Growth-pole Strategies in Regional Economic Planning

A Retrospective View

Bibliographic Data

ID10864008
AuthorsJohn B Parr (University of Glasgow, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume36
Issue8
Pages1247-1268
Publication date1999-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1080/0042098992971
OpenAlexW2049135396
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited33

The paper continues from Part 1 which appeared in the previous issue of the journal. The primary concern is with neglected aspects of the growth-pole strategy, particularly as these relate to its implementation. Of importance here are the spatial configuration of the planned poles, the economic activity to be located within these, the spillover effects of a planned pole, and the presence of a pole within an existing urban system. Consideration is also given to the failure, abandonment and non-adoption of the strategy and to the reasons for this. It is argued that growth-pole strategy has never been evaluated in terms of an adequate conceptual framework, and the rudiments of one such framework are outlined

Abandonment (legal · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Macroeconomics · Operations management · Political science · Regional science · Spillover effect · Economic Growth and Productivity · Law · Regional Development and Policy · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis

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