1. Le développement régional et le secteur secondaire

Social sciences and comparative research in Europe : cross-national and multi-disciplinary projects for urban development. The role of geography1

“…In 1964 the Vienna Centre launched the project "Les régions en retard des pays industrialisés". The results of the project were published in books by Petrella (1971), Pötzsch and Voigt (1972) and Kuklinski and Petrella (1972). The scientific debate within the Vienna Centre project brought to light, among other things, that a natural trend of development and growth was facilitated above all by amenities being more easily available in cities, which have a more variegated economic structure and offer greater and better-quality social services.…”