Towards a Strategy of Growth Paths
- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
- Vol. 9 (6) , 675-679
- https://doi.org/10.1068/a090675
Abstract
The paper considers the development of spatial investment strategies as a response to the problems of spatial inequality of development. It extends the formal logic of growth-center-based development to show that the conditions necessary for reducing intraregional development inequalities are highly unlikely under any center-based spatial investment strategy. The strategy of growth paths is introduced as an alternative. The strategy argues that urban-tied services can be mobilized along a path, which would allow for a more equitable and possibly more efficient provision of public services. Roads positively affect the transition to development of those in proximity to them. This has always been a passive benefit of transport development. The growth-path strategy speculates that this transition can be actively encouraged.Keywords
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