Room: Oshikawa Memorial Hall, No.8 Build. 5F

Chairperson: Wilson Alley, Tohoku Gakuin Univ.

Moderator: Tasuo Ito, Nagoya Industrial Univ., and Takao Fukuchi, Asahi Univ.

Overview: Deregulation, the globalization of economic activities and the ongoing integration of economic blocks have had a significant impact on the economies of developed contries. Accordingly, the principles and philosophy of regional development have had to be adapted to meet these changes. As we expect this trend to continue in the 21st century, these changes will become more amplified.

It is considered that the EU countries have been successful in adapting to the changes bought about by mini-globaliztion due to unification. This symposium will consider the future of regional policy in Japan in light of the EU experience. First, it will look at what policy changes have occured due to unification; in particular, the reasons for these changes and the effect they have had on the EU economy. It will then consider what factors are likely to effect regional policy in Japan in the future and its likely effects.

13:30-13:40	Opening Address
	Masayuki Sekine, LOC Chair, Tohoku Gakuin Univ.
	Keynote Address
13:40-14:20	Regional Policy in EUrope: A Perspective from Britain Resume
	Speaker: John Dewhurst, The Univ. Dundee
14:20-15:00	Urban development and the demand for open space: experiences in the Netherlands
	Speaker: Piet Rietveld, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
15:00-15:05	recess
15:05-15:50	Panel Discussion
	Panelist
	Tatsuo Ito, Nagoya Industrial Univ.
	Lars Lundqvist, Univ. of Tsukuba
	Isao Hara, Hokusei Gakuen Univ.
15:50-16:20	General Discussion
16:20-16:30	Summary