The main theme of the IV National Meeting of APDR was "Education, Companies and Territory". This Meeting took place in Covilhã, from the 21st to the 23rd November 1996.

Several of the presented papers focused in areas of investigation linked to regional, urban and local development other than the main theme.

 

Parallel Sessions :

• European integration and the challenges of regionalization
• Local finance and the intervention of municipalities
• Urban policies and planning
• Regional analysis: methodologies and instruments
• Institutions, inovation and territory
• Periferic zones and border cooperation
• Media and regional development
• Education and regional and local development