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NEWS AND INFORMATIONPRESIDENT - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S
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Progress with RSAI transition
As you will be well aware by now we are in theprocess of making radical changes to the way
RSAI is organized and managed. From 2005
Blackwells will be the new publishers of our'Papers in Regional Science' as well as
managers of our membership lists. This is partof a major restructuring operation that sees its
principal aim as getting as many regional
scientists as possible enrolled into the wider
international community of scholars. To
facilitate this we realized that membershiprates for the international section must be as
low as possible. Thus, in the last newsletter,
we outlined the various new membershipcategories for RSAI that will be effective from2005 onwards. The category of 'section
membership' was priced as low as possible (atonly 10 Euros) in order to encourage as many
persons as possible to be international
members. News is now filtering back on
worldwide reaction to these proposals- and it isexciting news at that! The number of sections
that have said a provisional yes to section
membership is now large and growing by eachmonth. In the next newsletter we hope to beable to produce a definitive list of suchsections. For now, we can report that the threesupra-regions (North America, Europe andPacific) have been working hard on our behalf
to encourage individual sections to sign up. We
are confident that most sections within thesesupra-regions will be RSAI members from next
year. That alone would be a fantastic
achievement, although we are very aware thatsome countries do not belong to the Supraregions and urgent thought needs to be given
as to how that situation can be altered. Indeed,
there is now a committee charged withproducing new Supra-region affiliations. Overthe next few months Graham Clarke will becontacting all section heads/secretaries(especially those that are still undecided!) to
discuss aspects of change in more detail andto explain how the new system will work from2005.
As noted above, we have also recently signed
a new contract with Blackwells for handling themembership lists and for publishing our journal'Papers in Regional Science'. This is also an
exciting move and we are now working withBlackwells to ensure that we are all prepared
for the transition from the old headquarters inIllinois to the new headquarters in Leeds.
It is now clear that RSAI in 2005 will be bigger
and better. As we increase the number ofmembers it is important we constantly monitor
the services we can provide. Even thoughsection membership will be very inexpensive
we still want to provide a good set of central
services (in addition to journal, newsletter andweb site). We would both be pleased toreceive your thoughts on what we can andshould be doing centrally to make us an evenbetter organization in the future.
Graham Clarke and Antoine Bailly
MINUTES OF RSAI COUNCIL MEETING:
PORT ELIZABETH, APRIL 2004
Present: Antoine Bailly (chair), Carlos Azzoni,
Franz-Josef Bade, Peter Batey, Roberto Camagni, Roberta Capello, Graham Clarke, Kieran
Donaghy, Lay Gibson, Kingsley Haynes, Yoshiro
Higano, Gideon Horn, John Madden, Phil
McCann, John Quigley, Jacques Poot, Jorge
Serrano, Robert Stimson.
1. Apologies: David Boyce, Manas Chatterji,
Aisling Reynolds-Feighen, Raymond Florax,
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Andrew Krmenec, Geoff Hewings, Yasuhide Okuyama, Jessie
Poon, Jean-Claude Thill, Brigitte Waldorf.
2. Minutes of last meeting: accepted
3. Matters arising: none

REGIONALSCIENCEASSOCIATIONINTERNATIONAL

An interdisciplinary, international organization focusing on understanding
the growth and development of urban, regional, and international systems.
Headquarters
Executive Director: Graham Clarke
Assistant Director: Beth Carbonneau
Bevier Hall, Room 83
905 South Goodwin Avenue
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois 61801-3682, USA
Phone: 217-333-8904; Fax: 217-333-3065; Email: RSAI@uiuc.edu
web page: http://www.regionalscience.org
International Council
President:

Antoine Bailly

Vice President:

Robert Stimson

Immediate Past President:

Geoffrey J.D. Hewings

Executive Director:

Graham Clarke

ERSA Councillors:

Franz Josef Bade [2002-2004]
Roberto Camagni [2003-2005]
Aisling Reynolds-Feighan [2002-2004]

NARSC Councillors:

