Minutes of the PRSCO Council Meeting(approved by the Council Meeting in Vienna on Friday 28 August, 1998))
Held on Monday 8 December 1997
At Victoria University of Wellington, New ZealandIn Murphy Building, Room 802
Commencing At 3:40 PM
Present: Amrhein, Batey, Donaghy, Fukuchi, Gibson, Haynes(rep. T.Lane), Higano, Hua (Chair),Kimura, Kohno, Munro, Park, Poot, Sorenson, West, Yamamura
Written Apologies: Lee, Ronca, YangPRSCO President Yang sent a fax in which heauthorized Professor Chang-I Hua to chair themeeting on his behalf.

d) Final brie ng on the 15th PRSCO/21st ANZRSA

meeting in Wellington.
Poot noted that the preparations for theWellington PRSCO meeting had proceeded
generally smoothly. The local organizing
committee consisted of three people (Bevin/Morrison/Poot) and they had worked hardto put together a meeting of the high standard PRSCO is accustomed to. There wereabout 230 international and local participants, presenting 206 papers, including 5
plenary ones. The participants came from
21 countries.

a) Con rmation of Section representatives andthe ex-ocio PRSCO Council Members.
It was noted that PRSCO Council members, like RSAI Council members, are appointed for calendar years. All other names
as tabled at the meeting appeared correct
at the time, but the sections may nominate replacements for 1998 and 1999. Note:
Based on the information available to date,
the Council for the two-year period 1 January 1998 - 31 December 1999 is listed inAnnex 1. Please send corrections of names
and addresses to Higano.

e) Proposal of the formal joining of the Indone-sian RSA as the 8th group of PRSCO.
A letter had been received from Dr BudyResosudarmo, dated 9 January 1997, in which
the establishment of the Indonesian Regional
Science Association was announced. No formal proposal to join PRSCO had yet been
received. There had been a PRSCO Institute in Indonesia in 1990. The issue of Indonesia joining PRSCO would be reconsidered at the next meeting.

b) Election of ocers.

Park was unanimously elected as PRSCO
Vice-President for 1998 and 1999. Kohno
expressed a desire to discontinue his longstanding oce as executive secretary ofPRSCO. Haynes noted Kohno's stirling work
as executive secretary of PRSCO since 1983.
Haynes/Amrhein moved the motion thatCouncil recorded its gratefulness to Professor Kohno for all his work for the bene t of PRSCO. Carried with acclamation.
Kohno/Haynes nominated Poot as a replacement, but Poot noted that his position as
PRSCO President for 1998 and 1999 warranted another nomination for executive secretary. Park/Poot moved that Higano beappointed as executive secretary for 1998
and 1999. This was carried unanimously.

f ) Contact with regional science scholars in Brazil.

The contact person is Professor Jose Ronca.
Prof Ronca was unable to attend the Wellington meeting due to personal circumstances
but noted in a letter dated November 15,
1997, that e orts are continuing to establish a Brazilian section of the RSAI.

g) Contact with regional science scholars in thePeople's Republic of China.
Hua noted that this is not a problem at
the individual level, as PRC scholars haveattended RSAI conferences in the past. Itwas noted that PRSCO Council should endeavour to increase contact between PRC
scholars and RSAI members in the rest ofc) Minutes of the PRSCO Council meeting ofFebruary 23, 1997.
The minutes of the Hawaii meeting had been
distributed. There were no corrections.
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the world. This could be stimulated by theRSAI secretariat through sending of newsletters etc. to appropriate PRC scholars. It
was also noted that a Chinese LanguageGroup in regional science could be established in the same way as a Spanish Language Group was emerging. Prof Hua offered to study the issue of Chinese involvement in PRSCO further and to report backat the next meeting.

NOTES
Note (1): The PRSCO executive now proposes

to hold a small "autumn" Institute/Meetingin Japan, following the 35th Annual Meeting of the Japan section of the RSAI in October 1998.

