This volume aims to provide an overview of new frontiers in theoretical/methodological studies and research applications concerning the space-economy.
It is a focussed selection of ideas and reflections put forward by scientists exploring new insights and channels of research, where the quantitative synthesis of spatial systems is the integrative framework. The conclusion drawn from the book is that the fast-changing socio-economic structures and political landscapes are pushing spatial economic science in various "evolutionary" directions. From this perspective, the valuable heritage of...

This book lays a foundation on the conceptual, theoretical, system-development, and application perspectives of intelligent spatial decision support systems. Departing from conventional approaches that only concentrate on model-data integration, the author places emphasis on the artificial intelligence approach to spatial decision support. In addition to the employment of models, it is argued that systems that can perform commonsense reasoning are of paramount importance in spatial decision support. Fundamental concepts of knowledge representation and inference in spatial decision support...

This book offers an in-depth investigation of the role of new information technology in industrial restructuring processes. It focusses on the strategic function of the network and the urban milieu in providing favourable conditions for economic growth and analyzes the forces governing the production and adoption of innovation with particular emphasis on their impact on spatial organization over time.

In the Administration building at Linkopi ] ng University we have one of Oscar Reutersvard' ] s "Impossible Figures" in three dimensions. I call it "Perspectives of Science." When viewed from a speci c point in space there is order and structure in the 3-dimensional gure. When viewed from other points there is disorder and no structure. If a speci c scienti c paradigm is used, there is order and structure; otherwise there is disorder and no structure. My perspective in Transportation Science has focused on understanding the mathematical structure and the logic underlying the choice...

Thisbookisbasedonpaperspresentedataninternationalworkshoporganisedin Jo]nko]ping, Sweden, inJune2005tocelebratethe60thbirthdayofProfessorBorje ] Johansson adearfriendandadmiredcolleagueofours. Thebookprovidesa limited sample of Bo]rje Johansson s broad ranging research interests. In this volume, some of his friends and colleagues have contributed chapters on the themeof Innovation, DynamicRegions, andRegionalDynamics . Thisisa?eld ofresearchinwhichBo]rjeJohanssonhasbeenagreatinspirationtousall, andto whichhehim-selfhascontributedwithcharacteristicenthusiasmandinsightaspart...

This volume contains a collection of unique and operational regional growth and innovation models. Coverage emphasizes applied and advanced spatial-economic models, and offers a review of various space-time modelling experiences.

This study presents new microeconomic analyses of congestion-prone services that comprise most private and public services at the final consumption stage. It accounts for two distinctive features of congestion-prone services: the discrepancy between capacity and throughput, and service quality competition. To accommodate these features, a series of new decision-making theorems for consumers and suppliers is developed. The resulting demand and cost functions incorporate service time as the variable that reflects congestion and service quality. In market equilibrium, interactions between...

The focus of this book is the modeling of the location of economic activities, measured in terms of employment, in land-use and transportation systems. These measures are key inputs to models at intra-urban scales of the flows of persons and goods for both urban and transport planning. The models described here are either components of comprehensive models or specialist studies. Economic activities can be defined in terms of jobs or private-sector firms and public service organisations. Different levels of aggregation are used both in terms of organisational and geographical dimensions. In...