Maureen Kilkenny [2004]
Jean-Claude Thill [2003-2005]
Brigitte Waldorf [2004-2006]PRSCO Councillors:

Yoshiro Higano [2004-2006]
John Quigley [2002-2004]
Jorge Serrano-Moreno [2003-2005]

Councillors-at-Large:

Carlos Azzoni [2004-2007]
Antoine Bailly [2002-2004]
Roberta Capello [2003-2005]
Manas Chatterjee [2004-2007]
Graham Clarke [2003-2005]
Gideon Horn [2004-2007]
John Madden [2002-2004]
Philip McCann [2004-2006]
Robert Stimson [2004-2006]

Treasurer:

Andrew J. Krmenec

Archivist:

David E. Boyce

Ex--Officio:
Editors, Papers in Regional Science
Editor-in-Chief:
Raymond J.G.M. Florax
European Editor:
Raymond J.G.M. Florax
North American Editor: Jessie Poon
Pacific Editor:
Jacques Poot
Book Review Editor:
Brigitte Waldorf
RSAI Newsletter Editor:
RSAI Web Page Editor:

Yasuhide Okuyama
Randall W. Jackson

Submission Information: All materials for submission should be transmitted
in electronic format, either via email, email attachment, or disk. Files may
be submitted in Word, WordPerfect, rich text or ASCII formats. If your filecontains special characters (e.g. international characters) please also submit
a printed copy, either by postal mail or fax. Materials received only inprinted format are not guaranteed for publication. Material for inclusion in
RSAI NEWS should be received by the editors no later than December 1 for
the January issue, April 1 for the May issue, or July 1 for the August issue.

4. President's remarks: Antoine Bailly reviewed the composition of the RSAI Council and reminded the meeting who
needed to be re-elected to serve in the future.
5. Transition Committee: Antoine Bailly reported that thecontract with Blackwells had now been signed and he thanked
the members of the transition committee for their input andcomments on earlier drafts of the contract. Graham Clarke
reported on the sections that had already said a provisional
yes to universal membership and thanked all the Council
representatives on the committees of the three supra-regions
for their support at the various meetings of these groups. A
fuller and more definitive list of sections joining RSAI would bepresented at the Council meeting in Porto. Graham agreed towrite to all sections to encourage them further and to explain
the next steps in the transition procedure (at the same time
undertaking a new survey of the Association). This information
would also be posted on the web-site. There followed a
discussion on the language of the RSAI given the possibility ofuniversal membership. Jose Serrano explained the difficulty ofall sections understanding English and he felt that Papers in
Regional Science may not appeal to all in their present state.
It was agreed to ask Raymond Florax/Blackwells to review thepossibility of at least producing abstracts for the journal
papers in English, French and Spanish, and/or the possibilityof encouraging authors to produce a 1 page summary of theirpapers in a non-technical, easy to understand vocabulary.
6. Report of Executive Director(s):Graham Clarke reported that the transition of all but the
special Fellowship long-term accounts would be transferred
forthwith to the UK bank account. He also explained that he
was researching the possibility of charitable status in the UK/
Europe and possible NGO status for RSAI. These wereagreed as priorities.
Kieran Donaghy reported the healthy state of the accounts
and informed Council that we had covered the expenses
associated with the Golden Anniversary edition of the Papers
in Regional Science from the conference fees at Philadelphia.
He also reported that the staff at Illinois had been given official
notice and he looked forward to the transfer of the Illinois office
to both Leeds and Blackwells in Oxford. This included theback copies of the Journal which Blackwells had agreed toship to the UK for storage at their headquarters. He also
apologized for recent e-mail problems at Illinois.
7. Prizes:
Kieran Donaghy outlined the various prizes that are sponsoredor awarded by RSAI. The list is now long and there have been
several recent requests for new prize funds to be set up. A
sub-committee was set up to review prizes and to makerecommendations regarding any future proposals. This subcommittee will consist of Kieran Donaghy, Andres Rodriguez
Pose (ERSA Secretary - if willing) and Yoshiro Higano.

