The Western Regional
Science Association
"The way academic
life should be."
(More photos: www.hiltonsedona.com)
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
2010 Hilton Sedona Resort & Spa, Sedona, Arizona (February 21-24, 2010)
2009 Silverado Resort, Napa, California
2008 Hilton Waikoloa Resort, The Big Island of Hawaii
2007 Hyatt Regency, Newport Beach, California
2006 La Fonda, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005 Hyatt-Regency Islandia, San Diego, California
2004 Wailea Marriott, Maui, Hawaii
2003 Rio Rico Resort, Rio Rico, Arizona
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.
Our
upcoming 49th Annual Cosmic Convergence, February 21-24, 2010, at the
Sedona Hilton Resort & Spa
Call for
entries, Tiebout Prize competition for best graduate student paper
Call for
entries,
Springer Prize competition, for best paper by an early career scholar
Link to Hilton Sedona
website
Registration information (coming
in the Fall)
Preliminary Program (will be posted ca. January 1)
Travel information (coming soon)
Our recent 48th Annual Meeting, February 22-25, 2009, at the Silverado Resort, Napa, California
Final
Program: Napa 2009 Annual Meeting
Registration
Receipts: May be printed from NARSC website
Link
to the Silverado
Resort's Website
Photo courtesy of: FreeFoto.Com
The
Charles M. Tiebout Prize in Regional
Science
- Call for
Submissions for the 24th (2009-2010) Tiebout
Prize Competition in Regional Science
- List of
Previous
Winners of the Charles M. Tiebout Prize
Competitions
Newsletters
- Fall 2008
- Summer 2008
- Archives (Access to all past issues since Fall
1998)
WRSA board
and officers
WRSA history
and photos
WRSA Annual Meetings (Listing of venues and dates, 1962 to the present)
Presidents of the WRSA (From the formative period of the Association beginning in 1960 up to the present)
Winners of the Charles M. Tiebout Prize in Regional Science (From the 1st competition, 1987, to the present)
- Photo Albums
(Scenes from each of our Annual Meetings since 2002)
Upcoming
and recent regional science conferences
- 55th North American Meetings of the RSAI (Brooklyn, New York, NY, Nov. 19-22, 2008)
- 48th Annual Meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association (San Antonio, TX, Apr. 2-4, 2009)
- Joint 40th Mid-Continent
Regional Science Assoc. & 31st Canadian Regional Science Assoc.
Conferences (Milwaukee, WI, May 28-30, 2009)
- 21st Pacific Conference of the RSAI (Surfer's Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, July 19-22, 2009)
- 49th European Congress of
the RSAI -- ERSA 2009 (Łódź, Poland, August 25-29, 2009)
- 56th North
American Meetings of the RSAI
(Grand
Hyatt Hotel, San
Francisco, California, Nov. 18-21,
2009). Hosted by WRSA!
Links:
- Websites of
interest to regional scientists (Associations, journals,
institutes,
etc.)
- Call for Applicants, Benjamin H.
Stevens Graduate Fellowship in Regional Science
Membership:
Dues are now being collected
for 2009 memberships in the Association. For their 2009 annual dues, WRSA
members receive:
- A subscription
to the Association's official journal, the Springer-Verlag
international quarterly, The
Annals of Regional Science (paper copies will be sent in 2009
to
- Issues of the
informative WRSA Newsletter
- Members residing in
Joining is
easy! Payments are being collected this year through the
convenient, on-line E-payment facilities of the North American Regional
Science Council's website. Click
here for directions and to go to the NARSC site to join! The
procedure is simple and regular membership costs $100
US. Special reduced rate for student members: $50
US. NOTE:
All persons
whose names will appear on the Program of the 49th Annual Meeting,
February
21-24, 2010, in Sedona must be dues-paid 2010
WRSA members; please use the NARSC website to pay the combined
Preregistration and Dues fee in the Fall when the new options are
posted.
Address Changes: Members are requested to report address
changes via
email to: wrsa@email.arizona.edu
WRSA
in the international regional science community...
PRSCO 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. NARSC 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. WRSA will host
the 56th
North American Meetings of the RSAI in San Francisco, November
18-21, 2009.
For
further information about WRSA, please contact:
Professor David
A. Plane,
Executive Secretary, WRSA
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: 4/10/09