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The eighties seem to be marked by a situation of structural economic change and, in a geographical context, a reorientation of cities, regions and countries all over the world. Such perturbations are not new phenomena in the history of the world; economic cycles (especially long wave patterns) always have drawn a great deal of attention in the history of economics (see, for instance, Adelman, 1965; Schumpeter, 1939). Especially in recent years, many economists have concentrated their efforts on providing contemporary explanations for the emergence of drastic shifts in economic conditions in the Western world. The persistent and deeply-rooted economic recession, the future uncertainties regarding energy and raw materials supply, the divergent development patterns between the developed world and the developing world, and the inability of government policies to control the present unstable economic and technological process have led to a revival of theories and methods aimed at analyzing long-term economic developments. The phenomenon of long waves, which includes such issues as perturbations, balanced growth, stable equilibria, international and geographical discrepancies, and multi-actor conflicts, has been a very popular topic in recent economic literature.
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Nijkamp, P. (1983). Technological Change, Policy Response and Spatial Dynamics. In: Griffith, D.A., Lea, A.C. (eds) Evolving Geographical Structures. NATO ASI Series, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6893-6_5
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