A prize of £1,000 will be awarded to the overall winner, threesecond prizes of £500 and three third prizes £250 will beawarded respectively to: 1) essays written in English by native
English speaking authors; 2) essays written in English by nonnative English speaking authors; 3) essays written in French,
German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Essays whichreach the final round of judging but which are not awarded oneof the first three prizes will receive Blackwells book prizes
totalling £700. The first prize essay will be published in theInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research subject
to any changes required by the Editor and will be translated if
necessary.

8. Papers in Regional Science:
Jacques Poot reported that all the 2004 editions were in good
shape and noted a healthy number of submissions for 2005.
9. Long Range Planning Committee:
Lay Gibson reported on the most recent LRPC meeting. First,
it was agreed to fix the dates of future Council and Long
Range Planning Meetings well in advance of the next meeting.
Graham Clarke to check with various conference organizers
and send out a new set of dates as soon as possible. Then
Lay outlined several ideas for new initiatives. After a wideranging debate on many of these issues the following action
points were agreed:

The essay should be no longer than 7,000 words (including
footnotes and bibliography) and be sent with a 500-wordmaximum summary in English. Essays exceeding 7,000
words will be automatically excluded. Essays written in thefollowing languages will be considered: English, French,
German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. A note must be
attached to the essay indicating the author's full name,address, university or workplace (if any), date and place ofbirth, nationality, e-mail, telephone and fax number(s), a short
CV (maximum 100 words) and stating the essay's word
length.

i) Lay Gibson to articulate the duties of the Executive Director
and President more fully (including a timetable of events forthe year). This was felt to be especially useful for new members coming into these posts.
ii) A meeting room to be booked at the Western Regional
Science Association meeting in San Diego in February so thata 'study session' of Council could be held if needed (notingthat there will be a long break between Seattle in November
2004 and PRSCO meeting in July 2005)iii) A sub-committee to be set up to discuss the venue andarrangements for the 2008 World Congress. The following
were elected to that sub-committee: John Quigley, Roberto
Camagni and Yoshiro Higano. They would report to Council
meeting at Porto or Seattle on first deliberations.
iv) A finance committee be set up to monitor spending undertaken by the Executive Director (and President where appropriate). This committee would also be charged with monitoring
the relationship with Blackwells. Membership of this groupwould be ratified in Porto (may need a European composition
for accessibility reasons).
v) Graham Clarke was encouraged in his bid to seek charity/
NGO status.
vi) Given all the widespread changes in the structure of RSAI a
sub-committee was set up to check constitutional matters,
and if necessary or appropriate to redraft sections of theconstitution. This group to consist of Kieran Donaghy, Graham
Clarke, Franz Josef Bade, Jorge Serrano and Peter Batey.

Essays must be sent by May 31, 2004 tonicoletta.carmi@unimib.it as an attachment (Basic Mime
encoding) or by mail (winword file on diskette) to the following
address: FURS Essay Competition, Fondazione
Bignaschi,Via Olmetto 3, 20123 Milano, Italy.
Unsuccessful entrants in the previous competitions areencouraged to enter again, but may not submit the same
essay. The essays will be read by two anonymous referees
who will send their comments to Professor Enzo Mingione
who will organize a final round of judging by a panel of three.
The results will be made public and communicated to entrants
by December 31, 2004. For further information please contact:
Nicoletta Carmi
FURS Essay competition,
Fondazione Bignaschi, Via Olmetto, 3, 20123
MILANO, Italy
Tel: 39-02-8057718; Fax: 39-02-8692565

Date of next meeting: Saturday, August 28th, 16.15, Porto
Graham Clarke, April 2004

RSAI DISSERTATION COMPETITION
The Association invites the submission of dissertations
completed in 2003/04 in the field of Regional Science to theannual competition. Two copies of the dissertation and a letterof nomination from the research supervisor should be sent to:

AWARDS, PRIZES AND
COMPETITIONS

Professor K. Bruce Newbold
School of Geography and Geology
McMaster University
Hamilton ON L8S 4K1, Canada.

