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German Annual of Spatial Research and Policy 2009

New Disparities in Spatial Development in Europe

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Editors:
  1. Heiderose Kilper

    1. und Strukturplanung e.V. (IRS), Leibniz-Institut für Regionalentwicklung, Erkner, Germany

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  • Examines problems and research results in the field of spatial research and planning
  • Stimulates important discussions on new disparities in Europe
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: German Annual of Spatial Research and Policy (GERMANANNUAL)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-10
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  2. Preface – Introduction

    • Heiderose Kilper
    Pages 1-6

  3. Territorial Cohesion – Current Views of the Commission and the Member States of the European Union

    • Karl Peter Schön
    Pages 7-17

  4. From Disparities to Diversity – Territorial Cohesion in the European Union

    • Thiemo W. Eser
    Pages 19-35

  5. Spatial Patterns in the Knowledge Society

    • Hans Joachim Kujath, Axel Stein
    Pages 37-50

  6. The Importance of Infrastructures and Interaction Networks for Regional Competitiveness in the Knowledge Economy

    • Suntje Schmidt, Manuela Wolke
    Pages 51-66

  7. Urbanisation Processes and Regional Disparities in Europe – The Role of Metropolitan Regions and the Importance of the Settlement Structure

    • Volker Schmidt-Seiwert
    Pages 67-77

  8. Suburban Residential Development in Post-socialist Urban Regions: The Case of Moscow, Sofia, and Budapest

    • Isolde Brade, Christian Smigiel, Zoltán Kovács
    Pages 79-104

  9. The European Regional Demographic Mosaic – A Challenge for Spatial Development

    • Bernhard Müller, Paulina Schiappacasse
    Pages 105-127

  10. Polarisation or Convergence? Spatial Patterns of Fertility in Hungary 15 Years after the Beginning of the Process of Transformation

    • Tim Leibert
    Pages 129-144

  11. The Subsidiarity Principle – Does it Impede Equal Ecological Living Conditions in Europe?

    • Juliane Albrecht
    Pages 145-165

  12. Demographic Change: Complexity as a Challenge for Urban and Regional Development

    • Gérard Hutter, Andreas Klee, Monika Meyer, Gregor Prinzensing, Sabine Scharfe, Mathias Siedhoff et al.
    Pages 167-170

  13. Environmental Cooperation across Germany’s External Borders – The Case of Ecological Networks

    • Markus Leibenath, Andreas Blum, Sylke Stutzriemer
    Pages 171-175

  14. European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) – Experiences and Prospects

    • Gerold Janssen
    Pages 177-181

  15. Hist. Urban – Integrated Revitalisation of Historic Towns to Promote a Polycentric and Sustainable Development

    • Jan Prömmel, Dagmar Tille
    Pages 183-185

  16. Germany in the Light of the Territorial Agenda – The ESPON Perspective

    • Kai Pflanz, Sabine Zillmer
    Pages 187-190

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 1-13
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Preface – Introduction 1 Heiderose Kilper “New Disparities in Spatial Development in Europe” – several topics are included in both the title and theme of the German Annual of Spatial Research and Policy for the Year 2009. We are frst of all concerned with the concept of spatial disparities, which has its roots in national spatial planning and spatial development policy. Regional development as interregional equalisation policy, for example, is well-anchored in the German constitution through fundamental legal standards and the division of powers among the respective federal states. The “establishment of uniform living conditions within the federal territory” and “securing the uniformity of living conditions beyond the borders of any single federal state” (Section 72 Paragraph 2 of German Basic Law [GG]) are expressly specifed as aims of government action in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany. With the major reform of Germany’s fnancial system in 1969 and incorporation of the joint task “Improvement 1 of the Regional Economic Structure” in Section 91a of German Basic Law [GG] interventions on the part of the federal government and the wealthy federal states for the beneft of states and regions with less economic success were legitimised in constitutional terms as well. All of this would be inconceivable without the concept of spatial disparities.

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  • und Strukturplanung e.V. (IRS), Leibniz-Institut für Regionalentwicklung, Erkner, Germany

    Heiderose Kilper

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