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The article explores European integration in northern Finland. It examines the discursive side of the European integration process by investigating the interplay between European-level spatial policies and regional territorial practices. Spatial planning is often portrayed from an instrumentalist view as a technical, evidence-based policy. However, spatial planning is highly political and an effective way of space making: As an inclusive and/or exclusive action, it (re-)defines spatial relations and (re-)produces spatial scales. Thus, spatial planning is considered here as a central part of the European integration process through which the regions are spatialized as part of Europe. The empirical analysis shows that polycentrism is the main spatial idea underlying the reorganization of European space. The adaptation to European policies manifests itself through the subjectification, rescaling and relocation of the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The combination of less than perfectly mobile resources (human and other), pervasive urbanization trends with potentially significant (positive and negative) externalities, and an environment of fiscal restraint suggests the need for more effective rural development and policy. In contrast to historical sectoral or fad-based policies, place-based rural development programs and policies focus on rural populations in the context of a realistic assessment of the opportunities and constraints they face. Among the most promising opportunities are 1) improving integration (possibly through connective infrastructure) with urban economies in order to access agglomeration economies, 2) enhancing rural amenities, and 3) increasing entrepreneurial capacity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses the application and development of growth pole theory in regional planning. Inadequacy of the macroeconomic growth models as basis for development planning; Influence of intervention to the pattern of growth of the urban hierarchy and the structure of regional development on income and employment in less developed regions.

Examines the relationship between regional development and alternative regional growth goals in three areas in northwestern Arkansas. Background of the rural development activity analysis planning model; Categories of industry mixes by product type and by economic characteristics; Macroeconomic and microeconomic consequences of the growth pattern for the region.

Focuses on the status of regional planning in Iran as of July 1975. Problems of provincial planning; Need for macroregional planning; Stress on social aspects of regional development.

Criticizes the Ohio County Airport Development Program, a regional development initiative which facilitated the construction or improvement of airports across the state of Ohio. Intended purpose for the launching of the community development program; Assessment of the environmental impact of such community development projects; Development phases of the airport development projects.

Presents news relevant to the regional development and planning field, recent as of 1974. Education in new communities project; Ford Foundation projects; Degree programs; Population bibliography; Social and behavioral science data; Meetings.

Focuses on the need to consider the size and spacing of growth centers in regional development. Employment opportunities and urban amenities provided by growth centers; Implications of size of growth centers on their spacing; Influence of continuing metropolitanization on the growth of central places.

Discusses issues related to regional planning and community development in the United States as of January 1973. Possible effects of West Virginia's Regional Planning and Development Act on local community development; Revolution in agricultural development in developing countries; Schedule of regional planning and community development conferences.

Evaluates the administration of the Appalachian Regional Development Program by the Appalachian Regional Commission. Identification and evaluation of problems; Proposed approach to the planning and administration of the community development program; Overall performance of the Appalachian Regional Commission in carrying out the regional development scheme.

Editorial. Discusses the possibility of a radical regional science in community development, as taken up during a Regional Science Association meeting. Inquiry into the existence of regional science; Economic understanding of radical regionalists; Fundamental beliefs of regional radicals concerning community development.