Regional policy : a European approach
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Regional policy : a European approach
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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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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