Regional Development and Agricultural Problems in Tohoku Region since World War II

The various approaches to planning manifest the intellectual currents of a society. Dualities such as efficiency/community have been central to shaping contemporary planning. The quest for efficiency, the rational utilization of natural, built, and human capital, along with concern for community, the human needs and rootedness of local populations, has been an ongoing theme. We explore that duality in the context of rural regional development and how it shifted from complementary to either/or in the United States from the turn of the twentieth century through the Great Depression and the onset of World War II.

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Migration restrictions and long-term regional development: evidence from large-scale expulsions of Germans after World War II

Journal of Economic Geography ◽

10.1093/jeg/lbz024 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Michael Wyrwich

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

Soviet Union ◽

Regional Development ◽

Large Scale ◽

Spatial Equilibrium ◽

World War ◽

Temporary Migration ◽

Common Trend ◽

Long Run

AbstractThis article investigates the long-run impact of a migration barrier on regional development. The analysis is based on the large-scale expulsion of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe after World War II (WWII). Expellees were not allowed to resettle in the French occupation zone in the first years after the War while there was no such legislation in the other occupation zones (USA; UK; Soviet Union). The temporary migration barrier had long-lasting consequences. In a nutshell, results of a Difference-in-Difference (DiD) analysis show that growth of population and population density were significantly lower even 60 years after the removal of the barrier if a region was part of the French occupation zone. There was a common trend in regional development before the migration barrier became effective. Further analyses suggest that this pattern is driven by different population dynamics in agglomerated areas. The article discusses implications for spatial theory namely whether location fundamentals, agglomeration theories or both affect the spatial equilibrium under certain conditions.

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Urban System in Serbia—The Factor in the Planning of Balanced Regional Development

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11154168 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (15) ◽

pp. 4168 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Živanović ◽

Tošić ◽

Nikolić ◽

Gatarić

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

Regional Development ◽

Urban System ◽

Current Situation ◽

Capital City ◽

World War ◽

Population Concentration ◽

Depth Study ◽

Basic Characteristics ◽

National Settlement

This paper analyzes the basic characteristics of Serbia’s urban system after World War II. The term urban system is largely determined by the use and functioning of the space in which it exists. We used the methods common in urban geography, notably the Rank-Size Rule and the Law of the Primate City with the aim of identifying the basic regularities, as the first step in an in-depth study of an under-researched topic. The research seeks to contribute to explaining the causes of the previous and current situation in the national settlement network, as a prerequisite for planning the future organization of the settlement network. Our study, conducted in Serbia, finds polarization apparent in the prominent domination of the capital city in terms of population, and this is a key feature of Serbia’s urban system. The current situation is the result of an intensive process of urbanization, but also of the establishment of new administrative boundaries after the disintegration of Yugoslavia. The study also seeks to suggest the most appropriate development model for Serbia’s urban system that could help overcome the extreme population concentration in Belgrade and create a basis for organizing an optimal system of centers. Keeping in mind that uneven regional development is determined by the features of the urban system, polycentric development is a common model for overcoming extreme polarization on a global level.

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Industrial Organization and Regional Development in Interwar Britain

The Journal of Economic History ◽

10.1017/s0022050700030825 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 43 (4) ◽

pp. 931-952 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Carol E. Heim

Keyword(s):

Industrial Organization ◽

World War Ii ◽

Structural Change ◽

Regional Development ◽

Interwar Period ◽

Large Scale ◽

Macroeconomic Policy ◽

World War ◽

Industrial Areas ◽

Large Numbers

Developments in industrial organization contributed to the lack of diversification in Britain's older industrial areas during the interwar period. The large-scale firm had not yet developed in appropriate industries to the point where large numbers of branch plants could be sent to the depressed areas (as they were after World War II), even if interwar macroeconomic policy had been more expansionary. At the industry level, barriers to new entrants and restrictive practices were high in the 1930s, precisely the period when the need for structural change in the depressed areas was most apparent.

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