Regional policy : a European approach

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Regional policy : a European approach

Norbert Vanhove

Ashgate, 1999

3rd ed

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Previous ed.: Aldershot : Avebury, 1987

Includes bibliographical references (p. 591-631) and index

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Description

This work combines the theory and practice of regional economi policy in Europe. Six main topics are covered as follows: theory of regional economic development and policy; regional policy at the national level; regional disparities in the EU - past and present; impact on the integration on regions; regional policy in the EU 1975-1999; the structural funds 2000-2006 and openness to Eastern European countires. The book also includes an up-to-date bibliography on the topics covered.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 The background to and motivation for a regional economic policy at a national level: introduction
  • causes of regional disequilibrium
  • backwash and spread effects
  • regional growth models
  • international trade theory applied to regions
  • economic motives for regional economic policy
  • the environmental argument for regional economic policy
  • the social motives for regional economic policy
  • the political issues
  • regional policy and economic recession
  • the regional multiplier
  • compatibility between regional economic policy and general economic policy at the national and European Union levels
  • defining regional economic policy. Part 2 regional disparities in the European Union: introduction
  • the geographical distribution of the population
  • activity rates
  • employment
  • unemployment
  • regional labour market balances
  • income disparities
  • the example of the United State
  • measurement of regional disparities and the evolution of income disparities in the countries of the EU
  • regional disparities, economic structure and shift-share analysis
  • types of problem regions in the EU. Part 3 region - a relative notion: definition of an economic region
  • regional prototypes
  • the interaction principle
  • some further considerations. Part 4 Micro and macro-aspects of the location of forms: introduction
  • Weber, the father of location theory
  • a macro-economic approach - the gravitation and potentiality model
  • transportation costs and distance cists (frais de communication)
  • industrial location and economic potential in western Europe
  • the importance of location factors
  • innovative activities and location
  • theories on the spatial distribution of economic activities - models of spatial organization, growth pole theory, the growth pole concept and regional economic policy, the attraction model, the Porter model and the regions. Part 5 European urban developments and urban planning: introduction
  • a general presentation of the stages of urban development
  • urban development in the EU
  • considerations regarding city size
  • the advantages of urban concentration
  • the disadvantages of urban concentration
  • urban concentration and individual preferences
  • urban concentration and living costs
  • urban concentration and the quality of urban life
  • urban policies. Part 6 The impact of integration on the regions: introduction
  • the fear of repercussions
  • the spatial impact of a custom union - the Giersch model. (Part contents).

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