ICOUNTRIES THAT have reached a certain stage in the development of their economies are frequently beset by problems which, for want of a better expression, might be called "regional." It would be more accurate to refer to them as problems of spatial organization. The manner in which people and the activities they engage in are distributed in space, and the network of interactions among them, will have many ramifications and effects on social values and collective aspirations, t This can be shown most readily by considering the types of problem with which y_eg!onal policy is chiefly concerned, viz., which geographic areas to favor in the allocation of ._r_es~urces, what strategies to follow in regional