FOUNDATION FOR URBAN AND REGIONAL STUDIES 2004
ESSAY COMPETITION

The copies of dissertation and the nomination letter should bereceived by the end of June, 2004, for this year’s competition.
For further information, please contact Prof. Newbold at
newbold@mcmaster.ca.

In collaboration with the International Journal of Urban Regional Research and Blackwell Publishers, the Foundation for
Urban and Regional Studies is organizing a fourth international
essay competition for the best essay on urban and regional
themes by young (under 35) scholars.
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of the current state of interindustry economics, a field Leontief
founded. This is a strong collection likely to appeal to a wide
range of professionals in universities, government, industry
and international organizations.
Contributors include: Paul A. Samuelson, Karen R. Polenske,
Faye Duchin, Emilio Fontela, Henri Aujac, Jean H. P.
Paelinck, William H. Miernyk, Andrew Brody, Anne P. Carter,
Christian deBresson, Thijs ten Raa, Edward N. Wolff, Erik
Dietzenbacher, Michael L. Lahr, Bart Los, Robert E. Kuenne,
Iwao Ozaki, Masahiro Kuroda, Koji Nomura, Shuntaro
Shishido, Lawrence R. Klein, Vijaya Duggal, Cynthia Saltzman, Clopper Almon, Maurizio Grassini, Albert E. Steenge

2ND REIMUT JOCHIMSEN PRIZE
In memory of its former president and in honor of the renowned economist Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Reimut Jochimsen
the Düsseldorf Regional Office of the Deutsche Bundesbank
will award a prize for the best paper on the topic on "European Infrastructure Policy: the Infrastructure Policy of theEuropean Community with Respect to the New Orientation of
the Structural Funds".
This announcement is addressed to authors who want toparticipate in the search for possibilities of creating an
economically efficient, socially fair and ecologically soundinfrastructure for the European economies. To be considered,papers should not exceed 40 pages. The prize sum is 5.000
euros, which may be split up.

Yasuhide Okuyama and Stephanie E. Chang (eds.), Modeling
Spatial and Economic Impacts of Disasters, Springer-Verlag,
Approximately 300 pages, 72 figures and 40 tables, ISBN: 3540-21449-6.

Papers should be submitted in a standard electronic form
(PDF, PS, Word document; 12 pt./1,5 space) to Professor
em. Dr. Walter Buhr, University of Siegen, 57068 Siegen,Germany, by September 15, 2004. Collaborators of themembers of the Reading Committee may not participate in
the competition.

This book brings together a collection of innovative papers on
strategies for analyzing the spatial and economic impacts ofdisasters. Natural and human-induced disasters pose several
challenges for conventional modeling. For example, disasters
entail complex linkages between the natural, built, and socioeconomic environments. They often create chaos and economic disequilibrium, and can also cause unexpected longterm, structural changes. Dynamic interactions among agentsand behavioral adjustments in a disaster become complicated. The papers in this volume make notable progress intackling these challenges through refinements of conventional
methods, as well as new modeling frameworks and multidisciplinary, integrative strategies. The papers also provide casestudy applications that afford new insights on disasterprocesses and loss reduction strategies.
Contributors include: Adam Rose, Harold Cochrane, Jason
Bram, Andrew Haughwout, James Orr, Geoffrey J.D. Hewings,
Michael Sonis, Sam Cole, Gauri-Shankar Guha, Aura Reggiani, Peter Nijkamp, Hirokazu Ttatano, Kentaro, Yamaguchi,
Norio Okada, Scott B. Miles, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore
II, Harry W. Richardson, Donghwan An, Sungbin Cho, Jungyul
Sohn, Tschangho John Kim, Jong Sung Lee, Sung-Gheel
Jang, Yoshiharu Shumuta, Mamoru Shinozuka.

The papers will be judged by a Reading Committee consistingof the President of the Düsseldorf Regional Office of theDeutsche Bundesbank and of three scholars formerly related
to Professor Jochimsen.

