Backward Areas in Advanced Countries : Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Location Theory, Regional Economics and Backward Areas....Pages 3-20 Social Aspects of Backwardness in Developed Countries....Pages 21-34 Front Matter....Pages 35-36 Regional Policy in the United Kingdom....Pages 37-51 The Regional Problem in the U.S.A.....Pages 52-61 An Appraisal of Regional Development Policy in the Aquitaine Region....Pages 62-112 The Structural Crisis of a Regional Economy. A Case-Study: The Walloon Area....Pages 113-143 The Backward Region of Fribourg in Switzerland....Pages 144-161 The Role of the Tertiary Sector in the Economic Development of Switzerland....Pages 162-170 Regional Economic Problems in West Germany....Pages 171-195 Industrial Location Policy and the Problems of Sparsely Populated Areas in Sweden....Pages 196-209 Problems of the Underdeveloped Regions of Italy....Pages 210-225 Development Policy in an Over-populated Area: Italy’s Experience....Pages 226-239 Front Matter....Pages 241-242 The Development of a Backward Area in Czechoslovakia....Pages 243-255 On the Yugoslav Experience in Backward Areas....Pages 256-275 The Programming and Development Policy of Backward Areas in National Economic Planning in Poland....Pages 276-295 Development Problems of Backward Areas in Hungary....Pages 296-314 The Transformation of one of the Most Backward Regions of Central Asia into an Advanced Industrial Republic: The Case of the Uzbek Republic....Pages 315-327 The Industrial Development of the Backward Region of Armenia....Pages 328-340 Front Matter....Pages 341-341 Some Old and New Issues in Regional Development....Pages 343-357 Summary Record of Discussions....Pages 361-467 Back Matter....Pages 469-474