Berlin is a creative city attracting talent from around the world. The Berlin Senate has made great strides in developing innovation as a pillar of its economy. But challenges remain: there is long-term unemployment, a low absorptive capacity in small and medium-sized enterprises and a large...

A trend toward decentralisation has meant that sub-national governments increasingly find themselves responsible for providing a host of public goods and services. Rarely, however, can they "go it alone". Co-ordination among levels of government is imperative. This book offers a unique analytic...

Regionale Entwicklungskonzepte werden in vielen Regionen Deutschlands seit einigen Jahren erprobt, um die formelle Regionalplanung durch ein informelles, projekt-orientiertes Instrument zu ergänzen. Damit verbunden ist der Anspruch einer verbesserten Umsetzung der Ziele von Raumordnung und...