Note (2): There is actually an international con-ference on "regional development policy: theory and practice" being held in Jakarta,
October 20-21, 1998. This conference isco-sponsored by the Indonesian Regional
Science Association and by the JapaneseApplied Regional Science Conference. Thecontact person is Professor Hisa Morisugi,
Graduate School of Information Sciences,
Tohoku University, Aoba, Aoba-Ward, Sendai,
980-77, Japan (fax +81-22-217-7500, e-mail:chibumi@plan.civil.tohoku.ac.jp)h) Proposal for the 5th PRSCO Summer Insti-tute in Indonesia in 1998.
As no formal proposal had been received,
it was decided not to hold a summer institute in 1998 in Indonesia due to time constraints.
A sub-committee of Gibson/Poot/Haynes/Higano/Hewings was set up to urgently consider alternatives. Future Summer Institutes could be used as an instrument to increase the involvement of additional Asia/
Paci c countries in PRSCO. In this context, Hua suggested that a future summer
institute could be held in Russia. Refer alsoto note (1) and note (2) below.

Note (3): As none of the executive Poot/Yang/Higano/Park can attend the Monterey meeting, it is proposed to postpone the Council
meeting until the Vienna ERSA meeting.

PRSCO Council, 1 January 1998 - 31 De-i) Proposal for the 16th PRSCO Conference incember 1999
H.J. PootSouth Korea in 1999.
The 16th PRSCO conference will be heldin Seoul, Korea, in early July 1999. Prof.
Park is chairman of the Local Organizing
Committee. Gibson noted that is was time
to start considering the 2001 conference.
He proposed a meeting in the USA hostedby WRSA members.

President:Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Immediate-Past President: C.H. Yang
Academia Sinica, Taiwan ROC
Vice-President: S.O. ParkSeoul National University, Korea
Executive-Secretary: Y. Higano
University of Tsukuba, Japanj) New initiatives for PRSCO.

Australian and New Zealand Section of Regional
Science Association - 2 members

Higano tabled a draft constitution as a foundation for developing new ideas for PRSCO.
Gibson noted that such a constitution had
already been written in 1987 and that hewould send the document to Poot, Higanoand Yang. Amrhein noted that, as PRSCO
has worked well with an informal constitution during the last decade, Council should
not get bogged down in constitutional details. A sub-committee of Gibson/Higano/Plane/Poot will report on the constitution
at a future council meeting

H.J. Poot, Victoria University of Wellington, NewZealand

G. West, University of Queensland, Australia

Canadian Regional Science Association - 2 mem-bers

C.G. Amrhein, University of Toronto, Canada
J.M. Munro, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Chinese Regional Science Association - Taiwan- 2 members
C. Hua, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
C.H. Yang, Academia Sinica, Taiwank) Date and location of the next meeting.

It was proposed to hold the next Council
meeting during the WRSA Conference inMonterey in February 1998. Refer also toNote(3).

Japan Section of the Regional Science Association - 4 members
T. Fukuchi, Asahi University, Japan
Y. Higano, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Y. Kimura, Chukyo University, Japanl) Any further business.

There was none.

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E. Yamamura, Hokkaido University, JapanToronto, ON M5S 1A1
CANADA
Phone: 001-416-978-4977
Fax: 001-416-978-6729
E-mail: amrhein@geog.utoronto.ca

Korea Section of the Regional Science Association - 2 members
J.S. Lee, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements, Korea

S.O. Park, Seoul National University, Korea

Batey P.W.J.
Postal:Professor Peter W.J. Batey
Department of Civic Design
Faculty of Social and Environmental Studies
The University of Liverpool
Liverpool L69 3BX
United Kingdom
Phone: 0044-151-794-2426
Fax: 0044-151-794-2403
E-mail: pwjbatey@liverpool.ac.uk

Mexican Association of Science for Regional Development - 2 members

A. Corona, UNAM, Mexico
J. Serrano, Centro Regional de Investigaciones

Multidisciplinarias, Mexico

Western Regional Science Association - 4 members

L.J. Gibson, University of Arizona, USA
J.M. Quigley, University of California at Berke-ley, USA

