ABSTRACT
The emphasis in this chapter is on policy relating to both regional planning and regional development. This regional development policy is more focused and territorial as it cascades down from the national through the regional levels, at least in theory. The observations and arguments, so far, in relation to the science, art and practice of plan-making at the regional level have all emphasized the point that the statutory provisions have not yet allowed it to happen. By the time of the original field-work for this study, the Central Regional Administration and advisory regional bodies had produced one informal regional plan and a strategic regional guidance, both in the 1980s. The strategic guidance which was a separate document was aimed at empowering the Regional Planning Co-ordinating Unit to initiate the process of preparing the draft of an actual regional development plan. The strategic guideline for the 1987-89 regional plans did not clearly distinguish between growth and service centre.
