Regional Inequalities: Knowledge Frontiers and Debates

Dimitris Kallioras () and Spyros Niavis ()
Additional contact information
Dimitris Kallioras: Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, Greece
Spyros Niavis: Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, Greece

Sustainable Regional Development Scientific Journal, 2025, vol. II, issue 1, 66-79

Abstract: Regions are coherent spatial units (i.e., sub-national level) that share common (natural or artificial) features and consist of actors that share common goals. The regional problem exists when there are marked inequalities in the standard of living enjoyed by people in different regions. Regional science, the interdisciplinary scientific locus that is concerned with regional phenomena, aims, precisely, at dealing with the regional problem, and provides insight not only into science per se but also into policy making. The paper provides a comprehensive review of the literature on regional inequalities aiming at identifying current knowledge frontiers and debates. The study of regional inequalities is, apparently, at the heart of regional science.

JEL-codes: R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://srdsjournal.eu/articles/files/2025-1-6.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bfb:srdjou:2025-01_6

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Sustainable Regional Development Scientific Journal from Sustainable Regional Development Scientific Journal
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Filip Ruxho ().