The main theme of the IX National Meeting of APDR was “New Economy and Regional Development” and it took place in Lisbon, from the 27th to the 29th of June 2002.

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

 

Parallel Sessions :

• New technologies and regional development
• Regional policies and convergence
• Regional and local public economics
• Planning, dynamism and competitiveness
• Regional problems of foreign investment
• Tourism and the New Economy
• Urban areas
• Knowledge, human resources and competitiveness
• Local development and entrepreneurship
• Regional problems outside Europe