RPER

About the Journal

RPER (Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais / Portuguese Review of Regional Studies) is a publication from the Portuguese Association for Regional Development (APDR).

The main purpose of RPER is to publish the results of the most recent research in the interdisciplinary area of Regional Science, embracing regional, local and urban studies.

RPER was created to be a privileged medium for presenting the results of research conducted in various Universities and research centres, and reporting practices employed in local and regional public administration bodies so that experiences can be exchanged and further discussed.

The Review aims to attain an audience of academics and other professionals dealing with various space and territory issues: economists, urban planners, geographers, sociologists, engineers, etc.

The geographical reference in the name of the journal only means that the journal is an initiative of Portuguese scholars, acting in the aim of the Portuguese Association for Regional Development (APDR). There is no bias in favour of particular topics and issues. We enforce a rigorous, fair and prompt refereeing process of the papers submitted.

The RPER is a journal indexed in EconLit (and associated bases: JEL on CD, e-JEL and Journal of Economic Literature),  Qualis (Brazil), Latindex, AskBisht and Scopus.