Geoffrey J.D. Hewings
Geoffrey J.D. Hewings (born 1943) is Professor of Geography and Regional Science, of Economics, of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States. He is also the Director of the Regional Economics Applications Laboratory. Sources *http://www.real.uiuc.ed*http://www.regionalscience.org/CompNAwards/hewingsaward.ht*http://www.igpa.uiuc.ed {{DEFAULTSORT:Hewings, Geoffrey J.D. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty Alumni of the University of Birmingham Academics of the University of Kent 1943 births Living people Welsh economists Regional scientists Regional economists Welsh emigrants to the United States ...
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Regional Economics
Regional economics is a sub-discipline of economics and is often regarded as one of the fields of the social sciences. It addresses the economic aspect of the regional problems that are spatially analyzable so that theoretical or policy implications can be the derived with respect to regions whose geographical scope ranges from local to global areas. Regional Economics: refer to the economics advantage of a geographical location and human activities of greatest height to contribute maximally to the general growth and prosperity of the region. Origins Regional economics has shared many traditions with regional science, whose earlier development was propelled by Walter Isard and some economists' dissatisfaction with the existing regional economic analysis. Despite such a rather critical view of regional economics, however, it is hard to be denied that the "economic" approach to regional problems was and has been the most significant one throughout the development of regional scienc ...
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