COMMUNICATIONS & LITERATURE
NEW WEB SITE FOR BRITISH AND IRISH SECTION OFRSAIThe British and Irish Section of the RSAI has a new web site.
The URL is: http://www.rsai-bis.org
The web master is Vassilis Monastiriotis (Royal Holloway;
Vassilis.Monastiriotis@rhul.ac.uk).
RECENT BOOKS BY MEMBERS OF RSAI
Michael L. Lahr and Erik Dietzenbacher (eds.), Wassily
Leontief and Input-Output Economics, Cambridge University
Press, 418 pages, 61 line diagrams 42 tables, ISBN:
0521832381.

CONFERENCE NEWS

Wassily Leontief (1905-1999) was the founding father of inputoutput economics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in
1973. This book offers a collection of papers in memory of
Leontief by his students and close colleagues. The first part,reflections on Input-Output Economics, focuses upon Leontief
as a person and scholar as well as his personal contributions
to economics. It includes contributions by Nobel Laureate
Paul A. Samuelson who shares his memories of a young
Professor Leontief at Harvard and ends with the last joint
interview with Wassily and his wife, to date previously
unpublished. The second part, perspectives of Input-Output
Economics, includes new theoretical and empirical researchinspired by Leontief's work and offers a wide-ranging sample

REMINDERS
35TH MCRSA ANNUAL CONFERENCE, JUNE 3-5, 2004,
MADISON, WISCONSIN
The MCRSA will host its 35th annual conference June 3-5,
2004, in Madison, Wisconsin, and you are cordially invited to
be a part of this always enjoyable and productive professional
meeting. The conference will be held from Thursday night
June 3 (our reception with cash bar is scheduled to begin at
6:30 p.m.) through 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 5, at the
Fluno Center for Executive Education.
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The MCRSA conference remains one of the best buys amongprofessional and academic association meetings. Our$150.00 fee includes hors d'oeuvres at the Thursday night
reception, the Friday luncheon, break refreshments, andSaturday breakfast. A non-participating spouse's package(reception and meals) is $75.00. In addition, a special reduced
fee for students will once again be in effect. The full student
registration fee is $75.00 including both the meeting and 2004
membership.

30TH INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL CONGRESS (IGC)
SPECIAL SESSIONS ON "MODELS FOR REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT", AUGUST 17, 2004,
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
The RSAI British & Irish Section and the Modelling Geographical Systems Committee of the International GeographicalUnion (IGU) will host the special regional science sessions on"Models for Regional Development" of the International
Geographical Union at the 30th IGC, which will be held in
Glasgow between August 15-20. The special sessions arescheduled for the morning of August 17, 2004 (please notethat there are morning flights from Glasgow to Cork on
Wednesday, August 18, so you can also be in Cork in time forthe annual RSAIBIS conference!). For more information,please visit: http://www.meetingmakers.co.uk/igc.html

THIRD SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS WORKSHOP, JUNE 9,
2004, STRASBOURG, FRANCE
Following Toulouse 2002 and Dijon 2003, the Third Spatial
Econometrics Workshop is organized by the Bureaud'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA) at Strasbourg,
Université Louis Pasteur. This conference aims to reinforce theinteraction between well established and young researchers
involved in spatial statistics and econometrics. Both theoretical and applied contributions are welcome. The invited
keynote speaker is Professor Timothy Conley (University of
Chicago). Professor James P. LeSage (University of Toledo)
will be the concluding speaker.

14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF RESER,SEPTEMBER 23-25, 2004, TOULOUSE AND CASTRES,FRANCEThe RESER conference has become the annual platform
and meeting place for European researchers and policy
makers working on services. RESER is an interdisciplinary
European network of social scientists linked by a common
interest in service industries, occupations and geographies.

