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NEWS AND INFORMATIONRSAI President's Message
Now that the new universal membershiparrangements and the transfer of the Papers in
Regional Science to Blackwell are in place, it
is now the time for RSAI to start to think about
how member services can be improved andpossibly expanded. The new universal
membership arrangements mean that ourconstituency is not only much larger but also
more diverse in interests. Up until now RSAI
has mainly focused on the traditional concernsof a largely academic association, andespecially with promoting regional science
research. We have a widely recognised worldclass journal in the papers. Through the threesupra-regional bodies - NARSC, ERSA andPRSCO - and the many country and regional
sections of RSAI, a large number ofconferences are held each year which provide
an almost continuous stream of opportunities
for regional scientists to meet and present theresults of their research.
Part of the 'deal' by which past-President
Antoine Bailly 'sold' the universal membershipproposal to the many diverse local RSAI
sections was that RSAI would be able toprovide a greater range of member benefits.
We now need to start the strategic planning toturn that into a reality.
Universal membership brings a much morediverse group of interests to our RSAI
community. That ranges from scholars with astrongly theoretical and modeling bent toscholars and regional development
practitioners who are more concerned with theapplication of regional science models andanalysis tools to the development of policy andthe implementation of strategy plans andprograms for regional growth and development
and to enhance human services provision andthe quality of life of people in regions and local
communities.
How might we best serve this diversity of theseinterests is the challenge we now face in

RSAI? Enhancing and expanding the RSAI
web-site and its linkages is one possibility.
Another might be to develop a new journal inregional development policy and practice. Yetanother might be the wider involvement ofpublic policy and practitioner people, as well as
business people, in RSAI activities by explicit
incorporation of seminars on 'applications'
within RSAI conferences and symposia. And
yet another might be for RSAI to initiate awards
to recognise excellence in leadership indeveloping and implementing strategy andprojects in regional development.
From within the ever-growing membership of
RSAI with the transition to universal
membership, there will be many good ideas
you, the members of our regional science
community, will have as to how ourorganisation can better serve you. Let us haveyour ideas. Send them to Graham Clarke, our
Executive Secretary, at
G.P.Clarke@leeds.ac.uk.
At the coming series of meetings of the RSAICouncil and the Long Range Planning
Committee that are to be held in association
with the Tokyo PRSCO, Amsterdam ERSA,
Las Vegas NARSC meetings of RSAI, we will
be addressing these issues in order to develop
a strategy, to implement from 2006,to improveand extend our services to members.
The number of RSAI members now stands atover 2500. We are continuing to work withsections on universal membership and moredetails will be given in the next newsletter on
progress during 2005.
Robert Stimson

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NEWS AND INFORMATIONAWARDS, PRIZES AND COMPETITIONSCOMMUNICATIONS AND LITERATURE

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RSAI MOURNS BRITTON HARRIS
C. Britton Harris, FAICP, Emeritus Professor of City andRegional Planning, University of Pennsylvania, diedFebruary 8 from complications of pneumonia at the age of
90.
REGIONALSCIENCEASSOCIATIONINTERNATIONAL

An interdisciplinary, international organization focusing on understanding
the growth and development of urban, regional, and international systems.
Headquarters
Executive Director: Graham Clarke
School of Geography
University of Leeds
Leeds, LS2 9JT United Kingdom
Phone: 0113 343-3323; Fax: 0113 343-3308;
Email: rsai@leeds.ac.uk
web page: http://www.regionalscience.org
International Council
President:

Robert Stimson

Vice President:
Immediate Past President:

Antoine Bailly

Executive Director:

Graham Clarke

ERSA Councillors:

Roberto Camagni [2003-2005]
Paul Cheshire [2005-2007]
Jan Oosterhaven [2005-2007]

NARSC Councillors:

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

Yoshiro Higano [2004-2006]
Tschangho John Kim [2005-2007]
Jorge Serrano-Moreno [2003-2005]

Councillors-at-Large:

Roberta Capello [2003-2005]
Graham Clarke [2003-2005]
John Madden [2005-2007]
Philip McCann [2004-2006]
Robert Stimson [2004-2006]

Invited Councillors:

Carlos Azzoni [2004-2007]
Manas Chatterjee [2004-2007]
Gideon Horn [2004-2007]

Treasurer:

Dimitris Ballas

Archivist:

David E. Boyce

Ex--Officio:
Editors, Papers in Regional Science
Editor-in-Chief:
Raymond J.G.M. Florax
European Editor:
Jouke van Dijk
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.

