1. INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCUSSION.
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Walker, G., Scully, John J., Groot, J. P., Beauduin, Marie-Anne, McNabb, P., Bouma, J., and Prillevitz, P. C.
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SOCIETIES ,AGRICULTURE ,RURAL industries ,SOCIAL justice ,DEVELOPING countries ,DEVELOPMENT economics - Abstract
The article focuses on societies, agriculture and industrialization. A falling off in agriculture, for example, would quickly depress certain industries, and social justice in the countryside becomes a matter of enlightened self-interest. But further, the function of physical planning is not merely to guide growth into economically and technically acceptable channels; it is to reveal and stimulate the development of social potentials, not previously evident or exploited. The physical and economic planning of underdeveloped countries is usually a very big problem because of the inadequacy of the available physical, human and financial resources. But there is no time to allow development in this instance to follow the normal sequence of agricultural, industrial and service development. The development of underdeveloped areas ultimately aims at the development of the people who inhabit them. Above all, this entails the provision of opportunities which will entice young people to remain in these areas. But all too often development is stymied because of lack of information on the correct lines of action. There is a paucity of research in this field in many countries. For this reason, it is not possible to draw up adequate long-term programmes for development.
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- 1966
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