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The Role of Cities in the Economic Development of the Lower South
Author(s) -
Hyland Stanley,
Register Ronald D.,
Gunther Kristine
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
city and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1548-744X
pISSN - 0893-0465
DOI - 10.1525/city.1991.5.2.155
Subject(s) - underdevelopment , politics , port (circuit theory) , regionalism (politics) , intervention (counseling) , development economics , state (computer science) , political science , economic growth , delta , psychological intervention , geography , economics , psychology , electrical engineering , engineering , algorithm , aerospace engineering , psychiatry , computer science , law , democracy
THIS ARTICLE DEFINES major political and demographic characteristics of an economically underdeveloped region—he Lower Mississippi Delta. It focuses on the relationship of the major Delta port cities, their periphery, and the effects of five major past federal and state intervention efforts in explaining rural underdevelopment in the Delta region. Discussion of recent attempts at regional cooperation in the Lower Mississippi Delta is contrasted to past intervention efforts and cultural‐political realities, [regionalism, port cities, underdevelopment, economic growth and development, U.S. federal and state interventions]