Download or read book Regional Economic Development written by Benjamin Higgins and published by Routledge Library Editions: Urban and Regional Economics. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 14.4 Technology and decentralization -- 14.5 Adaptation to a changing spatial, division of labor -- References -- 15 Evaluating capital grants for regional development -- A Introduction -- 15.1 Microlevel effectiveness of regional policies -- 15.2 Macrolevel effectiveness -- 15.3 Mesolevel effectiveness -- B Regional policy: dual perspectives -- 15.4 The United Kingdom -- 15.5 Irish industrial policy for regional development -- Notes -- References -- Conclusions -- Growth poles -- Optimal size of cities -- Regional disparities and government intervention -- Notes -- References -- Appendix: The main publications of François Perroux -- Index