New Issue: Regional Science Policy & Practice Regional Science Policy & Practice Volume 18, Issue 4, April 2026 Articles Accelerating population decline in small cities: The case of Japan Article Number 100284 Kenji Suganuma Graphical abstract Regional demographic dynamics in Germany: A cluster-based analysis Article Number 100285 Andree Ehlert Depopulation processes in Spain: Implementation of gravitational models to territorial cohesion Article Number 100287 Asunción Mateos-Gámez, Miguel Cuerdo-Mir Illuminating inequality: Heterogeneous effects of financial inclusion on urban-rural economic performance and economic resilience in Papua Article Number 100288 Ragdad Cani Miranti, Sri Juli Asdiyanti Coupling social networks with space: The embeddedness of low-skilled returnee’ entrepreneurship in rural China Article Number 100290 Yue Zhang, Langjie Liu, Xiaofang Zha, Li Sun, Suziana Mat Yasin How to identify factors influencing mode choice behaviors within a heterogeneous metropolitan area? A novel approach midway between data science and econometrics Article Number 100291 Rémy Le Boennec, Fouad Hadj Selem, Ghazaleh Khodabandelou, Jaâfar Berrada Book Reviews Urbanisation and Urban Policies in India: Trends, Patterns and Emerging Perspectives Article Number 100289 Abdul Shaban Read the full issue on ScienceDirect
