Frank van Oort, Mark Thissen, Leo van Wissen

A survey of spatial economic planning models in the Netherlands
Theory, application and evaluation

Design: Typogfaphy and other serious matters, Illustrated (colour), paperback, 176 pages, 17 x 24 cm
Text in English, ISBN 90-5662-445-8 / 978-90-5662-445-3, € 27.00

NAi Publishers in association with the Netherlands Institute for Spatial Research

In the Netherlands, both academics and policy makers have shown a growing interest in regional economic models in recent years. Accordingly, this volume includes a state-of-the-art summary of the models that are currently being used in conjunction with spatio-economic policy issues.

These models were described and used in recent, specific case studies: e.g. the welfare effects of damage to the Van Brienenoord bridge in Rotterdam, a cost-benefit analysis of urbanization options around Amsterdam, labour-market prediction in the Dutch province of Gelderland, and regional housing production projections.

The descriptions of these models are preceded by a discussion of the New Economic Geography theory, which most of the models described here use as a reference. The volume concludes with an evaluation of these models, both in terms of their application and their policy sensitivity.