Walter Isard 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. Wikipedia
Born: April 19, 1919, Philadelphia, PA
Died: November 6, 2010 (age 91 years), Drexel Hill, PA
Awards: Founder’s Medal and August Loesch Ring of Honor
Books
Methods of regional analysis
1960
Introduction to regional science
1975
History of Regional Science and the Regional Science Association International
2003
Methods of Interregional and Regional Analysis
1998
Arms Races, Arms Control, and Conflict Analysis: Contributions from Peace Science and Peace Economics
1988
Industrial Complex Analysis and Regional Development: A Case Study of Refinery-petrochemical-synthetic-fiber Complexes and Puerto Rico
1959