Overcoming Isolation and the Role of Transport: The Case of the Aegean Islands
G. A. Giannopoulos and
G. Boulougaris
Chapter 16 in Overcoming Isolation, 1995, pp 254-268 from Springer
Abstract:
Abstract There are a large number of areas within the Community and the various other European countries, that suffer from poor accessibility with regard to central locations. This condition is invariably related to poor economic performance in the same regions, depopulation, etc. A term which has come to be used synonymously with all these conditions is ‘peripheral’ regions (or even countries). The notion of ‘peripherality’ is directly related to being on the ‘periphery’ with regard to a central area or centre, i.e. on the outskirts or circumference (as indeed in the original meaning of the Greek word ‘peripheria’ — periphery). In the context of regional development issues, periphery and peripheral have come to be today, almost synonymous with depressed, disadvantaged, weak.
Keywords: Peripheral Region; Peripheral Area; Aegean Island; Peripheral Country; High Transport Cost (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-79827-6_16
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