Regional Development Theories and Their Application

Benjamin Higgins

I: Theory; 1: Introduction; 2: Geography, Culture, and Regional Development; 3: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development; 4: Interregional and International Trade; 5: Circular and Cumulative Causation; 6: Growth Poles and Central Places; 7: Location Theory; 8: Bi-Modal Production and Regional Dualism; 9: Dependency and Uneven Development; 10: Regional Science; 11: Recent Literature on Regional Development Theory; II: Policy, Planning, and Programs; 12: The United States I: The TVA; 13: The United States II: The EDA and the Appalachian Regional Commission; 14: The United States III: The Austin Project; 15: Great Britain and the European Community; 16: Canada; 17: Regional Development in Australia; 18: Regional Development in Developing Countries; 19: Regional Development in Least Developed Countries; III: Looking Back—Looking Ahead; 20: Lessons Learned; 21: Towards a New Political Economy of Regional Development