Social Issues in Regional Policy and Planning

Frontmatter -- Preface -- PART ONE: Policy -- 1 Regional problems in socio-economic policy / SECOMSKI, KASIMIERZ -- 2 Social planning in a regional framework / PAPANDREOU, ANDREAS G. -- 3 Normative problems and social issues in regional analysis / LEFEBER, LOUIS -- 4 Regional policy and planning in social perspective: A planner's point of view / GRUCHMAN, BOHDAN J. -- 5 Regional policy as social planning / DREWE, PAUL -- 6 The impact of social organization and environment upon the time-use of individuals and households / HÄGERSTRAND, TORSTEN -- 7 Regional and environmental planning in social perspective / CUMBERLAND, JOHN ¿. -- PART TWO: Integration -- 1 Welfare economics and the 'unified approach' to development planning / HIGGINS, BENJAMIN -- 2 The city as development centre / PONSIOEN, J. A. -- 3 A sociological concept of polarized development / PIÓRO, ZYGMUNT -- 4 Towards an operational definition of psychological distance / KLAASSEN, LEO ¿. / WAGENAAR, SJOERD -- 5 Social issues in regional policy and regional planning / KUKLINSKI, ANTONI -- PART THREE: Case studies -- 1 Problems of social policies in regional planning: The experience of Poland / KAWALEC, WINCENTY -- 2 Social aspects of regional planning / HIGGINS, BENJAMIN -- 3 Some social aspects of regional development in Latin America / UTRIA, RUBÉN D. -- 4 Social disparities and regional policy in Britain / SANT, MORGAN -- 5 Urban planning and its impact on the quality of urban life in West European cities / KLAASSEN, LEO ¿. -- 6 Urbanisation, domestic planning problems and Swedish geographic research / PRED, ALLAN R. -- PART FOUR: Research -- 1 The role of social equipment and environment in regional economic growth / KLAASSEN, LEO ¿. -- 2 A framework for dealing with the urban environment: Introductory statement / PERLOFF, HARVEY S. -- 3 The urban-regional dimension in regional planning research / LEVEN, CHARLES L. -- 4 The integrated social science approach to regional planning in developing countries / ZIOLKOWSKI, JANUSZ A. -- 5 Sociological aspects of regional development and of planning for regional development: Some issues and areas for further exploration / MORSINK, ¿. J. ¿. -- 6 Regional or spatial sociology? / CARLSTEIN, TOMMY -- 7 The sociological failure in regional planning: Comments on some recent publications in the field of sociology and planning / BAEYENS, HERMAN -- 8 Prospects of regional sociology / KUKLINSKI, ANTONI -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements