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PACIFIC REGIONAL SCIENCE CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION (PRSCO)

15th Meeting and Joint Conference with the Australia and New Zealand Section of the Regional Science Association (ANZRSA)

Wellington, New Zealand
8-12 December, 1997

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Introduction

The 15th biennial conference of PRSCO will be held at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand in December 1997 in conjunction with the 21st conference of the Australia and New Zealand Section of the Regional Science Association International. The conference is co-hosted by the Geography and Economics Departments of Victoria University of Wellington.

Call for Papers

Papers of broad interest to regional scientists are welcome. There is a special focus on papers which address developments in the Asia-Pacific region.

Suitable topics include but are not limited to: migration (including interregional and international); GIS and its application to planning and interpretation of regional development; description, interpretation and analysis of trends in metropolitan growth, demographic components of regional population change, the analysis of regional and international labour markets and employment trends, analysis of regional housing markets, the relationship between regional labour and regional housing markets; regional clusters, triangles and the spatial organisation of national growth strategies; regional trade blocs, pacts and agreements; regional development and deregulation; economic liberalism and regional development policies esp. New Zealand vs Australia; tourism and regional development in the Asia Pacific region; regional modelling; input-output modeling; the space-economy of services and transportation; trends in the development of commuting, telecommuting and urban labour sheds, sustainability and the region - assessments of the New Zealand Resource Management Act; impact analysis; developments in the practice of regional development; agriculture, commodity markets and regional development.

A Call for Papers was sent to all RSAI members by 1 August 1996. Persons wishing to present an individual paper should submit a title to the organisers by 1 December 1996. Persons wishing to organise sessions should submit a tentative session outline by 1 January 1997. Registration notices will be sent to all members of RSAI and any others who request this information by 1 Feb 1997. Abstracts (200 words) are required by 1 August 1997.

Intentions to present a paper, session outlines, abstracts and other correspondence should be addressed to:
Philip Morrison, Chairperson Organising Committee, Department of Geography, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand.
E-mail: prsco15@vuw.ac.nz
Fax: (+64)-4-495-5186. Phone: (+64)-4-472-1000 x 8379.

The web site for the PRSCO 15 Conference has been set up as
http://www.rses.vuw.ac.nz/geography/conferences/PRSCO15/index.html

This contains information on the conference and its organisation as it comes to hand and will include current information on the conference programme, registration cost and procedures, associated meetings, international flights to Wellington, accommodation, Conference Tours and extra Conference events available in Wellington and environs.

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