Brit received a BA from Wesleyan University in 1935, andan MA from the Planning Program at the University of
Chicago in 1951. Prior to working at the University ofPennsylvania, his planning work included service with the
Chicago Housing Authority and the government of PuertoRico. He became UPS Professor of Planning,
Transportation, and Public Policy in 1972, and retired fromfull-time work in 1984. In 1991 the Association of Collegiate
Schools of Planning awarded Brit its Distinguished
Educator Award. In 2000, in recognition of his work, theAmerican Institute of Certified Planners inducted Brit into
its College of Fellows.
Brit participated in the founding meeting of the Regional
Science Association in 1954, and served as its President in
1967. He was also a participant at the 50th North
American Meeting in Philadelphia in 2003, and many, many
North American Meetings during those 50 years. He
continued to present papers at meetings during the 1980s
and 1990s. In regional science, he made many
contributions to land use and transportation modeling.
Most recently he related the use of microcomputers andgeographic information systems to his other interests.
Brit is survived by his wife Ruth, his three children, Jared(Wendy Martin), Katherine and Ellen Harris (Gianni
Benvenuti) and one granddaughter, Laurel Martin-Harris. He
is also survived by a sister Margaret Zorach.
RSAI MOURNS GABRIEL LIPSHITZ
It is with great sadness that the Israeli section reports thepassing of one of their revered members Professor Gabriel(Gabi) Lipshitz at the age of 55. Gabi sustained a severe
stroke six years ago that left him in a coma from which henever recovered. His academic work focused on regional
inequalities and the impact of international population
movements and his volume on this subject, Country on theMove; Migration to and Within Israel 1948-1995 (Kluwer
1998) was published shortly before he suffered his stroke.
Gabi attended many European regional science
congresses and was very instrumental in organizing theIsraeli-Netherlands bi-national regional science workshopthat took place in Tel Aviv in 1997 on the topic of The
Impact of Structural Change on Regional Growth. He issurvived by his wife Deborah and their four children.

Graduate Fellowship, which will support the winning student's
thesis research in the field of Regional Science for the 20062007 year. The application deadline is February 15, 2006.
Full submission guidelines will be posted at http://
www.narsc.org/narsc/bapp.html

AWARDS, PRIZES AND COMPETITIONSRSAI DISSERTATION COMPETITION
The Association invites the submission of dissertations
completed in 2004/05 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 toProfessor Antonio Paez, School of Geography and Geology,
McMaster University, Hamilton ON L8S 4K1, Canada. For
further information, please contact Prof. Paez atpaezha@mcmaster.ca.

COMMUNICATIONS & LITERATUREPOPULATION RESEARCH AND POLICY REVIEW SPECIAL
ISSUE ON SPATIAL DEMOGRAPHY: CALL FOR PAPERS
Aims and Scope of this Special Issue

6TH ANNUAL BENJAMIN H. STEVENS GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP IN REGIONAL SCIENCE TO XIAOKUN WANG,
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

The goal of this special issue is to introduce demographers to
new analytical approaches involving demographic data that are
spatially referenced. It is anticipated that most articles will
use U.S. census data, although other types of data (e.g.,disease incident events or crime events) are solicited, andsimilar kinds of data and analyses from other countries arequite welcome. Analytical papers that address issues oflarge-scale spatial heterogeneity and small-scale spatial
dependence and include specification and estimation of
spatial models (including space-time models and hierarchicalmodels involving a level of spatially aggregated data) will begiven preference for manuscript acceptance, although thestandard peer-review process, the usual publication standards
and formatting requirements of Population Research andPolicy Review remain in place. Maps and graphs should be
prepared for B&W (grayscale) printing.

Xiaokun Wang, a doctoral student in the graduate program in
Civil Engineering, in the Department of Civil, Architectural andEnvironmental Engineering at the University of Texas atAustin, has been selected as the winner of the competition forthe sixth annual Benjamin H. Stevens Graduate Fellowship inRegional Science. The Fellowship will provide a $24,000, oneyear stipend to support Wang in her research on an integrated
transportation-land use model for predicting urban futures,targeting investments, crafting public policy, and facilitating air
quality modeling efforts. Her research will emphasize spatial
econometric modeling methods for analysis of satellite datafrom the Austin, Texas region. Her research is supervised by
Associate Professor Kara M. Kockelman, who writes that
Xioakun's contributions clearly demonstrate her outstanding
investigative abilities, productivity, and intellectual flexibility inthe area of transportation modeling and regional science.

Proposals
Please submit a 300 to 500 word proposal for your paper tothe guest editor, Paul R. Voss, by July 29, 2005. A plain text
abstract in e-mail or an attached document either in MSWord(.doc) or WordPerfect (.wpd) is required. Send queries andproposals to: specprpr@olemiss.edu

The Fellowship is awarded in memory of Dr. Benjamin H.
Stevens, an intellectual leader whose selfless devotion tograduate students as teacher, advisor, mentor, and friend
continues to have a profound impact on the field of regional
science. Fundraising efforts to increase the Fellowship's
endowment are ongoing. Donations should be sent to: The
Stevens Fellowship Fund, First Busey Trust and Investment
Company, P.O. Box 3309, Champaign, IL 61826-3309 USA.
Checks should be drawn to The Stevens Fellowship Fund.

