Affiliation:
1. Professor and Director of the School of Urban Planning, McGill University, Macdonald-Harrington Building (Room 400), 815 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal (Québec) Canada, H3A 0C2
Abstract
In this brief paper I outline some of Mario Polèse’s work in regional economics and local development that has marked my career and which has inspired much of my own research -, first as his student, then as his colleague. Notwithstanding the importance of his work, I try to point out the other – probably more important – ways in which Mario Polèse has influenced me, and – I suspect – other students and colleagues. This influence comes more from his integrity, fearlessness and humanism than from any specific idea or paper – though these qualities also permeate his writing on regional economies and cities.
Reference16 articles.
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