Open AccessFrom Gottmann to Gottmann: Testing a geographical theory
Author(s) -
Calogero Muscarà
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
ekistics and the new habitat
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2653-1313
DOI - 10.53910/26531313-e200370418/419313
Subject(s) - human geography , commission , regional science , federalism , regional geography , geography , european union , urbanization , political science , economic geography , law , economic growth , politics , economics , economic policy
The author, Guest Editor for the present volume of Ekistics and member of the World Society for Ekistics, is Professor of Urban Geography at the University of Rome La Sapienza. He was a member of the Commission Permanente de Géographie Politique chaired by Professor Jean Gottmann. He chaired the Working Group on Geography of Transport of the International Geographical Union from1980-1988. Professor Muscarà' s scientific interests have always focused on the epistemology of geography. He has researched issues on the geography of development and on regionalization, especially regarding its relationships to the dynamics of urbanization. Of his numerous publications, the latest one is on the paradox of federalism in Italy.