Please note that proposals are not an absolute prerequisite forsubmitting a paper. However, they are strongly preferred asthey will help the guest editor to shape the special issue andhelp you plan your paper. If you miss the proposal submission deadline, please contact the guest editor at
specprpr@olemiss.edu to let him know you intend to submit apaper.

The Stevens Fellowship is administered on behalf of the North
American Regional Science Council by a committee chaired
by Ronald Miller, Regional Science Program, University ofPennsylvania. The 2004-2005 Stevens Fellowship competition
was judged by a committee led by Michael Lahr, Center for
Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University. Other committee
members are: David Boyce, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University; Maureen Kilkenny, Economics,
Iowa State University; Janice Madden, Regional Science andSociology, University of Pennsylvania; and Bruce Newbold,
Geography, McMaster University.
The Committee thanks all students who entered the competition this year, as well as their thesis supervisors. Faculties at
all North American Ph.D. programs are asked to encourage
their best students to apply for the Seventh Annual Stevens

Paper Submissions
Authors should submit an electronic copy (in MSWord or
WordPerfect format) by e-mail, with full contact details to
specprpr@olemiss.edu Manuscript preparation and style
must follow the usual guidelines of Population Research andPolicy Review. Please consult "Instructions to Authors" at
http://www.fsu.edu/~sda/sdapr2.html

3Full contact information for Paul Voss, the guest editor of thisspecial issue, is:

CONFERENCE NEWS

Department of Rural Sociology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
316 Agriculture Hall, 1450 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608 262 9526
Fax: 608 262 6022
Email: voss@ssc.wisc.edu

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF RSAI,JANUARY 6-8, 2006, BANGALORE, INDIA
This RSAI international symposium seeks to bring together
regional scientists from all over the world with the aim toreview the existing body of knowledge on the above mentioned issues, to explore new analytical endeavours and topave the road to effective policy-making in a hitherto largely
unexplored research domain. The main theme of this
symposium is: Spatial Dynamics, Technological Innovationand Emerging Economies. Other questions and issues tobe covered at this symposium are:Population Research and Policy Review is the official journalof the Southern Demographic Association and is published by
Springer/Kluwer Academic Publishers in cooperation with theSouthern Demographic Association. ISNN 0167-5923 URL:
http://www.fsu.edu/~sda/- Regions as poles for international competition and growth- Cities as geographical centres of sustainable development and entrepreneurial behavior- Population density in urban areas, including demographic
development and migration- Urban areas as breeding places for technological change
and spatial dynamics- Transport and communication as strategic vehicles for
spatial competitiveness- Environmental conditions and resource availability as
facilitating conditions for accelerated economic growth- Socio-economic equity and regional disparities in an ageof rapid economic growth- Knowledge and research as necessary conditions forinnovation and entrepreneurship- New theory and advanced modelling for reinforcing theposition of emerging regions- Policy-making and institutional frameworks in fast growing
high-tech regions.

RECENT BOOKS BY MEMBERS OF RSAI
Polèse, M. and R. Shearmur, Économie Urbaine et Régionale: Introduction à la Géographie Économique (2nd edition)
Economica, Paris, 2005. price: 30 Euros.
ISBN 2-7178-4929-7
ADVANCES IN SPATIAL SCIENCE: 2004 PUBLICATIONS
The following titles were published under the series ofAdvances in Spatial Science during 2004 from SpringerVerlag.
Roy, J. Spatial Interaction Modelling: A Regional Science
Context. (ISBN: 3-540-20528-4;
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5102-22-20766180-0,00.html?changeHeader=true)
Beuthe, M., V. Himanen, A. Reggiani, and L. Zamparini (Eds.)
Transport Developments and Innovations in an Evolving
World. (ISBN: 3-540-00961-2;
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5172-22-18192468-0,00.html?changeHeader=true)

Participants are invited to express their interest in attending this meeting by sending an abstract to the localorganizer: Dr. Rajeev Gowda (email:gowda@IIMB.ERNET.IN).

Okuyama, Y. and S.E. Chang (Eds.) Modeling Spatial andEconomic Impacts of Disasters. (ISBN: 3-540-21449-6;
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5172-22-29965826-0,00.html?changeHeader=true)

REMINDERS

Anselin, L., R.J.G.M. Florax, and S.J. Rey (Eds.) Advancesin Spatial Econometrics. Methodology, Tools and Applications. (ISBN: 3-540-43729-0;
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5172-22-29964114-0,00.html?changeHeader=true)

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REGIONAL GROWTHAGENDAS, MAY 28-31, 2005, AALBORG, DENMARKThis conference is the tenth in the Regional Studies
Association's international series of events, and it comes at atime when great changes are unfolding in Europe, both interms of regional development and regional policy. The
meeting takes place in Aalborg, at the heart of a Danish
region that has had to reinvent itself by innovative use of
traditional social skills in new areas of economic activity. The
conference location is itself very much part of a wider
European picture. Enlargement is an ongoing process which
affects development prospects in different ways acrossEurope. Moreover, integration poses a major challenge to thepolicy certainties of the past: the Structural Funds are set to

Florax, R.J.G.M. and D.A. Plane (Eds.) Fifty Years of Regional Science. (ISBN: 3-540-22361-4; http://
www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-172-2234529253-0,00.html?changeHeader=true)4

change, the options available to national and regional actors
are being transformed.

2ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF WESTERN CHINADAVELOPMENT STUDIES, JUNE 21-22, 2005,
YINCHUAN, CHINA

The conference explores the new agendas for regional growth,
taking a critical look at options, trends and fashions, inregional development, both in terms of how development isperceived and understood, and the policy measuresattempting to promote particular forms of development. In
short, the conference will focus on the intersection between
economic and socio-cultural trends on the one hand, andpublic policy and politics on the other.

The Ningxia Academy of Social Sciences will host theconference of the Consortium for Western China Development Studies during June 21-22, 2005 in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China. The topical coverage of this year's conference
will focus on rural and sustainable development issues.
The Consortium for Western China Development Studies
was established in Chengdu in December 2003 by anumber of universities and research institutions located inWestern China with the support of the Office for Western
China Development in the State Council of China, Sichuan
University, Columbia University, the University of Michigan,
and the University of California at Davis. The Consortium isa non-governmental organization dedicated to fosteringresearch cooperation among universities, research institutions, and government agencies to promote sustainable
development in the western provinces. The Consortium will
work to raise funds to support research on Western development issues, to facilitate information exchange on
development within the western provinces, to boost collaboration on western studies between domestic and foreign
institutions, and to improve education in the western region.

The conference broadly follows the structure of previous eventswith a number of plenary presentations interspersed withseveral parallel gateways, many of which will run throughout
the conference.
For further information, please visit the conference webpageat:
http://www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk/events/future.asp
EASY-ECO MANCHESTER CONFERENCE, JUNE 15-17,
2005, MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOMThe first conference within EASY-ECO 2005-2007 is beingorganized by the Impact Assessment Research Centre in
the University of Manchester's School of Environment andDevelopment, and the main theme of the conference is
Impact Assessment for a New Europe and Beyond.

Registration Fee for the Conference is:
Registration before May 15, 2004: US$60.00
Registration after May 15, 2004: US$80.00
Full-time student: US$30.00

The conference aims to develop greater understanding of
how different forms of strategic impact assessment/
evaluation can work together as an integrated whole, withthe specific aim of strengthening European sustainable
development - locally, nationally, across the entire 25
member Union, in partnership with other countries, and in
the EU's contribution to global governance.

For further information, please contact:
China Office:Prof. Haiying Wu
Ningxia Academy of Social Science
Yinchuan, Ningxia, P. R. China
Phone: 86-951-2093530
Fax: 86-951-2077427
Email: westchina2005@umich.edu
Web: http://chinadatacenter.org/westchina2005/

Papers are sought on theory, practice and specific experience in all areas of strategic impact assessment andevaluation, particularly those from which lessons may belearned in the wider context. Please find more informationon the conference on the website at:

The U.S. Office:Prof. Penelope B. Prime
Department of Economics & Finance1000 Chastain Road, #0403
Kennesaw, GA 30144 U.S.A.
Phone: 770-423-6579
Fax: 770-499-3209
Email: westchina2005@umich.edu

http://www.sustainability.at/easy/?k=conferences&s=manchester
The conference is part of EASY-ECO 2005-2007, a training
and conference program on evaluations in the specificcontext of sustainable development. EASY-ECO 2005-2007
unites seven European top-class research institutions withthe common aim to build sustainability evaluation capacity.
The program is funded from the European Community's
Sixth Framework Program under the Marie-Curie Conferences and Training Courses action. Consequently, participating researchers may receive EU-Grants to cover participation fees, living expenses and travel expenses.

15TH INTERNATIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT CONFERENCE,
JUNE 27- JULY 1, 2005, BEIJING, CHINA P.R.
The International Input-Output Association and the Chinese
Input-Output Society announce that the Fifteenth International Input-Output Conference will be held on June 27- July
1, 2005 at the Renmin University in Beijing , China P.R. The
Renmin University will be entrusted with the operation of theconference.

For further information and applications please visit thewebsite at:www.sustainability.at/easy5

in the Pacific Rim Area. PRSCO consists of the following 8
membership sections:

Goal of the Conference
The goal of the conference is to promote and stimulate theexchange of ideas among economists, government officials,
engineers and managers with interests in input-output
analysis and related methods worldwide. Thus, we invite
thematic topics related to any aspect of input-output
analysis and computable general equilibrium modeling. This
includes economic theory; issues of policy and strategy
such as growth and development or energy and the environment; all aspects of models, methods, and analyticalframeworks; applications at the global, national, regional
and local levels; the use of input-output analysis in new
areas including interdisciplinary research and the collectionof data and compilation of input-output tables.

