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Developing Comprehensive Economic Information for Regional Planning: A Case Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Dilip Pendse  and
M. C. Conner
Dilip Pendse
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Kokomo, Indiana
M. C. Conner
Affiliation:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and, State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
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In recent years, many communities have used regional planning in their quest for economic and social development. Several factors have prompted them to do so. First, community leaders have recognized that a larger geographic area gives a community a larger economic base for planning purposes and offers access to services and institutions that would be impossible in each and every town, thus enhancing potential for development. Second, a greater emphasis is now placed upon identification and use of regions for planning and development purposes under state and federal laws. Third, importance of regional planning has grown because of such factors as growing urbanization, increased demands for community services, pressure to reduce disparities among urban-rural areas, growing environmental concerns, and “spillover” effects of unplanned growth.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , December 1977 , pp. 25 - 28
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1977

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