The aim of this paper is to investigate the continuity and the driving forces of the urban-rural employment shift in Western Europe. Based on a comparable area typology for the three case study states Britain, Germany and Italy, the study finds out that since the 1970s rural areas have overall...

The European Union aims at reducing interregional disparities by developing the trans-European Transport Networks (TETN). Through the construction of new transport links such as motorways and high-speed railways the accessibility of peripheral regions within Europe is to be increased. The...

Since the early 1990s, new forms of regional governance have spread over Western Europe: In many countries, the competencies and ressources of the subnational level have been reinforced (Jessop 1997). In parallel, there has been a shift from hyrarchical modes of government to more flexible,...

The European Union aims at reducing interregional disparities by developing the trans-European Transport Networks (TETN). Through the construction of new transport links such as motorways and high-speed railways the accessibility of peripheral regions within Europe is to be increased. The...

Since the early 1990s, new forms of regional governance have spread over Western Europe: In many countries, the competencies and ressources of the subnational level have been reinforced (Jessop 1997). In parallel, there has been a shift from hyrarchical modes of government to more flexible,...