Frontmatter -- Preface -- Descriptive note -- Contents -- CHAPTER I -- A. Growth poles in economic theory and policy / Klaassen, Leo H. -- B. Comments on Klaassen's report / Chaudhuri, Mrinal Datta- -- CHAPTER 2 -- A. Growth poles and employment policy / Frey, Luigi -- B. Comments on Frey's report / Odell, Peter R. -- CHAPTER 3 -- A. The concept of polarized development in regional planning - A sociological interpretation / Tella, Torcuato S. Di -- B. Regionalization as an operational procedure - Some comments on Di Telia's report / Groenman, Sjoerd -- CHAPTER 4 -- Promemoria concerning growth centre problems within the framework of the Swedish policy / Bylund, Eric -- CHAPTER 5 -- A. Growth poles in underdeveloped regions and countries / Penouil, Marc -- B. Remarks on Penouil's report and on polarized growth in a socialist economy / Turcan, Pavel -- C. Comments on Turcan's remarks / Pioro, Zygmunt -- CHAPTER 6 -- A. Summary record of discussion / Hermansen, Tormod -- B. Concluding statements - Research plan for an analysis of polarisation / Boudeville, Jacques R. -- C. Concluding statements - Some reflections on growth pole policy / Klaassen, Leo H. -- CHAPTER 7 -- A. Some notes on growth poles / Petrella, Riccardo -- B. Macro-regional planning in the developed countries / Kuklinski, Antoni -- Appendix -- A. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development research programme on regional development / Kuklinski, Antoni -- B. United Nations Industrial Development Organization activities in the field of industrial location and regional development / Kuprianov, Alexey -- C. Vienna Centre activities in the field of regional development and industrial location problems / Petrella, Riccardo