ABSTRACT
In the case of structural readjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa countries, space has two important dimensions that are crucial to social empowerment. The first dimension is territory in which are anchored individual and collective rights of residence, belongingness, subsistence, and political participation. The second dimension of space is relative location. The survey of spatial theories for regional development planning yields many alternative approaches. The analytic framework of structural hegemony seeks to explore an alternative approach which would apply to LDC nations in tracing the sources of spatial disparity. There have been many approaches to development geography with varying epistemological and ideological foundations. The chapter discusses theoretical and procedural issues in regional development planning for structural readjustment along the two spatial dimensions of territory and relative location in order to accomplish social empowerment and progress in a polarized state.
