An archaeology of dereliction : poetics and policy in the governing of depressed industrial districts in interwar England and Wales
Cumberland ; Depressed region ; Economic crisis ; Economic policy ; England and Wales ; Historical geography ; Industrial decline ; Industrial district ; Industrial policy ; Industry ; Regional economy ; Twentieth Century ; Tyne and Wear ; United
Economic integration ; Economic system ; Economy ; Farming;Agriculture ; Peripheral region ; Togo ; Village
Whereas by 1919 northernmost Togo had hardly any economic contacts with the outside world, the impact which the Great Depression had on it serves as evidence that only 10 years later this rural periphery had lost part of its former isolated, self
Accessibility ; Depressed region ; Hungary ; Settlement ; Transport
The article is an analysis of connection between the accessibility of the setllements and their economic, social feature. The case study focuses no the problems caused by alteration of coach line schedules in a backward region (in the neighbourhood
The article discusses demographic proceses that either stimulate or restrain transformation. Excessive emigration from the East of Poland has led to depopulation followed by depression. The article presents the demographic diversification
of the above area in terms of structure, as well as in regard to different factors and the results of emigration. Chances for increased activity in the region centre around ecodevelopment and cross-border cooperation. An economic balance can be reached through
an effective management of resources capable of reversing depressive tendencies. - (BJ)
This study provides a classification of the depression areas of Hungary on a historical base, and suggests several methods of handling the economic crisis in these areas. - (JS)
Enterprise zones: the non-manipulation of economic space
In 1982 and 1983, legislation to establish enterprise zones in the United States was placed before Congress. The spatially targeted program is designed to stimulate economic growth in depressed inner cities. Yet an assessment of the probable spatial
consequences of the zones at various scales and of their potential for affecting significant change in economic space indicates that the program is likely to do little to modify the current dynamics of metropolitan economies. Instead, enterprise zones
Accessibility ; Economic indicators ; Infrastructure ; Marginality ; Region ; Slovak Republic ; Transport
Though in some regions in the west and south-west Slovakia a launch of rapid economic development has been observed in recent years, most of the regions located in the rest of the country's territory still remain in an economic and social depression
Southeast Asia: the political geography of economic imbalance
This study examines some of the political and economic problems emanating from the imbalance and inequalities of the industrial, regional and sectional structures of some countries in Southeast Asia. It focusses, in particular, on the overdependence
of Southeast Asian countries on agricultural exports and the markets and technology of the industrial countries. It draws attention to the link between regional inequalities and political instability, especially in states which have depressed areas. Application
A second great depression in the UK regions: can anything be done? in The changing environnement for regional policy in the United Kingdom.
La situation économique au Royaume-Uni et ses manifestations régionales. Doctrine du Cambridge Economic Policy Group pour combattre la récession par le contrôle des importations de produits manufacturés, soit par barrières tarifaires, soit par
Depressed region ; Economic strategy ; Economic structure ; Entrepreneurship ; Europe ; European Union ; Human capital ; Multivariate analysis ; Regional economy ; Taxonomy
Disavantaged zones in Romania at the periphery of socio-economic development
Depressed region ; Development ; Economic development ; Romania ; Social development ; Unemployment
The Government Ordinance No 24/1998 sanctioned the post-1989 social and economic imbalances, especially in industry, by establishing a number of disadvantaged zones. These zones were defined as stricly territorially delimited areas featuring mainly
Depressed region ; Economic integration ; Europe ; European Union ; Frontier region ; Investment ; Partnership ; Project ; Regional development ; Regional policy ; Trans-border area