Introduction

Before you dive into this complex material, you may find it useful to have a look at some general considerations:

• What actually is local economic development?
• Why think about local economic development in the first place?
• What is the political rationale of local economic development?
• What is the economic rationale of local economic development?
• And why is local economic development like cooking a stone soup?
• What is Local, what is Regional Economic Development?
• Local and regional economic development in urban and rural settings
• Approaching LED from different backgrounds
• How to use LED as a product

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