Introduction: New Horizons in Regional Studies
Introduction: New Horizons in Regional Studies
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10.1080/00343404.2014.980637
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发表时间：
2015-01
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4.6
通讯作者：
J. Harrison
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作者：
J. Harrison
这一问题标志着区域研究第49卷的开始。当我们开始这一新的篇章，在杂志的历史，我们的继承将确保区域研究保留其独特的目的，但这些是新的时代，事实上，他们是不断变化的时代（TUROK等人，2014年）。第48卷的区域研究看到了深刻的知识发展，重要的期刊发展，（一个新的、地理上更加分散的编辑小组;一名新的执行编辑;第一名早期职业编辑;增加的影响因素），并作为区域研究协会杂志显着扩展到更广泛的区域研究社区的活动（例如，推出《区域研究》、《区域科学》作为开放获取期刊;设立新的区域科学家协会中国分部;出版两份区域科学家协会-区域研究联合虚拟期刊i）。2014年也出现了显著的领土发展（亚洲、拉丁美洲和全球南方其他地区的提交材料、读者人数以及研究重点增加）、政治和政策发展（例如苏格兰独立公投中的反对票），和方法的发展（例如，在访问“大数据”的持续改进）提出（重新）新的（艾德）的机会和挑战，区域研究。俗话说，时代显然是一个变化的区域研究，这是考虑到这一点，去年，在戈登麦克劳德的编辑，该杂志重新推出了迄今为止一直被称为城市和区域视野（麦克劳德，2014）的批判性调查部分。12个月过去了，在新标题下发表了5篇论文，我们开始首先反思是什么使这一节和这些文章与众不同，然后介绍这一期的论文。
This issue marks the beginning of Regional Studies 49th volume. As we begin this new chapter in the journal’s history our inheritance will ensure Regional Studies retains its distinctive purpose, but these are new times, indeed they are changing times (TUROK et al., 2014). The 48th volume of Regional Studies saw profound intellectual developments, important journal developments (a new, more geographically dispersed, editorial team; a new Executive Editor; a first Early Career Editor; an increased impact factor), and as the Journal of the Regional Studies Association notable extensions to the activities of the wider regional studies community (e.g. the launch of Regional Studies, Regional Science as an open access journal; the opening of a new China Division of the RSA; the publication of two joint RSA-Regional Studies Virtual Issuesi). 2014 also saw notable territorial developments (increased submissions from, readership by people in, and research focusing on, Asia, Latin America and other parts of the Global South), political and policy developments (e.g. the no vote in the Scottish independence referendum), and methodological developments (e.g. continued improvements in accessing ‘big data’) present (re)new(ed) opportunities and challenges for Regional Studies. As the saying goes, the times are clearly a changing for Regional Studies and it was with this in mind that last year, under the editorship of Gordon MacLeod, the journal relaunched what hitherto had been entitled the Critical Surveys section as Urban and Regional Horizons (MACLEOD, 2014). Twelve months on and with five papers published under the new title we begin by reflecting on what makes this section and these articles distinct, before introducing the papers in this issue.