L. Suarez-Villa, University of California at Irvine,Corona A.
Postal:Professor Alfonso Corona
Calle de la Hondonada 93
Col. Parques del Pedregal
14010 Mexico, D.F.
Phone:
Fax: 0052-5-665-6946
E-mail:alcorona@economia01.economia.unam.mx

USA

T.Lane, Thomas/Lane & Assocs., USA

Ex-ocio and friends
P.W.J. Batey, University of Liverpool, UK(President, RSAI)
Kingsley Haynes, George Mason University,
USA (Immediate Past President, RSAI)
K. Donaghy, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, USA (Executive Director, RSAI)G.J.D Hewings, University of Illinois at Urbana- Donaghy K.
Champaign, USA(Past Executive Director,Postal:RSAI)
Professor Kieran Donaghy
A. Kassim, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Department of Urban and Regional Planning(representative of the Malaysian regional science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigncommunity)
611 East Lorado Taft Drive
H. Kohno, Tokiwa University, Japan (PastChampaign, IL 61820 USA
Executive Secretary, PRSCO)
P.S. Morrison, Victoria University of Wellington,

Phone: 001-217-244-5377
Fax: 001-217-244-1717
E-mail: donaghy@uiuc.edu

New ZealandP. Nijkamp, Free University Amsterdam, The
Netherlands (ERSA representative)
B.P. Resosudarmo, Bappenas/USAID, Indonesia (Indonesian Regional Science Association representative)
J.L.C. Ronca, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil(representative of the Brazilian regional sciencecommunity)

Fukuchi T.
Postal:Professor Takao Fukuchi
Department of Economics
Asahi University
1851 Hozumi
Motosu-gun, Gifu-ken 501-02
JAPAN
Phone: 0081-75-753-7122
Fax: 0081-75-753-7198
E-mail: fukuchi@alice.asahi-u.ac.jp

CONTACT ADDRESSES (note: if there are any
correction, please inform Higano)Amrhein C.G.
Postal:Professor Carl G. Amrhein
Department of Geography
University of Toronto
100 St. George Street

Gibson L.J.
Postal:Professor Lay J. Gibson

3Oce of Arid Lands Studies
The University of Arizona1955 E. Sixth Street
Tucson, Arizona 85719-5224
USA
Phone: 001-520-621-7899
Fax: 001-520-621-7834
E-mail: ljgibson@ag.arizona.edu

E-mail: hua@ccms.ntu.edu.tw
Kassim A.
Postal:Professor Azizah Kassim
Department of Anthropology & Sociology
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Phone: 0060-3-759-5694
Fax: 0060-3-717-2475
E-mail:Haynes K.
Postal:Professor Kingsley Haynes
The Institute of Public Policy
George Mason University
Fairfax VA 22030-4444
USA
Phone: 0081-1-703-993-2280
Fax: 001-1-703-993-2284
E-mail: khaynes@gmu.edu

Kimura Y.
Postal:Professor Yoshio Kimura
Department of Economics
Chukyo University
101-2 Yagoto-Honmachi
Showa-ku,Nagoya, Aichi 466
Japan
Phone: 0081-52-832-2151
Fax: 0081-52-835-7198
E-mail:Hewings G.J.D.
Postal:Professor Geo rey J.D. Hewings
Regional Economics Applications Laboratory
University of Illinois
220 Davenport Hall607 South Mathews
Urbana, IL 61801-3671
USA
Phone: 001-333-4740
Fax: 001-217-244-9339
E-mail: hewings@sta .uiuc.edu

Kohno H.
Postal:Professor Hirotada Kohno
C/- Secretariat of the Japan Section of the RSAI
Yoshinuma 1459-2
Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-26
Japan
Phone: 0081-298-65-1231
Fax: 0081-298-65-1231
E-mail:Higano Y.
Postal:Professor Yoshiro Higano
Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering
University of Tsukuba
1-1-1 Tennodai
Tsukuba 305
JAPAN
Phone: 0081-298-53-4269
Fax: 0081-298-534269
E-mail: higano@kaishu.envr.tsukuba.ac.jp

