Call for Papers— The Second International Workshop on Regional, Urban, and Spatial Economics in China

The Second International Workshop on Regional, Urban, and Spatial Economics in China

June 28-29, 2013, Beijing, China

Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, Peking University

School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University

College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University

Papers in Regional Science

Journal of Regional Science

Growth and Change

Journal of American Planning Association

The Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy (PLC) and the School of Urban Planning and Design at Peking University, with Growth and Change, Journal of Regional Science, Papers in Regional Science, Journal of American Planning Association are pleased to announce that we are organizing a two-day workshop on Regional, Urban and Spatial Economics in China on June 28-29, 2013 at Peking University. The first International Workshop on Regional, Urban and Spatial Economics in China was successfully held in Jinnan University, Guangzhou in June 2012 and attracted more than 100 paper submissions. Two special issues have been organized for Journal of Regional Science and Papers in Regional Science, respectively. The objective of this workshop is to further increase the visibility of regional science, urban economics, and spatial economics in China and to develop a stronger research network for top-level China focused scholars. We particularly welcome submissions in the following themes:

Urbanization

Labor Migration

Land Development

Local Finance

Regional Growth and Development

Urban Housing

Urban Infrastructure

Industrial Agglomeration and New Economic Geography

Regional Transportation Networks

Environmental and Sustainable Development

Papers enriching understanding of urban, regional and spatial economics in China

For those who are interested in presenting a paper in the workshop, please send a note of interest as soon as possible to receive further details. Submit a draft of a paper or an abstract in English, to the following email address by February 1st, 2013: rusechina2013@plc.pku.edu.cn. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by March 1st , 2013 and a complete paper is expected by June 1st ,2013.

The workshop will bring together about 50 participants from China and abroad. Each presentation will be about 30 minutes in length with time for questions and discussions to provide constructive feedback for presenters. There will also be opportunities for authors, editors and scholars to interact, network and explore the possibility of developing joint research.

After the workshop, attendees will have the opportunity to submit their papers for a special issue in Growth and Change. Editors with Papers in Regional Science, Journal of Regional Science, Annals of Regional Science, and Journal of American Planning Associations welcome your submissions for papers that better fit those journals. Those papers would be treated as general submissions by those journals. The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy will invite some participants to submit their papers as working papers, which will be posted in its web.

If you need further information about the workshop, please contact Dr. Canfei He (canfei.he@gmail.com)

Organizers

Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, Peking University

School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University

College of Urban and Environmental Science, Peking University

Growth and Change

Journal of Regional Science

Papers in Regional Science

Journal of American Planning Association

Sponsor

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, USA

Organizing Committee

Chair

Joyce Man, Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, USA

Members

Randall Crane, University of California, Los Angeles, USA and Editor of Journal of American Planning Association

Canfei He, Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, China

Guicai Li, School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University

Mark Partridge, Ohio State University, USA and Co-editor of Journal of Regional Science

Dan Rickman, Oklahoma State University, Editor of Growth and Change

Jouke Van Dijk, Groningen University and Editor of Papers in Regional Science

Secretaries

Ms. Diana Ngo, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, USA

Ms. Tao Jin, Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, China

International Advisory Committee

Marlon Boarnet, University of Southern California, USA

Jan, K. Brueckner, University of California, Irvine, USA.

Anping Chen, Jinan University, China

Henk Folmer, Groningen University, Netherlands, Editor of Letters in Resource and Spatial Sciences

Vernon Henderson, Brown University, USA

Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Janet Kohlhase, University of Pennsylvania, USA, Editor of Annals of Regional Science

Daniel McMillen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Editor of Regional Science and Urban Economics

Takatoshi Tabuchi, University of Tokyo, Japan and Co-Editor of Papers in Regional Science

Anthony G.O. Yeh, The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China