Regions and Regional Uneven Development Forever? Some Reflective Comments upon Theory and Practice
@article{Hudson2007RegionsAR, title={Regions and Regional Uneven Development Forever? Some Reflective Comments upon Theory and Practice}, author={Ray Hudson}, journal={Regional Studies}, year={2007}, volume={41}, pages={1149 - 1160} }
Hudson R. (2007) Regions and regional uneven development forever? Some reflective comments upon theory and practice, Regional Studies 41, 1149–1160. In recent years, for a variety of reasons, there has been a resurgence of interest in ‘the region’ from a variety of both intellectual and practical perspectives, with the somewhat surprising result that regional studies have come to be of central concern and the region has come to occupy a central place in social scientific discourse and political…
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