Walter Isard (April 19, 1919 – November 6, 2010) was a prominent American economist, the principal founder of the discipline of regional science, as well as one of the main founders of the discipline of peace studies and Peace economics.

Aug 1, 2020 · Walter Isard was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 19, 1919 to immigrants from Russia. He first majored in mathematics, and later in economics, at Temple University in Philadelphia from 1935 to 1939, graduating with distinction in 1939.

Nov 11, 2010 · Walter Isard, an economist who founded the field of regional science, inspiring social scientists to study the relationships between such factors as geography, migration and land use in local...

Walter Isard, professor emeritus of city and regional planning and economics who had founding roles in the fields of regional science and peace science, died Nov. 6 in Drexel Hill, Pa. He was 91.

The founder of the field of Regional Science and its most prominent scholar in industrial location theory and methods of regional analysis, Walter Isard established an interdisciplinary movement on regional and urban research in North America, Europe and Asia.

Apr 7, 2011 · Isard, Walter. Publication date [1960] Topics Industrial location. Publisher Cambridge]: Published jointly by the Technology Press of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Wiley, New York Collection universityoffloridaduplicates; univ_florida_smathers; americana Contributor

Faculty and professional papers of Walter Isard (1919-2010), Economist and Peace Scientist. Includes records of professional organizations which he founded, including the Regional Science Association (RSA), Peace Research Society International and Peace Science Society International (PSSI).

Apr 12, 2012 · Walter Isard (1919-2010) was Professor Emeritus of Economics and Regional Science at the Cornell University. Walter's contribution to science is widely acknowledged. He pioneered the fields of both regional science and peace science.

Walter Isard é um importante economista estadunidense, o principal fundador da disciplina Ciência Regional, e também um dos principais fundadores da disciplina Ciência da Paz. Nascido em 1919 na Filadélfia, Isard se graduou aos 20 anos na …

Active as Professor Emeritus of Economics and City and Regional Planning at Cornell University through his 91st year, he died on November 6, 2010 at home in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.