Information related to this workshop is available as a PDF fileby visiting the web site: http://cournot2.u-strasbg.fr/sew/.
Contact person: Theophile Azomahou at:
azomahou@cournot.u-strasbg.fr

Objectives and themes of the 2004 conference, "Information
Communication Technologies and Service Relationship in
the Global Economy: A Challenge for Enterprises andSocieties in Europe." This year, the conference has obtained the support of the European Commission, DG
Enterprise. For more details, please send email to:angelique.roux@iut-tlse3.fr

7TH UDDEVALLA SYMPOSIUM, JUNE 17-19, 2004,
FREDRIKSTAD, NORWAY
The symposium is to be held in Fredrikstad, Norway, June 1719, 2004. The 7th Uddevalla Symposium is arranged by the
University of Trollhättan/Uddevalla, Sweden in cooperation with
the Jönköping International Business School, Sweden, TheÖstfold University College, Norway and George Mason
University, USA. More information is to be found at thewebsite: www.symposium.htu.se .

11TH REGIONAL SCIENCE/ REGIONAL PLANNINGCONGRESS, OCTOBER 21-23, 2004 TRABZON, TURKEY
Turkish Section of RSAI and ESRA will host the 11th Regional
Science and Regional Planning Congress at KaradenizTechnical University, Trabzon, Turkey during October 21 - 23,
2004. The themes of the Congress include: Urban & Regional
Planning, Regional Governance Models; Regional Economic
Growth; Regional Analysis, Urban & Regional Systems,Urban
Corporations (partnerships), Spatial Models; Rural&Local
Development, Natural Resources, Environment, Tourism;
Environmental Policies, Sustainable Development & Growth;
Transport & Communication Infrastructure; Public Capital &Regional Development; Entrepreneurship,Networks & Creativity/Innovation; Population, Labor Markets & Capital Mobility;
European Union Regional Development and Regions, Free
Zones; Institutions & Governances; Producer Services; Land
Use, Real Estate and Housing Markets; Eastern Black Sea
Related Studies/Analysis.

THIRD MEETING OF BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OFREGIONAL STUDIES, JUNE 20-22, 2004,
BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL
The third meeting of the Brazilian Association of Regional
Studies will be held at Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
during June 20-22. The main themes of the conference are:
Poverty, Human Development, and Regional Inequalities.
Persons who wish to present a paper should submit theabstract by April 20, 2004 (and the full paper by May 20, 2004)
through the conference web page(http://www.aberpucminas.com.br/ingles/IIIencontro.html), or
send it to the conference organizer via email:Prof. Joao Francisco de Abreu
Executive Secretary - ABER/BRAZIL
Email: jofabreu@pucminas.br
For more information, visit the web page of the Brazilian
Association of Regional Studies at:
http://www.aberpucminas.com.br/ingles/ingles.htm

Registration fee is US$ 50 and should be paid before July 9,
2004. For more information about the congress, please send
email to: sehirktu@ktu.edu.tr; or visit web site at: http://
sehircilik.ktu.edu.tr
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CALLS FOR PAPERS

34TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF RSAI BRITISH AND IRISHSECTION, AUGUST 18-20, 2004, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
CORK, IRELAND

INAUGURAL CONFERENCE OF THE CONSORTIUM FOR
WESTERN CHINA DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, JUNE 22-23,
2004, CHENGDU, CHINA

The RSAI British & Irish Section will host the 2004 Annual
Conference at University College Cork, Ireland, during August
18 - 20, 2004. For more information regarding the conference,
please visit the RSAI British and Irish Section website at:
http://www.rsai-bis.org/, or contact the Secretary:

Sichuan University, Southwest University of Finance andEconomics, and Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences willcohost this inaugural conference for Western China Development. For more information:
http://www.regionalscience.org/pdfs/call_chengdu2004_en.pdf

Dr. Dimitris Ballas, Secretary of RSAIBIS
Department of Geography, University of Sheffield
Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
Tel.:+44 (0) 114 222 7923; Fax:+44 (0) 114 279 7912
e-mail: d.ballas@sheffield.ac.uk

Contact Information:
Shuming Bao
Email: westchina2004@umich.edu
Web: http://chinadatacenter.org/westchina2004/

44TH EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF EUROPEAN REGIONALSCIENCE ASSOCIATION, AUGUST 25-29, 2004,
PORTO, PORTUGAL

6TH INDONESIAN REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, AUGUST 13-14, 2004,
JOGJAKARTA, INDONESIA

44th European Congress of the European Regional Science
Association will be held at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal,
on the theme of "Regions and Fiscal Federalism."

The Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA) announces the 6th International Conference on "Regional
Development in Transition: Governance, Public Services, andEco-tourism." The conference is intended to be a media forscholars, practitioners, and policy-makers to discuss andexchange theoretical and empirical findings on the issue ofregional development and transition economy with particularfocus on the aspect of governance, business climate, informal
sectors, public services, poverty, equity, tourism, and theenvironment. It is also hoped that through this conference
participants will exchange experiences and also build strong
networks for future research, policy discussion, and practicalcollaboration.

The creation of a single market and the adoption of a common
currency significantly changed the framework of regional
development policy implementation in the European Union.
Besides losing some powers to higher levels of a stronger"European Administration", national governments are bound tofurther decentralize, for efficiency reasons, to regional andlocal levels of government. These changes represent an
opportunity to increase the relative importance of local andregional development policies but raise budgetary constraint
problems. The difficult task of assuring the efficiency of thewhole system while promoting equity among regions brings
fiscal federalism and its connection with regional development
to the front page of Regional Science agenda.

It is expected that participants of this conference will contribute to the following regional perspective (but not limited) topics
on: governance and business climate, economic growth anddevelopment, informal sector and employment, poverty andincome inequality, health and education services, infrastructure development, financing aspects of regional development,
governance and institution, management of water and sanitation, management of natural resources, eco-tourism, andregional and local environmental problem. Topics that are notin Indonesian context are also welcomed so long as its
lessons learned are relevant. For more information on theconference, please visit the conference web site at: http://
www.cepps-irsa2004.ugm.ac.id.

More information regarding the conference can be found at:
http://www.apdr.pt/ersa/
If you have questions about the conference, please send email
to: apdr@mail.telepac.pt
40TH CONFERENCE OF THE FRENCH SPEAKINGREGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, SEPTEMBER 1-3,
2004, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
The French Speaking Regional Science Association (Association de Science Régionale de Langue Française, ASRDLF)
will host its 40th conference in Brussels during September 1 3. The topic of the conference "Regional Convergence andDisparities within the European Space: Regional Policies at
Stake" is certainly appealing for regional economists, economic geographers and policy makers. Communications are in
English. The address of the Conference web site is http://
www.ulb.ac.be/soco/asrdlf/ where you can find more information. It will gradually be updated.

Deadline for abstract/paper submission:
Abstract must be submitted before June 1, 2004. Notificationof the abstract selected will be July 1, 2004. Paper selectedmust be submitted (electronic files only) to the conference
organizer by July 15, 2004. Please submit your abstract via
email to the Secretariat of the conference:

For more information, please contact Gunther Maier, University of Economics and Business Administration, Augasse 2-6,
Vienna, Austria; email: Gunther.Maier@wu-wien.ac.at
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Dr. Catur Sugiyanto / M. Edhie Purnawan
Center for Economics and Public Policy Studies
Gadjah Mada UniversityBarek, Bulaksumur,
Jogjakarta 55281, Indonesia
Phone: +62(274) 581827 +62(274) 520328
Fax: +62(274) 581827;
E-mail: ceppsirsa@ugm.ac.id

Requirements of the Abstract:
The abstract should be in English. It should be no longer than
1 page in an A4 paper with upper margin and lower margin nolarger than 1 inch, typed with 1 line spacing, Times New
Roman 12 pt. Please note in your abstract the institution
you represent.

