Edited by Jacques-François Thisse, Professor of Economics, CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium and CERAS at Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, France, Kenneth Button, University Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, US and Peter Nijkamp, Professor Emeritus, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Centre for European Studies, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi, Romania and the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, China

’This comprehensive collection brings together the classic articles in the field and is an essential source of reference for those engaged in the study and research of modern regional science.’- Public Administration, Development, and Environment

• Volume I The location theory of the firm - continuous location models, network location models; household location and land use - the location of households and residential equilibrium, land use models; spatial competition and central places theories - location models of spatial competition, location models of central places. Volume II General equlibrium in space - interregional and intercity trade models, general equilibrium models of location with land; the spatial organization of public services - the location of public facilities, local public goods and land capitalization; operational models of location.