Australian and New Zealand Section of Regional
Science Association (ANZRSA)
Canadian Regional Science Association (CRSA)
Chinese Regional Science Association-Taiwan(CRSA-T),
Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA)
Japan Section of the Regional Science Association
International (JSRSAI)
Korea Section of the Regional Science Association(KSRSA)
Mexican Association of Science for Regional Development (MASRD)
Western Regional Science Association (WRSA in
U.S.A)

Further information is available on the website : http://
www.applstats.org.cn/I&O/i&omain.htm

PRSCO holds the Pacific Regional Science
Conference(PRSC) of the RSAI biennially, and holds theSummer Institute of PRSCO biennially alternating with the
PRSC.

2ND ANNUAL FULBRIGHT SEMINAR IN REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, JULY 8-13, 2005, VIENNA, AUSTRIAA Fulbright Seminar in Regional Development Research will beheld at Vienna, from July 8 to 13, 2005. The overall objective
is to provide an opportunity for junior scholars (PhD students
and post-docs at all stages of research progress) to present
their original research and to discuss that of other junior (orsenior) scholars concerning regional development questions ofimportance to Europe and North America, although regional
research need not be strictly limited to these continents.

For further information please visit the conference website at:
http://region.hse.tut.ac.jp/prsco/index.html
Or contact:
PRSCO Executive Secretary
Dr.Yoshiro HIGANO
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
University of Tsukuba
1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572 JAPANphone: +81-29-853-7221
fax: +81-29-853-7221 (fax)e-mail:higano@jsrsai.envr.tsukuba.ac.jp

The seminar will feature active, intense discussions among a
maximum of 25 junior scholars. We intend to balance therange and depth of topics, research focus, and background ofparticipants. While possible topics include those usuallyfound in ERSA or Regional Studies conferences, Fulbrightseminar presentations and discussions will focus intensively
on the theories, research methods or available findings
capable of yielding further insights into regional development.
The program will consist of 4 full seminar days, 1 social
activity/joint dinner day, 1 excursion day.

35TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF RSAI BRITISH AND
IRISH SECTION, AUGUST 17-19, 2005, WARWICKSHIRE,
ENGLAND
The RSAI British & Irish Section will hold the 2005 Annual
Conference. Conference themes are listed below; however,quality papers in all areas of regional science are welcome.

Core faculty members will be drawn from the University ofNorth Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Illinois-Urbana
Champaign, and the Vienna University of Economics andBusiness Administration, plus other partner university faculty.

For any further information regarding the conference pleasecontact the Secretary Dr Dimitris Ballas, Secretary
RSAI:B&IS, Department of Geography, University of
Sheffield, Winter Street, Sheffield S10 2TN e-mail:d.ballas@sheffield.ac.uk ; Phone: +44 (0) 114 2227923;
Fax: +44 (0) 114 279 7912

Updated FAQs, information, and key links will be supplied at
the following URL:
http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/inst/iir/
19TH PACIFIC REGIONAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE,JULY 25-28, 2005, TOKYO, JAPAN45TH CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN REGIONALSCIENCE ASSOCIATION. AUGUST 23-27, 2005,
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

The 19th Pacific Regional Science Conference (PRSCO 19)
will be held in Japan by the Japan Section of the Regional
Science Association International (JSRSAI) during July 25-28,
2005, at Nihon University College of Economics (Bldg 7),
Tokyo, Japan.

It is our great pleasure to herewith announce the 45th
ERSA conference, to be held in Amsterdam from August 23
to 27, 2005. The conference web site can be found at http://
www.feweb.vu.nl/ersa2005. It gives all relevant conference
information insofar as currently available, including an
overview of conference themes, and of the dates and

PRSCO is a group consisting of affiliated sections/associations of the Regional Science Association International(RSAI)
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deadlines that apply. You can use the web site now tosubmit your paper, register for the conference and book ahotel.
We warmly invite RSAI members and non-members to theconference.

RESER research conference provides a unique opportunity forthe exchange of ideas concerning the cutting edge of service
research and open to all researchers interested in this year's
topic: Growth, Employment and Location of Services: New
Trends in a Global World.
The conference will deal with three main issues:

8TH UDDEVALLA SYMPOSIUM / 8TH MCGILLINTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONFERENCE,SEPTEMBER 15-17, 2005, UDDEVALLA, SWEDEN

Service CompetitivenessOutsourcing, Offshoring and Delocalization:
Implications for Services
Challenges for Public Services in a Global World

The 8th Uddevalla Symposium will be held at Uddevalla,
Sweden, during September 15-17, 2005. The main theme ofthis year's conference is Innovations and Entrepreneurship inFunctional Regions. The five sub themes are as follows:

