Regional Analysis and Policy The Greek Experience
Regional development is attracting the attention of policy makers and scientists again, as regions, urban centers and rural areas, experience substantial pressures, particularly in Europe, as a consequence of globalization and geopolitical changes which l
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Harry Coccossis Yannis Psycharis Editors
Regional Analysis and Policy The Greek Experience
Physica-Verlag A Springer Company
Regional Analysis and Policy
Harry Coccossis (Editors)
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Yannis Psycharis
Regional Analysis and Policy The Greek Experience
Physica-Verlag A Springer Company
Editors Dr. Harry Coccossis Dr. Yannis Psycharis Department of Planning and Regional Development University of Thessaly Pedion Areos 383 34 Volos Greece [email protected] [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-7908-2085-0
e-ISBN 978-3-7908-2086-7
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2086-7 Contributions to Economics ISSN 1431-1933 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008932559 © 2008 Physica-Verlag Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permissions for use must always be obtained from Physica-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper 987654321 springer.com
PREFACE
This book is the result of hard work and collective action of many people and institutions. The 46th Congress of the European Regional Science Association held in Volos in 2006 offered the platform for Greek regional scientists to present and discuss the most recent research findings on Regional Science issues. These circumstances inspired the initial considerations of publishing a collective volume on Regional Analysis and Policy in Greece. We would like to thank the authors of the volume for their contributions and the continuous cooperation for the preparation of the book. We also thank the Department of Planning and Regional Development of the University of Thessaly for providing the infrastructure, the human resources and the administrative support for organizing this publication. Part of the work for this book was conducted at the Hellenic Observatory of the London School of Economics from September 2007 to February 2008 while Yannis Psycharis was a National Bank of Greece Senior Research Fellow. We thank the Hellenic Observatory of the London School of Economics for the hospitality and for providing access to invaluable sources. We particularly acknowledge the technical assistance of Panayotis Pantazis who worked with us meticulously towards the final version of the book. We greatly acknowledge the editorial assistance of Rachel Finnie that resulted in a substantial improvement of the paper
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