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

第二届中国区域城市与空间经济国际学术讨论会征文

The  Second International Workshop on Regional, Urban, and Spatial Economics inChina

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 inChinawas 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 inChinaand to develop a  stronger research network for top-levelChinafocused 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 inChina

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  1^st, 2013: rusechina2013@plc.pku.edu.cn. Notification of  acceptance will be sent out by March 1^st , 2013 and a complete paper  is expected by June 1^st ,2013.

The  workshop will bring together about 50 participants fromChinaand  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,USAand 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