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This volume originates from two meetings: first meeting took place at the IIAS in Oct. 1984, another set of contributions was presented during the European Summer Institute in Regional Science held at the University of Umea in June 1986, was organized by GERUM (Centre for Regional Science at Umea University) -- Progress in spatial theory and dynamics -- Competition, specialization and technological change -- --Dynamics of oligopolistic location -- --Dynamics of product substitution -- --Quality and process improvements in dynamic production processes -- --Women and technological development -- --An oil-exporting region versus an industrialized region -- --Direct equilibria of economies and their pefect homogeneith limits -- --Rivalrous consonance -- Spatial interaction -- --On spatiotemporal dynamics of capital and labour -- --Finite spectral analysis of multiregional time series -- --Spatial interaction models and their micro-foundation -- --Modelling non-linear processes in time and space -- Urban and regional infrastructure -- --Dynamics of county growth -- --Theoretical aspects of spatial equilibria with public goods -- --General dynamic spatial price equilibrium model with gains and losses -- --Infrastructure and economic transformation -- --On the dynamics of regulated markets, construction standards, energy standards and durable goods -- --Dynamic energy complex analysis for metropolitan regions -- --Taste changes and conservation laws in the housing market.