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ty all at the same time. This is possible. But is it probable? The answer to this question is impossible to know. But having said this, it is unlikely that regional development policy will be any more likely to achieve this result than national development policy has in most countries. There is also an argument to be made that perhaps less developed regions, because they are less industrialized than more developed regions, on average, should not have to pay as much attention to environment. This is an argument that can be made regarding less developed countries and China has been one of the most vocal countries in making this argument. Basically what it says is that the already developed countries have created much of the problem of environmental degradation and global warming and it is unfair to tell developing countries that this means they cannot develop The same thing can be said for less developed regions of the same country. If we accept this, it means that we are saying that the burden or cost of taking better care of the environment is the responsibility of the already most developed countries and/or the already most developed regions of countries – it is not the responsibility of less developed countries or regions. The problem with this approach is three fold. First, it ignores the fact that less developed regions may, in fact, contribute a great deal to environmental problems. In fact, poverty is one of the leading causes of environmental deg