With the beginning of the year 1999, a further important step towards deeper integration of Europe took place: The European Monetary Union (EMU) was put into force. Undoubtedly, this has, beside other effects, also considerable effects on the economic geography of the integrating area. Possible...

Implemented by a joint initiative of ARL and DATAR (Délégation à lÁménagement du Territoire et à lÁction Régionale) an international group of experts reflected regional development policies. Due to a variety of reasons, economic development is accompanied with different regional...

Die langfristige Abnahme und die kontinuierliche Alterung der Bevölkerung sowie die internationale und interregionale Migration lösen auch in Nordrhein-Westfalen einen tief greifenden sozialen und demographischen Wandel aus. Gerade unter dem Aspekt einer nachhaltigen Raumentwicklung ergibt...