Regional Economic Development and Policy
Subtitle: Theory and Practice in the European Community
By: David Pinder
Edition: First edition.
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Urban and Regional Economics; Routledge Library Editions: Urban and Regional Economics -- Volume 17
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9781315103143
Subjects: Regional planning; Economic conditions; Regional disparities; Aménagement du territoire; Conditions économiques; Disparités régionales; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Industries; General; Economic history
Notes: "Originally published in 1983, when Europe's economies were facing the worst recession since the 1930s, this book reviews the outcome of a quarter of a century of research and practical experience in the field of regional economic management. In the spatial context of the European Community, the author explores central issues by integrating the results of his own research with those of economists, geographers, economic historians and psychologists. It provides a wide survey of the subject, demonstrates the complexity of the spatial-economic systems which the regional economic planner seeks to modify, analyses the strategies for regional development employed by national and international agencies and offers a substantial annotated bibliography. Contradictions arising from the contrasting spatial perspectives of national governments and the European Commission are emphasised. Among other things, it concludes that many regional problems strongly reflect perception and behavioural factors as well as purely economic constraints."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; Editor's Preface; Author's Preface; 1 Origins; 2 Regional Imbalance and Community Expansion; 3 Internal Processes and External Relationships; 4 Strategies for Regional Industrialisation; 5 Retrospect and Prospect; Bibliography; Index.