"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...

1. The new metropolis : rethinking megalopolis / Robert Lang and Paul K. Knox -- 2. Looking backward, looking forward : the city region of the mid-21st century / Peter Hall -- 3. The 21st-century metropolis : new geographies of theory / Ananya Roy -- 4. City regions and place development / Patsy...

"City-regions are areas where the daily journeys for work, shopping and leisure frequently cross administrative boundaries. They are seen as engines of the national economy, but are also facing congestion and disparities. Thus, all over the world, governments attempt to increase problem-solving...