965): Versatile Originator of Measures of Variability (Peter Rogerson).- Part II. Laying the Foundations of Regional Science.- Chapter 6. Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994): A Rational Thinker on Inequality and Distribution (Peter Nijkamp).- Chapter 7. Albert O. Hirschman (1915–2012): An Unorthodox Regional Scientist (Abdul Shaban).- Chapter 8. Leslie Curry (1923–2009): Expounder of the Random Spatial Economy and Spatial Autocorrelation (Daniel A. Griffith).- Chapter 9. Crawford “Buzz” Holling (1930–2019): Progenitor of Resilience in Regional Science (Amitrajeet A. Batabyal).- Chapter 10. Karen R. Polenske (1937–  ): A Journey from Rural Idaho to MIT (Geoffrey J. D. Hewings).- Chapter 11. Wolfgang Weidlich (1931–2015): A Pioneer in Sociophysics (Denise Pumain).- Chapter 12. Alan Wilson (1939–  ): A Renaissance Man in Regional Science (Laurie A. Schintler).

“It was a great pleasure for me to read the second volume of Great minds in regional science … . I found the book extremely fascinating. … Thanks to this effort, the reader understands that it is possible to backdate to Adam Smith's work many concepts we normally use in regional science … . I can just end by saying that I look forward to the third volume!” (Roberta Capello, Papers in Regional Science, March 8, 2023)