Canadian Journal of Regional Science articles from March 2003

Canadian Journal of Regional Science archives from March 2003

Letter from the editor.
March 22, 2003... February 2004 We start the second quarter of a century in the publication history of the Canadian Journal of Regional Science with a new cover for Volume 26. Numerous suggestions have been received over the last three years for a new...

What's wrong with American regional science? A view from science studies *, **.
March 22, 2003... Drawing upon archival material and primary texts, the paper argues that American regional science after early growth and success during the 1950s and 1960s waned because of an unwillingness to change its position in response to new...

God tricks or Barnes tricks? Comments on 'What's wrong with American regional science?'.(Comments)(Column)
March 22, 2003... Let me come right to the point: this essay irritates me enormously. Central to Trevor Barnes' text is the concept of a "God trick". As best I can determine from the context of his comments, a God trick seems to be a mindset, or a concrete act...

Regional science and Walter Isard: a response to "What's wrong with American regional science? A view from science study" by Trevor Barnes.(Comments)
March 22, 2003... First, I am both flattered and embarrassed by Trevor Barnes' frequent references to my writings. How can I possibly disagree? And indeed, I agree with the basic thrust of his argument. There is little I can usefully add to Barnes' insightful...

What's wrong with economic geography? Other thoughts on the rift.(Comments)
March 22, 2003... Trevor Barnes is to be commended for his investigations of how research and scholarship are actually practiced. In geography, his home discipline, he has revisited the origins of the so-called scientific and quantitative revolution. So it is...

Time invariant decision rules and land development: a dynamic and stochastic analysis *.
March 22, 2003... The Arrow-Fisher-Henry (AFH) analysis of land development under uncertainty has been conducted in a two period model. In contemporary times, Capozza and Helsley (1990), Batabyal (1996, 1997, 2000), and others have analyzed the question of land...

Citizens' attitudes toward municipal amalgamation in three Ontario municipalities *.
March 22, 2003... One of the most contentious policies introduced by the Harris Conservative government as part of its Common Sense Revolution was municipal amalgamation. The purpose of the amalgamations was to improve efficiency and reduce municipal spending...

R.I.P.-H.M.R: a propos du concept de pole de developpement et des strategies de developpement economique des regions quebecoises *.
March 22, 2003... En 1970, une etude est sortie sur les orientations de developpement economique regional au Quebec, connu comme le rapport HMR pour ces trois auteurs, Benjamin Higgins, Fernand Martin et Andre Raynauld. Le rapport a provoque une vive...

Capital social, innovation, territoires et politiques publiques *.
March 22, 2003... Cet article analyse l'influence du capital social sur l'innovation en prenant un cas precis, celui de l'innovation dans le secteur manufacturier. Contrairement a la plupart des travaux sur le capital social cet article appuie son analyse avec...

Correct partitioning of regional growth rates: improvements in shift-share theory *.(The Contributions of the Ray-Srinath Model)
March 22, 2003... This paper demonstrates that the Ray-Srinath model resolves, conceptually and mathematically, the issues that are beyond the traditional shift-share model. It does this by establishing the mathematical links between the traditional and the...

Economic growth in Cork County, Ireland, and Halifax County, Canada, during the 1990s.
March 22, 2003... This paper presents the empirical findings of a comparison of economic development programs pursued in selected regions during the 1990s. The study begins with an overview of the contextual framework within which the economic development...

Diversite de la geographie sociale *.(Dialogue)
March 22, 2003... Ce texte explore la mutation qu'a connu la geographie sociale depuis environ un siecle et de la grande ambiguRe qui regne quant a sa definition et a son role au sein de la geographie, On montrera plus particulierement comment elle a survecu aux...

Pietons victimes d'un accident de la route en milieux urbain et rural au Quebec et en Ontario, 1995-1997 *.(Research Notes)
March 22, 2003... Les accidents de la route impliquant des pietons reste un probleme majeur pour la securite routiere, meme si le nombre de pertes de vie a diminue au Quebec et en Ontario. Dans cet article, nous analysons les statistiques des victimes pietonnes...

L'economie des territoires au Quebec.
March 22, 2003... L'economie des territoires au Quebec. Marc-Urbain Proulx. Sainte-Foy: PUQ, 2002. ISBN 2-7605-1186-3, 390 pages. Un livre qui semble au premier abord plein de promesses. L'auteur semble suggerer par son titre > qu'il va nous presenter l'etat...

Grands projets urbains et requalification.
March 22, 2003... Grands projets urbains et requalification G. Senecal, J. Malezieux et C. Manzagol. Quebec et Paris: Presses de l'Universite du Quebec et Publications de la Sorbonne, 2002, 264 pages. Ce livre, comme son titre l'indique, s'interroge sur les...

Tax Reform in Canada: Our Path to Greater Prosperity.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Tax Reform in Canada: Our Path to Greater Prosperity, H.G. Grubel, Vancouver: The Fraser Institute, 2003, 273 pages This volume of collected works from a conference held in Toronto in 2001 on Canadian taxation is one of marginal interest...

Entrepreneurship and Community Economic Development.(Book Review)
March 22, 2003... Entrepreneurship and Community Economic Development, M.C. Diochon. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press, 2003, 258 pages. This is an important text. Diochon addresses a variety of shortcomings in the Community Economic...

Eaux et territoires.
March 22, 2003... Eaux et territoires. Tensions, cooperations et geopolitique de l 'eau Eaux et territoires. Tensions, cooperation et geopolitique de l 'eau est un collectif publie par les Presses de l'Universite du Quebec dans la collection Geographie...