"Across Europe there is a rapidly changing context for undertaking regional development. In the 20th century, development of the former planned economies (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia), was defined by these countries differences, rather than their common...

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. New challenges and new patterns of collaboration -- pt. 3. Europe's new regionalization : the integration of regional activities through macro-regions -- pt. 4. Europe's re-regionalization across borders -- pt. 5. Conclusions