In den 90er Jahren haben sich Erreichbarkeitsprobleme als Hindernis für die Revitalisierung der Innenstadt von Halle (Saale) erwiesen. Anhand der Befunde einer im Jahr 2004 durchgeführten Passantenbefragung (N = 1 492) wird überprüft, ob dies nach wie vor ein Hemmfaktor für die...

The rising attention of politicians as well as scientists in the EU to the large urban agglomerations as centres of economic growth is accompanied by political efforts to identify and to demarcate such agglomerations under the label 'metropolitan regions'. This study develops a theoretical...

As scientists and policymakers tend to interpret changes in the economy as a trend towards an increasingly knowledge-based economy, their recommendations and strategies for regional economic development frequently contain elements how to intensify the knowledge flows in the region concerned....

A growing number of governments, political parties, and enterprises set the theme 'innovation' on their agenda and join in the global race to more competitive national economies. In this race the concept of the 'innovative milieu' serves as an important point of orientation and as a political...

Since 1990, the date of German reunification, urban development and especially the recovery of inner cities in East Germany has been delayed by several factors including real estate restitution claims, inflexible preservation codes for historic buildings, and the shortage of stores for...

Data sets from OECD countries and especially the US indicate growing inequalities in income and thus stimulate research with respect to this topic. In this paper the basic arguments and results of several studies with an economic and a sociological background are compared and discussed. It...

As scientists and policymakers tend to interpret changes in the economy as a trend towards an increasingly knowledge-based economy, their recommendations and strategies for regional economic development frequently contain elements how to intensify the knowledge flows in the region concerned....

In the nineties the revitalization of the center of the city of Halle (Saale) (Saxony- Anhalt) has been delayed by accessibility problems. The author uses the data of an empirical investigation in 2004 consisting of interviews with people in the street (N = 1 492) to check if this problematic...