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This first chapter is about the guidance of regional science; In this chapter, the author expounds his own understanding of the concept of the region, emphasizing that the region resembles concepts of physics, such as the concept of a regional, local abstraction of these geographical entities. The author also discusses the concept of space from the perspective of regional analysis of the academic significance of space. The author argues that these discussions are the philosophical basis for the elaboration of regional scientific principles.
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Wang, Z. (2017). Introduction. In: Principles of Regional Science. New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, vol 15. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5367-2_1
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