For further information, please contact with the conference
secretariat at: reser05@ugr.es

1. International Entrepreneurship
2. Innovation, Entrepreneurship Policy and Regional
Development
3. Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector and in the
Non-Profit Sector
4. Innovation, Academic Entrepreneurship and HighTechnology Firms in Functional Regions
5. SMEs, Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Local
Economic Development

16TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF ITALIAN REGIONALSCIENCE ASSOCIATION, OCTOBER 17-19, 2005, NAPLES,ITALY
The Italian Regional Science Association invites to the Annual
Scientific Congress to be held in Naples, October 17-19, 2005.
The main theme of this year's conference is Cities and Regionsof South Europe. The official language of the conference will
be Italian. A few sessions will be organized in English,
according to the number of the papers received in that
language. The Congress will take place at the 'Centro
Congressi Partenope' of the University 'Federico II' of Naples,
which is conveniently located in the centre of the city.

The 8th Uddevalla Symposium is arranged by the Universityof Trollhättan/Uddevalla, Sweden in cooperation with the
Jönköping International Business School, Sweden, McGill
University, Montreal, Canada, the School of Public Policy at
the George Mason University, USA and the Nordic Section ofRegional Science Association (NS-RSA).

For any further information please turn to AISRe's web site at:www.aisre.it

More information is to be found at the website:www.symposium.htu.se
CALLS FOR PAPERS
11TH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF PORTUGUESE SECTIONOF ERSA, SEPTEMBER 16-18, 2005, FARO, PORTUGUAL

7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF INDONESIANREGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, AUGUST 3-4, 2005,
JAKARTA, INDONESIAThe Portuguese Section of the European Regional Science
Association "Associação Portuguesa para oDesenvolvimento Regional" (APDR) is organizing its 11th
National Congress, to be held in Faro (Algarve), from
September 16th to 18th, 2005.

The main theme of this year's conference focuses on Natural
Disasters' Impacts and Challenges for Recovery: Economic
Development Strategy Focusing on Aids, Governance, Infrastructure & Environment. In the reflection of the earthquake
and tsunami in Aceh & North Sumatra, Indonesia, the Conference expects to house discussions on different challenges forthe recovery and the redevelopment of the area. Lesson
learned for other parts of the world may be of remarkable
importance to the on-going redevelopment efforts. On a
broader context, the Conference seeks papers on development
strategy that heavily relies on international aids, needs torewrite the governance structure, requires massive infrastructure development, and preserves the environment. The conference will be hosted by Faculty of Economics University ofIndonesia, Depok Campus, Jakarta.

Since 1998, APDR organizes each year a meeting thatgathers about 200 Portuguese and foreign researchers. The
official languages of the Congress are Portuguese, English,
Spanish and French.
The latest issue of the APDR newsletter is now available at(only in Portuguese):
http://www.apdr.pt/boletins/2004/boletim_2-2004.pdf
15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF RESER,SEPTEMBER 22-24, 2005, GRANADA, SPAIN

Fees:

The RESER conference has become the annual platform andmeeting place for European researchers and policy makers
working on services. RESER is an interdisciplinary European
network of social scientists linked by a common interest inservice industries, occupations and geographies. The annual

International US$ 100.00
Indonesian Rp. 300.000,00
Students receive 50% discount (certification required)7

nary Project "Integrative Realization of the Method of Multicriteria Landscape Assessment and Optimization in the Querfurt
Region (IUMBO)", coordinated by the Department Conservation Biology at UFZ Centre for Environmental Research in
Leipzig, developed tools for assessment, land use decision
making, and applications for restructuring open landscapes(http://iumbo.olanis.de/english).

Limited scholarships available for Indonesian students &young researchers presenting papers (scholarship application
deadline: June 15, 2005)
Full fee for Indonesians will also cover 2005 RSAI membership
Call for Papers:
If you wish to present a paper at the conference, please send
the title, name(s) of author(s) and affiliation(s), and abstract nolater than June 15, 2005 preferably by e-mail to Dr. Suahasil
Nazara: irsa2005@pascafe.ui.ac.id or
irsaconference2005@yahoo.com

Please send abstracts (max 1 page) for oral or poster presentations to landscape@ufz.de by June 1, 2005.
For further information, please visit the conference web pageat:Hard-copy can be sent / faxed to the secretariat address /number below (please put also your phone/fax number in yourabstract).

http://landscape.olanis.de/

Abstract must be in English and is no longer than 500 words.

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ECONOMIC ANDREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER
27-30, 2005, MANUKAU CITY, NEW ZEALAND

Decision about the papers and scholarship will be made on
June 30, 2005. Papers accepted for presentation must be
submitted in full by July 20, 2005.

