Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Dedication -- List of Contributors -- Preface to First Edition -- Preface to Second Edition -- Contents -- I ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TRENDS IN WESTERN EUROPE -- 1 Western Europe in Context -- 2 Regional Development in Western Europe -- 3 Population and Urban Growth -- 4 Energy and Regional Problems -- 5 Rural Space -- 6 The Environment: Problems and Policies -- II REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICE -- 7 Italy -- 8 France -- 9 Benelux -- 10 West Germany -- 11 United Kingdom -- 12 Republic of Ireland -- 13 Denmark -- 14 Northern Europe -- 15 Austria -- 16 Switzerland -- 17 Iberia -- 18 Greece -- 19 The Shape of Things to Come? -- Index