Development economists have considered physical infrastructure to be a precondition for industrialization and economic development. Yet, two issues remain to be addressed in the literature. First, while proper identification of the causal effectiveness of infrastructure in reducing poverty is...

Die Raumordnungspolitik der Bayerischen Staatsregierung begegnet den ungleichen Lebensverhältnissen im Freistaat gegenwärtig schwerpunktmäßig anhand von Förderprojekten für strukturschwache Regionen. Dem liegt der Gedanke zugrunde, dass Kommunen durch die Schaffung wirtschaftlichen...

This article uses research in relation to the provision of public services and infrastructures to support the thesis that primarily one particular perspective on space - namely a material or quantifying perspective - is reflected in current empirical research. The article thus proposes the use...

The aim ofthe article isto characterize the level ofthe region’s diversification according to the cultural component of social infrastructure based on grouped statistical indicators. This paper uses Perkal’s synthetic ratio method to characterize the level of cultural infrastructure...