Regional Research Frontiers - Vol. 1: Innovations, Regional Growth and Migration
暫譯: 區域研究前沿 - 第1卷：創新、區域成長與移民

本卷專注於區域研究的前沿，並識別創新、區域增長和移民領域的趨勢和未來發展。它還探討了流動性、區域預測和區域政策等主題，並包括專家對災害、韌性和可持續性的貢獻。基於近期的方法論和建模進展，以及廣泛的政策分析經驗，頂尖的國際區域科學家識別並評估區域研究中新興的概念和方法論趨勢及方向。本書將吸引廣泛的讀者群，從區域科學家和經濟學家到地理學家、以量化為導向的區域規劃師及其他相關學科。它為學術研究者和政府政策分析師提供了相關信息的來源，並且也適合用於區域與空間科學、經濟學和政治學的高級教學課程。

Dr. Randall Jackson joined the West Virginia University faculty as Regional Research Institute Director and Professor of Geology and Geography in January 2002. Previous appointments include the geography department and the Center for Governmental Studies at Northern Illinois University and the geography department at The Ohio State University. While at OSU, he also served two years as Associate Director for Research Computing. He is Adjunct Professor in Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics at WVU, and in Geography at The Ohio State University. He is a past-president and Fellow of the Southern Regional Science Association, and sits on the Board of Directors for the Western Regional Science Association. He was 2007 Chair of the North American Regional Science Council, and he has received the David E. Boyce Award for Distinguished Service to the Regional Science Association International, having served as its Newsletter Editor and established and maintained its primary Internet website. He has received the Benedum Distinguished Scholar Award, West Virginia University's highest research and scholarship recognition.

Dr. Peter Schaeffer is Professor of Regional Economics and Public Policy at West Virginia University and a Faculty Research Associate in the Regional Research Institute. He has previously served on the faculties of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Colorado at Denver, as a visiting professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, and a visiting scholar at the International Labor Organization in Geneva. He has consulted on regional economic development in North America, Europe, and the People's Republic of China. Dr. Schaeffer is a past chair of the North American Regional Science Council and past-president of the Southern Regional Science Association. He obtained a licentiate in economics from the University of Zurich and the M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Southern California.

蘭道爾·傑克森博士於2002年1月加入西維吉尼亞大學，擔任區域研究所所長及地質學與地理學教授。之前的任職包括伊利諾伊大學北部校區的地理系及政府研究中心，以及俄亥俄州立大學的地理系。在俄亥俄州立大學期間，他還擔任了兩年的研究計算副主任。他是西維吉尼亞大學經濟學及農業與資源經濟學的兼任教授，以及俄亥俄州立大學的地理學兼任教授。他曾擔任南方區域科學協會的前會長及研究員，並在西方區域科學協會的董事會任職。他於2007年擔任北美區域科學委員會的主席，並因其對區域科學協會國際的卓越服務而獲得大衛·E·博伊斯獎，曾擔任其通訊編輯並建立及維護其主要的互聯網網站。他獲得了班尼杜姆傑出學者獎，這是西維吉尼亞大學最高的研究與學術認可。

彼得·謝弗博士是西維吉尼亞大學的區域經濟學與公共政策教授，並在區域研究所擔任教職研究助理。他曾在伊利諾伊大學厄本那-香檳分校、科羅拉多大學丹佛分校任教，並在瑞士聯邦理工學院蘇黎世擔任訪問教授，以及在日內瓦的國際勞工組織擔任訪問學者。他曾在北美、歐洲及中華人民共和國進行區域經濟發展的諮詢工作。謝弗博士曾擔任北美區域科學委員會的前主席及南方區域科學協會的前會長。他在蘇黎世大學獲得經濟學學位，並在南加州大學獲得經濟學碩士及博士學位。