Abstract: This paper describes the innovation of concepts of resources and environment in the time of knowledge based economy. Regional characters, integrated regional evaluation and sustainable regional development are modified. The paper also describes two major tasks of regional resources and environment research for knowledge based economy age and national innovation systems. The first is the role of regional resources and environment research, which is the contribution of regional resources and environment research to the national innovation systems. The other is innovation of regional resources and environment research itself in the national innovation system.

Key words: knowledge based economy, regional, resources and environment