Discussion Papers 1988. 
Spatial Organization and Regional Development
PREFACE 
The meetings organized by Polish and Hungarian 
social geographers have been serving for more than a 
decade the comparison of ways and problems of re-
gional development, and of efforts made in this 
field by the two countries. This volume contains 
the papers of the 6th Seminar on "Spatial organiza-
tion and regional development" held in Stare Pole, 
a rural community of the Vistula river delta of 
Poland, between 15 and 20 September, 1986, in the 
framework of cooperation between the Academies of 
Sciences of the two countries. The Polish delega-
tion comprised 11 researchers, headed by Prof. A. 
Stasiak, while Prof. Gy. Enyedi acted as head of 
the 6-member Hungarian delegation. In addition to 
papers and discussions, a field trip to the Zulawy 
Region in the Vistula river delta contributed also 
to the useful exchange of views concentrating pri-
marily on presenting current problems of rural re-
gions of the two countries. 
By virtue of subject, papers can be divided 
into three major--partly interdependent--groups: 
one part focusses mainly on general issues of re-
gional policy; another part highlights changes of 
regional structure of socio-economic services and 
illyestigates problems to be solved; while the third 
group aims to give a complex presentation of minor 
regions. It should be stressed that regional prob-
lems of services, or, more generally the role of 
services in regional development of society and 
economy, was much more preferred now than to earlier 
conferences. Topics chosen earlier mutually provided 
the possibility to compare experience of the two 

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Discussion Papers 1988. Spatial Organization and Regional Development
countries concerning most questions. 
Hungarian contributors express their 
acknowledgements to both Academies for their finan- 
cial support as well as to their hosts for excellent 
organization and hospitality. 
This volume has been published by the Centre 
for Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. 
Hereby we would like to express our acknowledgements 
to our colleagues contributing to technical execu-
tion. 
Eva Orosz 

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