Regional development, regional policies and regional planning

Abstract

Kuklinski A. R. (1970) Regional development, regional policies and regional planning—Problems and Issues, Reg. Studies 4, 269–278. This is a revised version of a paper which was presented by the author in Monte Carlo to the International Symposium on Development, and in Belfast to the Regional Planning Conference, Ireland 69. Both conferences took place in March 1969. The paper is an attempt to analyse the most important stages of the processes which induce and guide regional development; the processes of goal-setting for regional policies; the formulation of objectives for regional planning, the design of regional plans and their implementation. In the final part of the article, the basic weaknesses of regional planning are discussed and an attempt is made to outline the priorities in research on regional development.