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Measurements of Economic Growth and Development of Various Sized Central Place Areas in Pennsylvania, 1960-70

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2020

R. Gar Forsht  and
J. Dean Jansma
R. Gar Forsht
Affiliation:
Natural Resource Economics Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
J. Dean Jansma
Affiliation:
Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University
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There has been increasing concern over the past decade about the lack of economic activity in a number of major cities, many intermediate and small sized cities, and a significant number of rural areas within various regions of the United States. This concern about the depressed conditions in these urban and rural areas, relative to the nation, has attracted country-wide attention.

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Economics of Rural Communities
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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 1 , October 1972 , pp. 336 - 347
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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