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Part 1 Introduction: changing trends and pressures in regionaldevelopment, R.L. Martin and P.M. Townroe. Part 2 Regional profiles: SouthernEngland - the South East, J. Sellgren - East Anglia, P.M. Townroe - the SouthWest, P. Gripaios and P. Bishop; the Midlands - the East Midlands, C. LaCourt - the West Midlands, M. Marshall; Northern England - Yorkshire andHumberside, C. Leigh and J. Stillwell - the North West, M. Clarke, et al -the Northern region, F. Robinson with members of the Northern branch; theCeltic nations - Wales, R. MAckay - Scotland, M. Danson, et al; Ireland -Northern Ireland, M. Hart and R. Harrison - the Republic of Ireland, J.A.Walsh. Part 3 Dimensions of regional economic development - industry,technology and employment: industrial activity and the regions; corporatereorganization in the manufacturing sector, D. Watts; overseas inwardinvestment in the UK regions, C. Collis; new firm formation and growth, C.Mason; financing regional enterprise - the growth and limits of the venturecapital market, R.L. Martin; new technologies and the regions; hightechnology industry and the regions, D.E. Keeble; patterns of research anddevelopment, J. Howells; regional dimensions of the adoption of innovations,N. Alderman and A. Thwaites; information and communication technologies andthe regions, J.B. Goddard; employment trends in the regions; the changing mixof occupations and workers, A. Green; the growth of service activities andthe evolution of spatial disparaties, J. Marshall; the urban-rural shift,A.R. Townsend and A.G. Champion; public expenditure, public employment andthe regions, J. Mohan. Part 4 The regional impact of national policies:economic and social policy developments; the impact of infrastructureinvestment policy, N. Spence; recent development in vocational education andtraining, M. Baker and P. Elias; social welfare as a dimension of regionaldevelopment, S.E. Curtis; social policy - the housing issue, M.P. Kleinman;health and health services, G. Bentham. Part 5 Policies for the regions inthe 1990s: the policy context and local policy capacities; the macro-economiccontext to the regional problem, G. Gudgin; the regional implications of1992, R. Mackay; regional policy - recent developments and future prospects,J. Taylor; regional development agencies, M. Danson; urban policyinitiatives, P. Lawless; emerging constraints in the South East, M. Breheny.Part 6 Epilogue: regional development in the 90s - emerging themes, R.L.Martin.