Despite being steeped in the language of sustainable development, current conceptions of territorial cohesion are broadly silent on the practice of environmental protection. This paper criticizes this omission, suggesting that environmental cohesion is an integral part of territorial cohesion,...

In diesem Sammelband werden Beiträge zusammengefasst, die sich mit der Nutzung der Umwelt in ihren verschiedenen Funktionen (öffentliches Konsumgut, Rezeptor von Schadstoffen) unter dem besonderen Aspekt der räumlichen Dimensionen von Umweltgütern befassen. Der Band enthält...

Die aufkommende Informationswirtschaft ist mit Prozessen verbunden, die auch die Informations- und Kommunikationsindustrie grundsätzlich ändern. Einer dieser Prozesse - Konvergenz - bringt die Multimediaindustrie als dynamischer Kern dieser Informations- und Kommunikationsindustrie hervor. Die...

Dutch city-regions more than ever face the question how to legitimize their existence and be credible to participants and the public. The formal answer to this question is that the city-regions are an “extension” of local government. Their policies, programs and decisions are democratically...

Concern for the socio-economic vitality of rural areas has stimulated various development programmes. This paper proposes a methodology to quantify this policy concept following a strict socio-economic interpretation and use it to assess the structural characteristics and performance of rural...

The emerging information economy is accompanied by processes which also fundamentally affect the information and communication industry. One of these processes - convergence - produces the multimedia industry as the dynamic core of this information and communication industry. The organisation of...