Lee J.S.
Postal:Dr Jeong-Sik Lee
Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements
1591-6 Kwanyong-dong, Dongan-gu, Anyang-si
Kyounggido 431-712
KOREA
Phone: 0082-343-80-0110-1
Fax: 0082-343-80-0472
E-mail:Hua C.
Postal:Professor Chang-I Hua
Graduate Institute of Building and Planning
National Taiwan University
TaipeiTaiwan ROC
Phone: 00886-2-362-7315 ext 109
Fax: 00886-2-363-9744

Morrison P.S.
Postal:Professor Philip S. Morrison
School of Earth Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington

4P.O. Box 600
Wellington
New ZealandPhone: 0064-4-495-5233 ext. 8379
Fax: 0064-4-495-5127
E-mail: Philip.Morrison@vuw.ac.nz

Quigley J.M.
Postal:Professor John M. Quigley
Graduate School of Public Policy
2607 Hearst Avenue
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
USA
Phone: 001-510-643-7411
Fax: 001-510-643-9657
E-mail: quigley@econ.berkeley.edu

Munro J.M.
Postal:Professor John M. Munro
Department of Economics
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
CanadaPhone: 001-604-291-4636
Fax: 001-604-291-5876
E-mail: jmunro@sfu.ca

Resosudarmo B.P.
Postal:Dr Budy P. Resosudarmo
Natural Resources Management Project/Bappenas/USAID
C/- Indonesian Regional Science Association
Jl. Madiun No. 3
Jakarta 10320
Indonesia
Phone:
Fax: 0062-21-327301
E-mail: nrmpjkt@indo.net.id or pradnja@server.indo.net.id

Nijkamp P.
Postal:Professor Peter Nijkamp
Department of Regional, Urban and Environmental Economics
Free University
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: 0031-20-444-6090
Fax: 0031-20-444-6004
E-mail: pnijkamp@econ.vu.nl

Ronca J.L.
Postal:Professor Jose L.C. Ronca
Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism
Rua do Lago 876
00508-900 Sao Paulo SP
BrazilPhone: 0055-11-258-1497
Fax: 0055-11-818-4546
E-mail:jlcronca@usp.brPark S.O.
Postal:Professor Sam Ock Park
Department of Geography
Seoul National University
Sinrim-Dong, Kwanak-Ku
Seoul, 151-742
Korea
Phone: 0082-2-880-6449
Fax: 0082-2-886-4556
E-mail: parkso@plaza.snu.ac.kr

Serrano J.
Postal:Dr Jorge Serrano
Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias
Apartado Postal 4-106 C.P. 62431
Cuernavaca, Mor.
MexicoPhone:
Fax: 0052-73-17-59-81
E-mail:jrsm@servidor.unam.mx

Poot H.J.
Postal:Professor Jacques Poot
School of Economics and Finance
Victoria University of Wellington
P.O. Box 600
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
Phone: +64-4-495-5233 ext. 8978
Fax: +64-4-495-5014
E-mail: Jacques.Poot@vuw.ac.nz

Suarez-Villa L.
Postal:Professor Luis Suarez-Villa
School of Social Ecology
University of California at Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-7075
USA5

Phone: 001-714-824-6323
Fax: 001-714-725-2056
E-mail: lsuarez@uci.edu
West G.
Postal:Professor Guy West
Department of Economics
University of QueenslandSt Lucia, Qld 4072
Australia
Phone: 0061-7-3365-6572
Fax: 0061-7-3365-7299
E-mail: west@commerce.uq.edu.au
Yamamura E.
Postal:Professor Etsuo Yamamura
Department of Regional Ecosystems
Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science
Hokkaido University
Sapporo City
Hokkaido 060
Japan
Phone: 0081-11-706-2281
Fax: 0081-11-709-5694
E-mail: yamamura@ees.hokudai.ac.jp
Yang C.H.
Postal:Professor Chung-Hsin Yang
Institute of Economics
Academia Sinica
128 Section 2, Yen-Chio-Yuan Road
Taipei 11529
TaiwanPhone: 00886-2-789-9418
Fax: 00886-2-785-0719
E-mail: cyang@ieas.econ.sinica.edu.tw

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