The Western Regional
Science Association
"The way academic
life should be..."
Founded in
1961, the Western
Regional Science Association (WRSA) is an international
multidisciplinary group
of university scholars and government and private-sector practitioners
dedicated to the scientific analysis of regions.
WRSA's Annual Meetings are held in late
February in some of the
most spectacular locations in western
2009 Silverado Resort, Napa, California (February 22-25, 2009) Call for Papers coming soon!
2008 Hilton Waikoloa Resort, The Big Island of Hawaii (February 17-20)
2007 Hyatt Regency, Newport Beach, California (February 21-24)
2006 La Fonda, Santa Fe, New Mexico (February 22-25)
2005 Hyatt-Regency Islandia, San Diego, California (February 23-26)
2004 Wailea Marriott, Maui, Hawaii (February 25-28)
2003 Rio Rico Resort outside Tucson, Arizona (February 26-March 1)
2002 Hyatt-Regency Monterey, Monterey, California
2001 Riviera Resort and Racquet Club, Palm Springs, California
2000 Sheraton Kauai Resort, Poipu, Hawaii
1999 Ojai Valley Inn, Ojai, California
1998 Hyatt-Regency Monterey, Monterey, California
1997 Royal Waikoloan Resort, Hawaii
WRSA Annual Meeting paper
sessions are organized
on topics such as: Resource Utilization, Impact Analysis, Regional
Modeling,
Location of Economic Activity, Regional and Urban Planning,
Environmental
Quality, Regional Development Issues, Interregional Migration,
Transportation
Problems, Locational Criteria for Public
Services and
Facilities, Housing -- Financing and Renewal, Tourism and Recreation,
and
Energy Issues. Paper sessions are seminar-style with a discussant for
each
paper and ample time for discussion and constructive feedback to
authors.
Click
on the underlined
item to find information about:
Our
Recent 47th
Annual Meeting, February 17-20, 2008, at the
Program: Big
Island 2008 Annual Meeting
Website
of the Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort
Last Year's 46th
Annual Meeting, February 21-24, 2007, at the Hyatt-Regency,
WRSA
Membership
The
Charles M. Tiebout Prize in Regional
Science
- Call for
Submissions for the 22nd (2007-2008) Tiebout
Prize Competition in Regional Science
- Previous
Winners of the Charles M. Tiebout Prize
Competitions
Newsletters
- Fall
2007 (PDF format)
- Spring/Summer
2007 (PDF format)
- Fall 2006 (PDF
format)
- Spring/Summer
2006 (PDF format)
- Summer/Fall 2005
(PDF format)
- Fall 2004 (PDF
format)
- Fall 2003 (PDF
format)
- Summer 2003 (PDF
format)
- Fall 2002
- Spring/Summer
2002
- Winter 2001/02
- Fall 2001
- Spring/Summer
2001
- Winter 2000/01
- Fall 2000
- Summer 2000
- Winter 2000
- Summer 1999
- Winter 1998/99
- Fall 1998
WRSA
Board and Officers
WRSA
History and Photos
- History of WRSA
Annual Meeting Sites and Dates
- Complete
Listing of the Presidents of the WRSA
- Complete
Listing of the Winners of the Charles M. Tiebout
Prize in Regional Science
- Photo
Album of Recent WRSA Presidents (at our 2003 Annual Meeting held in Rio
Rico, Arizona)
- Photo Album
from Our 43rd (2004) Annual Meeting held on Maui
- Photo Album
from Our 44th (2005) Annual Meeting held in San Diego
- Photo Album from Our
45th (2006) Annual Meeting held in Santa Fe
Upcoming
and Recent
Regional Science Conferences :
- 54th North American
Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Savannah,
GA, Nov. 7-10, 2007
- 47th
Annual Meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association,
Arlington, VA, March 26-30, 2008
Links:
- Other websites of
interest to regional scientists (associations, journals, institutes,
etc.)
- Call for Applicants, Benjamin H.
Stevens Graduate Fellowship in Regional Science
Membership:
For their annual dues, WRSA
members receive:
- Eligibility to participate on the Program of the 2008 Annual Meeting on the Big Island of Hawai'i
- A subscription
to the Association's official journal, the Springer-Verlag
international quarterly, The
Annals of Regional Science (paper copies will be sent in 2008
to
- Issues of the
informative WRSA Newsletter
- Members residing in
Joining is
easy! Click
below on the Dues Form, print out and mail. Pay
by
Visa, Mastercard or check (payable in US
dollars only,
please). Sorry, WRSA does not take American Express... Prior to
February
1, 2008 dues are just $90. Regular (after February 1, 2008) dues
are $100
US. Special reduced rate for student members (with faculty
authorization
signature): $50 US.
Address Changes: Members are requested to report address
changes via
email to: wrsa@email.arizona.edu
WRSA
in the International
Regional Science Community...
The Western Regional Science
Association is a
founding member of both the Pacific
Regional Science Conference Organization (PRSCO) and the North American Regional Science Council
(NARSC).
These two organizations are nonmembership,
operational arms of the umbrella, worldwide scholarly membership group:
the
Regional Science Association International (RSAI).
For more information about the
RSAI, including membership
information, click here:
The Pacific Regional Science
Conference
Organization sponsors the biannual Pacific Conferences of the RSAI in
odd-numbered years and a PRSCO Institute (a smaller, more focused
seminar-style
gathering) in even-numbered years.
The North American Regional
Science Council
sponsors the annual North American Meetings of the RSAI.
As a member organization, WRSA
periodically
serves as host of both the Pacific Conferences and North American
Meetings of
the RSAI. WRSA hosted the 17th Pacific
Conference,
RSCO17, in Portland, Oregon in 2001 and the
45th N.
American Meetings
of the RSAI, in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1998.
For
further WRSA
membership or Annual Meeting information, please contact:
Professor David A. Plane,
Executive Secretary, WRSA
Department of Geography & Regional Development / University of
Arizona
Harvill Building,
Telephone: (520) 621-1738; 621-1652 (messages) / FAX: (520) 621-2889
E-mail: plane@email.arizona.edu
Last Updated: 2/26/08