If you haven't been to the land where Peter Jackson's Oscarwinning Lord of the Rings movies were made, beautiful New
Zealand, there is a great opportunity this year. The Australianand New Zealand Section of the Regional Science Association
International (ANZRSAI) and the Economic Development
Association of New Zealand (EDANZ) have come together toorganize a joint conference on September 27-30, 2005 in
Auckland, New Zealand. This is the first time an international
regional science conference is being held in New Zealandsince the highly successful PRSCO conference in Wellington
in December 1997. Keeping in line with the "Lord of theRings" theme, the conference title is LORD OF THE REGIONS: THE MYTHS, MAGIC AND MIX FOR REGIONALINNOVATION. The conference will bring together practitioners
and academics from both sides of the Tasman Sea, andfurther away, to focus on regional innovation. Participants can
expect an exciting combination of keynote speakers, plenary
presentations and contributed paper sessions covering a wide
range of topics relevant to regional science and regional
development. ANZRSAI and EDANZ invite contributed papers
for the conference. Papers of broad interest to regional
scientists and practitioners are welcome. These might include(but are not restricted to) papers that address the conference's
main themes: Regional innovation and innovative models;Community capacity building and innovative solutions;Sustainable economic development; Indigenous issues;
Natural resource management and resource economics.

Secretariat:
Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA)
c/o Suahasil Nazara
Graduate Program of Economics University of Indonesia
Depok 16424 Indonesia
Phone +62 (21) 78849152/53
Fax +62 (21) 78849154
Website: www.irsa.or.id/event.htm
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE LANDUSE IN INTENSIVELY USED AGRICULTURAL REGIONS,SEPTEMBER 20-23, 2005,LEIPZIG, GERMANY
There is an ongoing debate about the two opposing approaches of "Multifunctionality of Agriculture" and "Multifunctional
Landscapes". The conference "Sustainable Land Use in
Intensively Used Agricultural Regions" will bridge the gap
between both concepts by focusing on the integration of
conflicting goals for landscapes. Scientific discussion isneeded to identify and solve the landscape problems related tointensive land use, biodiversity, abiotic, economic and social
functions of sustainability. Spatially explicit GIS-techniqueswith a focus on agricultural landscapes rapidly developed inapplied sciences, such as spatial planning and information
science. Independently and without a strong link to these
disciplines approaches were developed for integrative landscape planning and the optimization of agricultural enterprises. Spatially explicit compromises for decision making
concerning land use are needed. The conference will discuss
issues based on evaluation and assessment models. Application projects will be demonstrated. The conference is open foreveryone from a scientific, planning or practical perspective
dealing with agricultural regions.
The Conference is an activity of the transdisciplinary project
cooperation "Lebensraum Börde" supported by the Deutsche
Bundesstiftung Umwelt with the main goal of nature conservation in intensively used agricultural landscapes. In order toattain the goal to improve living conditions for humans andspecies five applied projects were designed. The Interdiscipli-

Abstracts are required by Thursday, June 30, 2005. Presenters are encouraged to submit their papers to the conference
organizers prior to the conference. All papers received by 26
August will be peer reviewed for publication in the conference
proceedings, and will be eligible for the Paper of the Conference Prize. Abstracts should be 150-200 words, and should
be sent by email to James Rowe (Senior Planner Economic
Development, Manukau City Council)
jrowe@manukau.govt.nz.
For further information about the conference check out theconference website at:www.lordoftheregions.org.nz
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52ND ANNUAL NORTH AMERICAN MEETINGS OF THE
REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL,NOVEMBER 10-12, 2005, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

exciting opportunity to share your knowledge with a respected audience of Engineers, Scientists and professionals. The Gulf First Urban Planning and Development
Conference & Exhibition offers a unique opportunity for
professionals and researchers to meet with industry leadersin Urban Planning and Development. The conference
sessions will be led by world class speakers from all over
the world, boosted by powerful keynote presentations,panels, and networking meetings that won't be foundanywhere else in the region.

Join us in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA for the 52nd North
American Regional Science Association International(RSAI) Conference sponsored by the North American
Regional Science Council (NARSC). The conference will
be held at the Riviera Hotel & Casino from Thursday,
November 10th to Saturday, November 12th, 2005.
Conference organizers welcome individual papers andorganized sessions relating to a wide variety of topics
inclusive within the diverse realm of regional science. We
are an international scholarly organization that focuses onregional analysis, ranging from urban and spatial theory toapplied problems in regional development, sustainability,
environmental management, and rural land use. We are aninterdisciplinary association, with members representing
fields as diverse as economics, agricultural economics,
public policy, urban planning, civil engineering, geography,
finance, and demography. The annual North American
RSAI conference is the premier regional science meeting inNorth America and attracts scholars and practitioners fromaround the world. Individual papers and sessions must be
submitted online in the abstract submission section of theWebsite between now and by August 1, 2005. The conference registration section will open June, 1, 2005 and willallow secure electronic financial transactions.

