THE SPATIAL IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT DECISIONS ON POSTWAR ECONOMIC CHANGE IN NORTH NORWAY.

Recent government decisions to improve the economic health of North Norway have had significant spatial impact. This region is a continuing problem are because of the dearth of physical and human resources. Postwar capital investment loans, and other schemes to encourage industry have emphasized urban growth and depopulated many rural farming and fishing areas. Variations in regional growth are largely a result of investment decisions favoring industrial development, and the resultant migration of labor to manufacturing areas. The trend toward urbanization and the concentration of economic activity has been slowed by a recent shift in national planning to favor more marginal communities and activities such as farming and fishing, [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]