The regional development problems of Transcaucasia

Abstract

This article examines the economic development of three distinctive republics (Georgian S.S.R., Armenian S.S.R., Azerbaydzhan S.S.R.) on the periphery of the U.S.S.R. Planned as three republican territorial production complexes, they have recently undergone considerable industrialization with growing integration of their economies. Increasingly urban, environmental and social problems associated with development have become more prominent in the planning process.