MASAHISA FUJITA has been a major contributor to spatial economic theory during his 20-year tenure at the University of Pennsylvania and more recently at Kyoto University since 1995, where he has served as Director of the Institute of Economic Research. His scholarship ranges over the fields related to regional science, location theory, economic geography, urban economics, and spatial economics. He is the author or co-author of four books: Spatial Development Planning, Urban Economic Theory, which remains to this day the most authoritative graduate textbook on urban economics. The Spa

• Globalization, Regional Integration and Spatial Economics: An Introduction; M.Fujita PART 1: REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND SPATIAL ECONOMICS The 'New' Economic Geography: Where Are We? P.Krugman European Integration: A View from Spatial Economics; A.J.Venables Development of East Asian Regional Economies: A View from Spatial Economics; M.Fujita PART 2: PROSPECTS AND TASKS OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN EAST ASIA Regional Integration from a Chinese Perspective; Y.Yonding Regional Integration from a Korean Perspective; Y.H.Kim Regional Integration from a Thai Perspective; B.Nidhiprabha Discussions and Summary; M.Fujita