Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories, edited by Roberta Capello and Peter Nijkamp

2011 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-219
Author(s):  
Charles van Marrewijk
Keyword(s):  
Growth And Development ◽  
Regional Growth

scholarly journals An Alternative Planning Perspective for Regional Growth and Development in Pakistan

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Akmal Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Growth And Development ◽  
Regional Growth ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Regional Disparity ◽  
Political Issue ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Economic Disparity ◽  
Regional Economic Disparity ◽  
Effective Policy ◽  
Provincial Autonomy

In Pakistan, historically, regional economic disparity has been an important political issue. During the 1960’s the economic disparity between East and West Pakistan fueled the movement for provincial autonomy in East Pakistan and subsequently the movement for national independence in what became Bangladesh in 1971. During the late 1970’s and 1980’s the issue of regional disparity between the provinces of what remains of Pakistan has acquired an explosive potential. However, this is an issue that has been charged by emotion, and it may be time now to begin a serious analysis to enable effective policy formulation to overcome the problem.

Cities and the Creative Class

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Florida
Keyword(s):  
Growth And Development ◽  
Regional Growth ◽  
Creative Class ◽  
Location Decisions ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Short Article ◽  
Jane Jacobs ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

Cities and regions have long captured the imagination of sociologists, economists, and urbanists. From Alfred Marshall to Robert Park and Jane Jacobs, cities have been seen as cauldrons of diversity and difference and as fonts for creativity and innovation. Yet until recently, social scientists concerned with regional growth and development have focused mainly on the role of firms in cities, and particularly on how these firms make location decisions and to what extent they concentrate together in agglomerations or clusters. This short article summarizes recent advances in our thinking about cities and communities, and does so particularly in light of themes advanced in my recently published book, The Rise of the Creative Class, which focuses on diversity and creativity as basic drivers of innovation and regional and national growth. This line of work further suggests the need for some conceptual refocusing and broadening to account for the location decisions of people as opposed to those of firms as sources of regional and national economic growth. In doing so, this article hopes to spur wider commentary and debate on the critical functions of cities and regions in 21st–century creative capitalism.

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