From Coal to Renewables: Energy Transition and Regional Economic Transformation
Why renewable energy jobs grow in different places than fossil fuel jobs disappear, and what this means for regional development.
The Housing Affordability Crisis as Regional Development Failure
Housing costs don't just price out families—they reshape entire regional economies and freeze productive growth in place.
The Regional Economics of Tourism: When Visitors Drive Local Prosperity
Why some regions transform visitor spending into lasting prosperity while others become trapped in seasonal dependency
Border Regions and Cross-Border Economies: Where National Boundaries Meet Economic Reality
National borders create economic seams where regulatory differences become strategic resources and daily commutes build integration no treaty could mandate
Port Cities and Maritime Economies: How Coastal Access Shapes Regional Trajectories
Why maritime access matters less than what regions do with it
Metropolitan Governance Fragmentation: When Too Many Governments Undermine Regional Prosperity
How hundreds of overlapping governments within metropolitan areas create systematic failures that undermine regional economic performance
Why Regional Inequality Persists: The Stubborn Geography of Opportunity
The structural forces driving geographic divergence resist decades of policy intervention—understanding why changes how we think about regional development.
The Regional Innovation Paradox: Why R&D Investment Often Fails in Lagging Regions
Why research funding flows to struggling regions but economic benefits concentrate elsewhere—and what actually works instead
Special Economic Zones: Do They Actually Work for Regional Development?
Why most zones redistribute rather than create economic activity, and what separates the rare successes from the expensive failures
The Death and Rebirth of Manufacturing Regions: Lessons from Industrial Restructuring
Why some industrial regions reinvent themselves while others spiral into decades of decline—and what spatial economics reveals about engineering regional renewal.
University Towns and Regional Development: When Higher Education Drives Growth
Why some university towns become innovation hubs while others export their talent and knowledge to distant economies
Why Some Cities Boom While Their Neighbors Decline: The Spatial Logic of Agglomeration
Economic geography reveals why clustering creates self-reinforcing growth cycles—and what smaller cities can do to thrive despite gravitational pull toward larger centers.
Rural Economies Beyond Agriculture: Understanding the New Geography of Countryside Prosperity
Why some small towns thrive while neighbors decline, and what the new rural economy rewards beyond farming and extraction
The Geography of Remote Work: How Location Independence Reshapes Regional Economies
Understanding how location-flexible work is redrawing the map of regional economic advantage and reshaping competition between places.