This is the second volume in a two-part series on frontiers in regional research. It identifies
methodological advances as well as trends and future developments in regional systems modelling
and open science. Building on recent methodological and modelling advances as well as on
extensive policy-analysis experience top international regional scientists identify and
evaluate emerging new conceptual and methodological trends and directions in regional research.
Topics such as dynamic interindustry modelling computable general equilibrium models
exploratory spatial data analysis geographic information science spatial econometrics and
other advanced methods are the central focus of this book. The volume provides insights into
the latest developments in object orientation open source and workflow systems all in
support of open science. It will appeal to a wide readership from regional scientists and
economists to geographers quantitatively oriented regional planners and other related
disciplines. It offers a source of relevant information for academic researchers and policy
analysts in government and is also suitable for advanced teaching courses on regional and
spatial science economics and political science.
