ABSTRACT
This book started with a plea for a more anthropocentric view of regional development: the intangible social, organisational and relational dimensions, and the values of trust and reciprocity that we place at the heart of the ‘learning regions’ challenge, all point to the crucial role of human factors when we are reflecting on ways and means to improve the situation in less-favoured regions (LFRs). After all, the development of new cognitive maps, the over-coming of rigidities and the implementation of learning mechanisms are works of human beings, whatever their specific environment.