Hotel Reservations
A block of hotel rooms has been reserved for the nights of the
10th-14th of November, at $135 for a single or double. Reservations need to be made by October 7th, 2004. Reservations canbe made by sending an e-mail togroupres@renaissanceseattle.com using the Group Code"NARNARA."PRSCO SUMMER INSTITUTE, SEPTEMBER 22-25, 2004,
VALDIVIA, CHILE

More information about the conference can be found at: http://
www.narsc.org/narsc/conference.html

For the first time the PRSCO goes to South America. While
the World Congress was held in South Africa, the PRSCO
Summer Institute is also signaling out 2004 as "the year for
the Southern hemisphere" within the RSAI. All RSAI members are invited to strongly support such move by applying to
the PRSCO Summer Institute in Chile. The venue is the
UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL in Valdivia city, expected both
university and city to become a key for the opening of avigorous gate to the Pacific Rim in the South, taking advantage that this year the APEC Summit takes place also in
Chile -just a month after the Summer Institute. Furthermore,
efforts will be made to approach and turn more fruitful both
events thereby. The date for the PRSCO Summer Institute is
September 22-25, and the general topic is "Integration among
Regions: A Strategic Option for Human Development in
Pacific Rim Countries."

30TH CONGRESS OF THE SPANISH ASSOCIATION OFREGIONAL STUDIES, NOVEMBER 18-19, 2004,
BARCELONA, SPAIN
The Spanish Association of Regional Studies announces its
Annual meeting that will take place in Barcelona in November 18 and 19, 2004. This year the theme of the meeting is"Regional Policy at the Crossroads." The venue of thecongress is: IDEC - Universidad Pompeu Fabra, C/ Balmes,
132, 08008 Barcelona, Spain.
Deadlines for paper submission:
Abstract: June 15, 2004
Full paper: July 15, 2004
Selection of papers: by October 7, 2004
For more information about the congress, please contact
the technical secretary:

Paper submission, session organization, and other information, please contact:

Conxita Rodríguez i Izquierdo, Secretaria AECR
Address: C/ Princesa, 1 4º - 08003 Barcelona
Telephone: 93-310.11.12; Fax: 93-310.64.99
E-mail: aecr@ctv.es; Web Page:www.aecr.org

Dr. Enrique von Baer, Chairman LOC:
email: hvonbaer@ufro.clfax (56-45) 325-910
phone (56-45) 325-911 and 325-495.

EDITOR’S NOTE

51ST ANNUAL NORTH AMERICAN MEETINGS OF RSAI,NOVEMBER 11-13, 2004, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

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Website should be submitted in electronic form (email, or
email attachment, i.e., text file, or conventional file format, e.g.
Microsoft Word) to the respective editor as follows:
For RSAI Newsletter: Yasuhide Okuyama(yaokuyama@mail.wvu.edu)
For RSAI Website: Randall Jackson(Randall.Jackson@mail.wvu.edu)

Join us in Seattle, WA, to celebrate the 51st anniversary ofregional science. The conference will be held at the Renaissance Madison Hotel, November 11th-13th, 2004, in downtown Seattle.
Conference Registration
You are encouraged to register and pay for the conference
using on-line registration and credit card payment forms at
the conference web site. Alternatively you may download theregistration form (pdf format) and submit payment via conventional mail. Please note that participation in the conference
requires membership in the Regional Science Association
International (RSAI). If you are not a RSAI member, you may
purchase membership for 2004 or 2005 using the on-line
registration system.

Alternatively, material can be submitted to the RSAI Headquarters (rsai@uiuc.edu). For RSAI Newsletter, material should bereceived by the editors no later than December 1 for theJanuary issue, April 2 for the May issue, or July 1 for theAugust issue.
We have also started a new medium of delivering news items.
Monthly Regional Science News Update is an email newsletterthat provides you up-to-date information related to the regional
science field. In order to receive this monthly email updates
and other regional science related communications, you needto join the listserv (regsc-l), maintained by the Regional
Research Institute, at http://www.rri.wvu.edu/listservinfo.htm

Paper and Session Submissions
Individual papers and pre-organized sessions must be
submitted on-line via the conference web site. The conference
organizers will not accept papers or sessions submitted
through conventional mail or as e-mail documents. The
deadline for submissions is Friday, July 2, 2004.

- Yasuhide Okuyama
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