Regional development theories & their application

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Higgins, Benjamin Howard, 1912- (Author), Savoie, Donald J., 1947- (Author)
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, c1997
Subjects
ISBN0765804204
Physical Descriptionx, 422 s. : il., mapy ; 24 cm

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Table of Contents:
  • Geography, culture, and regional development
  • Entrepreneurship and regional development
  • Interregional and international trade
  • Circular and cumulative causation
  • Growth poles and central places
  • Location theory
  • Bi-modal production and regional dualism
  • Dependency and uneven development
  • Regional science
  • Recent literature on regional development theory
  • The United States I: the TVA
  • The United States II: the EDA and the Appalachian Regional Commission
  • The United States III: the Austin Project
  • Great Britain and the European Community
  • Canada
  • Regional development in Australia-- Regional development in developing countries
  • Regional development in least developed countries
  • Lessons learned
  • Towards a new political economy of regional development