书目名称 | Regional Science in Business |
编辑 | Graham Clarke,Moss Madden |
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概述 | Describes research based on funds obtained from business or Government; that is, research specifically tendered by these organisations rather than resulting from a general application to a Government |
丛书名称 | Advances in Spatial Science |
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描述 | Graham Clarke and Moss Madden 1. 1 Background In the mid 1990s there were a number of papers in regional science that questioned the relevance and purpose of the entire sub-discipline. Bailly and Coffey (1994) for example, talked of ‘regional science in crisis‘. They argued that there were two fundamental problems. First, regional science was too theoretical in the sense that many of its products were models that could neither be calibrated (too complex) or operationalised (too abstract) in the real world. They suggested that regional science had not sufficiently demonstrated that it can address real-world problems and subsequently lacked a focus on relevant policy issues. Second, they argued that regional science had become too narrow in focus and had moved away too far from real people and their daily concerns or struggles in life. This was not the first time we had witnessed these sorts of arguments, both from outside the discipline and from within. Sayer (1976) was perhaps the first to argue for a shift from a model-based focus in regional science to one based on political economy. Breheny (1984) criticised the ‘deep ignorance among regional scientists of the nature of practica |
出版日期 | Book 2001 |
关键词 | Applied modelling; Evolution; Import; business benefits; consultancy; development; impact assessment; regio |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04625-8 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-642-07518-6 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-662-04625-8Series ISSN 1430-9602 Series E-ISSN 2197-9375 |
issn_series | 1430-9602 |
copyright | Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001 |