Scope of Papers
The following topics for technical papers are strongly
encouraged:
1- Urban Growth Trends & Development Strategy
2- Sustainable Urban Development
3- Information Technology in Urban Planning
4- Urban Transportation Systems Strategy & Management(TSSM)
5- Quantitative Methods in Planning
6- Urban Utilities and Infrastructure Planning
7- Environmental Impact Assessment & Management
8- Mass Transit and Transportation Infrastructure
9- Affordable Housing in the GCC Countries
10- Sustainable Tourism
11- Computer Aided Planning (CAP) & GIS
12- E-Government & E- Municipal Services
13- GCC Regional Planning Integration
14- Public Participation in Urban Planning Decision Making
15- Urban Demographics and Public Services
16- GCC Cities Strategic Planning
17- Coastal Areas Development in the GCC Countries
18- Municipalities and Private Investors Partnership
19- Real Estate Development and Urban Growth Management
20- Urban & Regional Economics
21- Urban Resources Management

A block of rooms have been reserved at the Riviera Hotel &Casino for the nights of the 9th through the 12th of November, at a rate of $99 per night for a single or double. This isan outstanding rate for weekend lodging in Las Vegas. The
Riviera is extending the conference rate for those who wish
to spend extra time in Las Vegas, subject to availability.
The Riviera recently renovated and expanded the conference center, making it a first-rate professional conference
venue, set completely apart from the casino and entertainment facilities. By the time of the meeting, the Riviera will
have completed a $17 million total renovation of all guest
rooms, making it a brand new facility with a spacious,
comfortable feeling.

Important Dates:
Deadline for Abstracts: June 30, 2005
Deadline for Papers: August 4, 2005
For more Information:

You can learn more about the conference and submit an
abstract at the NARSC Website at:www.gulfurban.com
Phone: +965 2453036 - 2453036 - 2413047
Fax: +965 2405018
Email: info@promedia-international.com

http://www.narsc.org/narsc/index.html.
If you have questions about the program or submitting apaper or session, or experience any difficulties, contact the2005 Program Chair, Steven Deller, phone: 608-263-6251; email: deller@aae.wisc.edu. All other questions about theconference can be directed to the 2005 Local Arrangements
Chair: John Leatherman, phone: 785-532-4492; e-mail:jleather@ksu.edu.

45TH ANNUAL MEETING OF WESTERN REGIONALSCIENCE ASSOCIATION, FEBRUARY 22-25, 2006,
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO

GULF FIRST URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTCONFERENCE, DECEMBER 12-15, 2005, KUWAITThe Scientific Committee is pleased to invite you to participate in Gulf First Urban Planning and Development Conference, to be held 12 - 14 December 2005, in Kuwait. It's an

9The conference will begin with registration, an opening
session, and a reception on Wednesday afternoon, February 22; Paper sessions will be held all-day Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday, February 23, 24, and 25. Papers on
any topic of broad interest to regional science are welcomed. The program committee screens papers forsuitability before invitations are sent. Persons interested inorganizing special sessions should get in touch with WRSA

executive secretary Dave Plane immediately.

EDITOR’S NOTE

For consideration by the Program Committee, e-mail yourpaper before October 15, 2005; Abstracts are not accepted;
Papers may be in DRAFT form at the time of submission;
Final versions due prior to December 31

Any material you wish to post in RSAI Newsletter and/or RSAI
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 editor as follows:

Electronic Paper Submission Directions:
Attach your paper as a Word, WordPerfect, or PDF File toan e-mail message and send to: plane@email.arizona.edu
Please do not use any other word-processing formats.
Large graphics files should not be sent (send hardcopy offigures separately from the text, if necessary). On multipleauthored submissions, indicate which author(s) plan toparticipate at the conference. Please, one paper presentation per registered participant this year. Be sure to include
your e-mail address and institutional affiliation with yoursubmission
Professor David A. Plane
Department of Geography & Regional Development,
University of Arizona
Harvill Building, Box #2 (2nd & Olive Streets)
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Email: plane@email.arizona.edu

RSAI Newsletter/Webpage Editor: rri@mail.wvu.edu
or RSAI Executive Director: rsai@leeds.ac.uk
For RSAI Newsletter, material should be received by the editor
no later than December 1 for the January issue, April 2 for the
May issue, or July 1 for the August 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- Newsletter Editor

UPCOMING EVENTSINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONFLICT ANDSUSTAINABLE PEACE IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA,NOVEMBER 11-12, 2005, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERNSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.
2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONFLICT AND
PEACE IN SOUTH ASIA, DECEMBER 28-30, 2005, JAIPUR,
INDIA.
INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT,JANUARY 12-14, 2006, COLOMBO, SRI LANKA
For the details about the above conferences, please contact:
Manas Chatterji
Professor of Management,
Binghamton University - State University of New York
Binghamton, NY 13902, USA
Phone: (607) 777-2475
Fax: (607) 777-4422
E-mail : mchatter@binghamton.edu

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