This document summarizes the academic career and contributions of Folke Snickars. It outlines two main tracks of research - the entropy track, built on early work applying entropy maximization methods to spatial modeling; and the location analysis track, building on early location theory work applying optimization and game theory to regional development planning. Both tracks resulted in numerous influential publications and applications to problems in land use planning, regional development, and infrastructure planning.

1. A selec'on of regional science papers important for my career
Thought model
Folke Snickars

2. Direct and indirect academic impacts
Academic career impacts
Impacts on policy development and assessment
Impacts on professional development
Professor of Regional Planning 1985-2011
President of the European Science AssociaCon 1989-1995
Editor in chief of Papers in Regional Science 1995-1997
CoordinaCng editor of Springer book series Advances in SpaCal Science 1995-2013
Holder of Belle van Zuylen Chair, University of Utrecht 1995
Chairman of the Swedish Planning AssociaCon 1999-2003
Chairman of ScienCfic Council of the Stockholm Office of Regional Planning and Urban
TransportaCon, Stockholm County Council 1999-2013
Chairman of the Swedish Contact Point of ESPON, European Commission 2001-2015
Faculty Dean of the Royal InsCtute of Technology 2003-2011
Chairman of the Stockholm Academic Forum 2008-2012

3. Entropy track
Built on early work of Alan Wilson
Bussière, R, Snickars, F, 1970, DerivaCon of the NegaCve ExponenCal Model by an
Entropy-Maximising Method. Environment and Planning A (64 citaCons in Google Scholar)
Snickars, F, Weibull, JW, 1977, A Minimum Informa?on Principle: Theory and Prac?ce.
Regional Science and Urban Economics (248 cita?ons in Google Scholar)
Snickars, F, 1979, ConstrucCon of interregional input-output tables by efficient
informaCon adding. In Bartels, C, Ketellaper, R (eds), SpaCal staCsCcal analysis. MarCnus
Nijhoff, Leiden
Roy, GG, Snickars, F, 1992, Computer-Aided Regional Planning: ApplicaCons for the Perth
and Helsinki Regions. The Annals of Regional Science (10 citaCons in Google Scholar)
The track has resulted in numerous applica'ons in land-use planning,
in par'cular, the ISP system for interac've spa'al planning.

4. Loca'on analysis track
Built on early work by Tjalling Koopmans, Mar?n Beckmann and Åke E Andersson
Karlqvist, A, Snickars, F, 1977, Regional migraCon and labour markets. In Andersson, ÅE, Holmberg, I
(eds), Demographic, economic, and social interacCon. Ballinger
Snickars, F, 1978, Convexity and duality proper?es of a quadra?c intraregional loca?on model.
Regional Science and Urban Economics (16 cita?ons in Google Scholar)
Snickars F, Granholm, A, 1981, A mulCregional planning and forecasCng model with special regard to
the public sector. Regional Science and Urban Economics (11 citaCons in Google Scholar)
Eskelinen, H, Snickars, F, 1995, CompeCCve European Peripheries. Advances in SpaCal Science, Springer
Roy, GG, Snickars, F, 1996, CityLife: A study of cellular automata in urban dynamics. In M Fischer, MM,
Scholten, H, Unwin, D (eds), SpaCal AnalyCcal PerspecCves on GIS. Taylor & Francis
Fischer, MM, Revilla Diez, J, Snickars, F, 2001, Metropolitan InnovaCon Systems: Theory and Evidence
from Three Metropolitan Regions in Europe. Springer
Snickars, F, Market areas and compeCng firms: History in perspecCve. In Fischer, MM, Nijkamp, P (eds),
Handbook of Regional Science, Springer
The track has resulted in numerous applica'ons in regional development planning,
in par'cular, applica'ons of game and nego'a'on theory
to infrastructure planning and university development.