The impacts of Walter Isard on geography

In the course of preparing this paper, which initially focused solely on identifying the impacts of input-output analysis on geography, a much broader perspective on the impacts of Walter Isard on geography ultimately emerged. In the tradition of input-output analysis, these impacts are grouped into...

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Published inJournal of geographical systems Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 71 - 77
Main Author JACKSON, Randall W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin Springer 01.04.2004
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Apologies
Areal geology. Maps
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Geography
Geologic maps, cartography
Ice cream
Influence
Input output analysis
Isard, Walter
Meetings
Personal profiles
Personal relationships
Science
Seedlings
Students
Studies
geographic information systems
geography
publications
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Summary:In the course of preparing this paper, which initially focused solely on identifying the impacts of input-output analysis on geography, a much broader perspective on the impacts of Walter Isard on geography ultimately emerged. In the tradition of input-output analysis, these impacts are grouped into direct, indirect, and induced effects, and summarized under the heading of influence. Walter Isard touched the lives of many through personal relationships, books and articles, and an energetic devotion to and enthusiasm for the creation of a regional science association. The Regional Science Association and its publications supported something of a greenhouse environment in which the seedlings of GIS and scientific geography could take root, until they were well enough established to enter mainstream geography. While clearly not limited to geography, the fruits of Walter Isard's labors continue to populate the discipline through his contemporaries, their students, students' students, and so on. The formative years of both regional science and scientific geography left an indelible mark on the nature of geographic inquiry. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1435-5930
1435-5949
DOI:10.1007/s10109-004-0126-3