National Spatial Development Perspective (NSDP) and assumptions on small town economic investment by government

Abstract

What matters from the perspective of the NSDP is whether an area has the potential to grow economically in a sustainable way, create jobs and alleviate poverty. If small towns have such potential, there is nothing that precludes such investment. Small investments in small places would clearly be more in sympathy with the NSDP-logic, unless of course a particular small town actually had huge development potential that was of national significance, and would warrant large investment. This paper presents views of the position of the National Spatial Development Perspective (NSDP) on investment in small towns to grow their economies, create jobs and alleviate poverty.