Territorial Cohesion

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. Preface — Introduction

   1. Preface — Introduction

      • Dietmar Scholich

      Pages 1-4

3. Refereed Section

   1. Status and Perspectives of Territorial Cohesion with Respect to European Spatial Development Policy (ESDP) — Normative and Governance Aspects

      • Carl-Heinz David

      Pages 5-22

   2. Territorial Cohesion — Between Expectations, Disparities and Contradictions

      • Maroš Finka

      Pages 23-39

   3. Regional Disparities — Reasons Enough to Run a Cohesion-Oriented Spatial Policy?

      • Hans-Peter Gatzweiler, Wendelin Strubelt

      Pages 41-51

   4. Territorial Cohesion, Brain Drain and Digital Divide

      • Hans-Joachim Bürkner, Ulf Matthiesen

      Pages 53-62

   5. Environmental Protection needs good Administration: Ecological Applications of the New Legal Instrument “European Groupings of Territorial Co-operation (EGTC)”

      • Gerold Janssen

      Pages 63-80

   6. Suburbanisation, Suburbia and “Zwischenstadt”: Perspectives of Research and Policy

      • Joachim Burdack, Markus Hesse

      Pages 81-100

   7. Varying Costs of Living as Compensation for Regional Disparities in Germany

      • Rupert Kawka

      Pages 101-121

   8. Territorial Cohesion and Transboundary Governance: Insights from the Polish-German and the Czech-German Borders

      • Markus Leibenath, Robert Knippschild

      Pages 123-150

4. Short Reports

   1. Spatial Development Strategies in the Enlarged EU: ESPON Project 1.2.3 on Spatially Relevant Aspects of the Information Society

      • Kristine Müller, Sabine Zillmer

      Pages 151-158

   2. IRS Participates in EU-funded Research Project “Governance for Sustainability”

      • Eva Reisinger

      Pages 159-160

5. Back Matter

   Pages 163-173

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Preface–Introduction 1 Dietmar Scholich The various regions within the European Union are marked by a high degree of disparity with regard to economic performance and productivity, and with respect to their labour markets. The intention underlying the EU’s concept of ‘territorial cohesion’ is to reduce these differences and imbalances and, at the same time, to ensure more balanced spatial development throughout the EU. Territorial cohesion – for which the German language uses two slightly different terms, “territoriale Kohäsion” and “territorialer Zusammenhalt” – has to be seen as a general term encompassing a number of different components. In addition to redressing disparities and spatial imbalances, this concept aims to improve territorial integration and to promote co-operation among EU regions. In striving to bring about territorial cohesion, due account must be taken of the diversity of the European continent, and consideration should be given to the advantages and disadvantages each area exhibits. Among the special challenges to be faced are the concentration of population and economic activity in what has come to be known as the Pentagon, the process of EU enlargement, and the severe imbalances which exist between the major centres of population and other parts of the EU territory. Against this background, it was only right and proper that territorial cohesion should be included in the draft of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (Article I-3), which lists economic, social, and territorial cohesion as being among the Union’s objectives.

• EU Environmental Policy
• European Spatial Development Policy
• European Union (EU)
• Governance
• Regional Co-operation in Europe
• Russia
• Suburbia
• Transboundayry Governance
• Urbanisation
• environmental protection
• integration
• labour market
• sustainability
• landscape/regional and urban planning

• Academy for Spatial Research and Planning, Hannover, Germany

  Dietmar Scholich

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