Regional Economic Development (Case Studies) — Flashcards

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Development means overall improvement in economic, social, political, and environmental conditions of a society. It includes better living standards, stronger institutions, and improved use of resourc…

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Development changes from place to place because regions have different resources, people, and problems. It also changes over time because social needs, technology, and government priorities keep chang…

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Economists focus on economic progress such as higher productivity, higher per capita income, better efficiency of workers, improved quality of life, and reduction of poverty.

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Sociologists see social development as necessary before or along with economic development. They focus on social harmony, social cohesion, social justice, and changes in social institutions and relati…

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Political scientists connect development with political power, government action, and planning. They give special importance to the role of the state as promoter and planner.

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Geography treats development as a combination of physical, social, economic, political, and environmental factors. It studies regional disparities, diffusion of development, ecological effects, and sp…

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Seimer suggested that a planning region is a living organism in which the whole is related to parts in the same way as the parts are related to the whole.

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Taylor visualised a planning region as a unit of area which is distinguishable from another area by the display of some unifying characteristics of its own.