Regional Pattern Analysis -- The Geography of Spatial Association Across the Greek Regions -- Public Spending Patterns -- Modelling Local Income Distribution in Greece -- The Regional Dimension of Migration in Greece -- Regional Inequalities and Regional Development Policy -- Regional Inequalities in Greece -- Change in Regional Policy Priorities, Objectives and Instruments in Greece -- Transport and Regional Development -- A Region's Location as One of the Key Factors that Affect Its Development -- Information Society, Knowledge Spillovers and Space -- Stimulating the Regional Knowledge Economy in Greece -- Regional Development And The Information Society: How Greek Regions Measure Up In The Information Age? -- Regional Inequalities and the digital economy challenge: -- An Approach To The Effects Of Greek Regional Universities On The Development Of The Country Regions -- Tourism and Regional Development -- The Use Of Typologies In Tourism Planning: Problems And Conflicts -- Social And Spatial Determinants Of Small Business Performance: -- ICTs and Tourism Marketing for Regional Development -- Agriculture and Rural Development -- Transformation of Rural Patterns in Greece in a European Regional Development Perspective -- Young Women and Agriculture -- Local Rural Policy Making and Governance.

Regional development is attracting the attention of policy makers and scientists again, as regions, urban centers and rural areas, experience substantial pressures, particularly in Europe, as a consequence of globalization and geopolitical changes which lead to changes in spatial structures and dynamics. This book is based on the contributions of Greek regional science research presented at the 2006 Congress of the European Regional Science Association at Volos, Greece. The contributions selected to be presented in this book address these changes offering a fresh look into regional development. They provide an overview of regional development concerns from Greek regional scientists but the issues discussed pervade Greek particularities and stimulate thinking about regional science, regional development and regional policy in the early twenty-first century.