dc.contributor.author | Bivand, Roger | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-03T07:38:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-09-03T07:38:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1975 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/298510 | |
dc.description.abstract | The central concern of this thesis is with the degree of
freedom of action which peripheral areas retain in directing
their own development. The evolution of regional policy in
Norway is described in detail, with close attention being paid
to the continued existence of residual marginal areas. These
areas are mostly comprised of rural communities, and these
residual areas are very well represented within the West
Norwegian county of Sogn og Fjordane. Theoretical perspectives
are drawn from regional economics, and the relationship between
centre and periphery. A relational definition of centre and
periphery is proposed: that the periphery is a region differentiated
from another region, the centre, because it is
disadvantaged in an asymeetrical interaction relationship.
Examples are taken from the economic geography of Sogn og
Fjordane which illustrate this proposal. The scale of the processes
which are described is given by an analysis of Population
and Agricultural census information for Indre Sogn, an area
of the county. The discussion of the relationship between
centre and periphery is closely focussed on the development
of one village, Fjaerland, which is shown to have been blocked
by the external orientation of its economic units. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | London School of Economics and Political Science | nb_NO |
dc.rights | Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell-IngenBearbeidelse 3.0 Norge | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/no/ | * |
dc.title | The Economic Geography of Regional Differentiation - Studies in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway | nb_NO |
dc.type | Doctoral thesis | nb_NO |