Name: Backward Areas in Advanced Countries
ISBN: 978-1-349-15315-2

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E. A. G. Robinson⁰

E. A. G. Robinson
1. University of Cambridge, UK
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Table of contents (20 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xviii

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The Theoretical Background
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-1
  
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2. Location Theory, Regional Economics and Backward Areas
  
  E. A. G. Robinson
  
  Pages 3-20
3. Social Aspects of Backwardness in Developed Countries
  
  S. Groenman
  
  Pages 21-34
The Experience of Western Europe and the United States
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 35-36
  
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2. Regional Policy in the United Kingdom
  
  M. C. MacLennan, D. J. Robertson
  
  Pages 37-51
3. The Regional Problem in the U.S.A.
  
  Benjamin Chinitz
  
  Pages 52-61
4. An Appraisal of Regional Development Policy in the Aquitaine Region
  
  M. Penouil
  
  Pages 62-112
5. The Structural Crisis of a Regional Economy. A Case-Study: The Walloon Area
  
  Louis E. Davin
  
  Pages 113-143
6. The Backward Region of Fribourg in Switzerland
  
  Jean Valarché
  
  Pages 144-161
7. The Role of the Tertiary Sector in the Economic Development of Switzerland
  
  Jean Valarché
  
  Pages 162-170
8. Regional Economic Problems in West Germany
  
  Edwin von Böventer
  
  Pages 171-195
9. Industrial Location Policy and the Problems of Sparsely Populated Areas in Sweden
  
  Erik Bylund
  
  Pages 196-209
10. Problems of the Underdeveloped Regions of Italy
  
  Francesco Vito
  
  Pages 210-225
11. Development Policy in an Over-populated Area: Italy’s Experience
  
  Pasquale Saraceno
  
  Pages 226-239
The Experience of the Socialist Republics of Eastern Europe
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 241-242
  
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2. The Development of a Backward Area in Czechoslovakia
  
  Pavel Turčan
  
  Pages 243-255
3. On the Yugoslav Experience in Backward Areas
  
  K. Mihailović
  
  Pages 256-275
4. The Programming and Development Policy of Backward Areas in National Economic Planning in Poland
  
  B. Winiarski
  
  Pages 276-295
5. Development Problems of Backward Areas in Hungary
  
  L. Köszegi
  
  Pages 296-314

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University of Cambridge, UK

E. A. G. Robinson

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Book Title: Backward Areas in Advanced Countries
Editors: E. A. G. Robinson
Series Title: International Economic Association Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15315-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1969
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-40654-0Published: 01 June 1969
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-15315-2Published: 01 June 1969
Series ISSN: 2662-6330
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6349
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 474
Topics: Microeconomics, Economic Geography

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

Front Matter

The Theoretical Background

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The Experience of Western Europe and the United States

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The Experience of the Socialist Republics of Eastern Europe

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University of Cambridge, UK

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