Frontmatter -- Preface by the Director of U N R I S D -- Preface by the Director of the Regional and Urban Studies Program of Resources for the Future, Inc. -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the second edition -- Contents -- Chapter I. A conceptual framework -- Chapter II. Issues in U.S. regional development experience -- Chapter III. Infrastructure for regional development: The era of internal improvements -- Chapter IV. Land grants and land use in U.S. regional development -- Chapter V. River basin development -- Chapter VI. Urban development -- Chapter VII. The Area Redevelopment Administration -- Chapter VIII. The Economic Development Administration -- Chapter IX. The Appalachian Regional Commission -- Chapter X. Other multi-state regional commissions -- Chapter XI. The special case of Alaska -- Chapter XII. An empirical overview of the U.S. performance in regional economic development -- Chapter XIII. The future of regional development -- Appendix A. Statistical sources -- Appendix B. Research needs -- Bibliography and referencesweiterlesen