Handbook of Urban and Regional Economics
Call for Chapters
Handbook of Urban and Regional Economics
Call for Chapters
About the Handbook
The volume aims to provide a state-of-the-art synthesis of urban and regional economics while explicitly integrating contemporary and global perspectives into spatial analysis. We expect to submit a thematically organised, global and cutting edge overview of the discipline. The Handbook aims to synthesise frontier research in structural spatial modelling and causal empirical analysis while integrating institutions, fiscal architectures, and governance structures into mainstream regional economic frameworks. Rather than revisiting canonical models in isolation, the volume is organised around major structural challenges shaping cities and regions today (persistent territorial divergence, global production restructuring, fiscal fragmentation, housing crises, and climate transition).
Topics
We welcome chapter proposals that engage with the following themes:
• Spatial economic theory
• Structural spatial equilibrium models and quantitative urban economics
• Advances in spatial econometrics and structural estimation
• Agglomeration economies and productivity dynamics
• Regional divergence and structural transformation
• Land markets, housing supply, and regulatory constraints
• Commuting, residential mobility and internal migration
• Informality and dual urban systems
• Climate and cities
• Migration and cities
• Infrastructure, accessibility, and regional productivity
• Trade shocks, global value chains, and regional specialisation
• Fiscal federalism, intergovernmental transfers, and regional inequality
• Metropolitan fragmentation and governance efficiency
• State capacity and subnational financial performance
• Measurement of regional inequality and well-being
• Climate transition and green regional adjustment
• Regional digital divides
• Rural-urban dynamics in regional development
Submission details
Interested contributors are invited to submit:
• A 500-word abstract outlining the chapter’s core argument, methodology and contribution.
• A short biographical note (150 words).
• Key recent publications relevant to the proposed topic.
• Abstracts will be received on a rolling basis (deadline May 31st, 2026).
• Full chapter deadline: January 15th, 2027.
Editors’ contact information
Alejandra Trejo Nieto
abtrejo@colmex.mx
José Luis Niño Amezquita
jlninoam@universidadean.edu.co
Download the full call for chapters
NOTE: All submitted abstracts will be evaluated by the editors prior to inclusion in the Handbook proposal. The Handbook proposal will undergo external peer review by the publisher prior to approval. All submitted full chapters will be subject to a review process before inclusion in the final volume. The Handbook aims to meet the highest standards of scholarly rigor and only chapters that satisfy strong analytical and methodological criteria will be included.