In June 1987, an important international Workshop was held in Vilnius. Lithuanian SSR on the topic, "Ecological Sustainability of Regional Development". The number of participants was 65, coming from nine countries.
Many of the papers dealt with ecological-economic assessment methods used in East European countries for regional development planning. Some of the ideas were quite new to environmental planners from Western Europe, and are of great interest to them. This is one kind of service that IIASA provides very well -- bringing people together and bridging language barriers in the East-West context. IIASA is pleased to be associated with the 1987 Workshop and with these Proceedings
