Regional Policy and Regional Integration

by Niles Hansen, Kenneth Button, Peter Nijkamp

Overview

Regional Policy and Regional Integration reprints the most important papers on those government policies that have an intentional and formal geographic focus. These policies have typically been motivated by equity considerations such as reducing unemployment, increasing incomes, promoting structural adjustments or realizing development potentials. While the main objective of regional policy is to improve conditions in deprived areas, public resources must be used in such a way that these objectives are achieved efficiently.

The topics covered in this important volume include regional integration and urban systems; income, amenities and welfare; infrastructure; manufacturing; services; innovative milieux; delineating planning regions and policy instruments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781858981130
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	02/19/1997
Series:	Modern Classics in Regional Science series , #6
Pages:	672
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by Niles Hansen, L.G. Denman, Jr. Regents Professor in Economics, University of Texas, Austin, Kenneth Button, University Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, US and Peter Nijkamp, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, Jheronimus Academy of Data Science (JADS) in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands and the Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iasi, Iasi, Romania

Editorial Reviews

A collection of significant papers published between the 1970s and the 1990s concerning government policies with an intentional and formal geographic focus, concentrating on policies motivated by equity considerations such as reducing unemployment, increasing incomes, and promoting structural adjustments. Contains sections on regional integration and urban systems; income, amenities, and welfare; infrastructure; manufacturing; services; innovative milieux; delineating planning regions; and policy instruments. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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