ABSTRACT
Important differences exist between regional economic and industrial location policies and the other areas so far covered in this book. For most of the post-war period politicians and bureaucrats at the national level have treated industrial location as a discrete issue. Rarely has it been seen as related to the ‘mainstream’ urban policies such as housing and land use. Reflecting this separate status, the Department of the Environment and its predecessors have not been responsible for industrial location and regional revival.
