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....

Throughout the literature in regional economics, most authors agree that spatially concentrated industrial activities are important for regional economic growth. Agglomeration economies, which may occur in the context of spatial concentration and "clusters", may lead to lower costs of production...

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....

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...

Das Postulat, „gleichwertige Lebensverhältnisse“ in allen Teilräumen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland herzustellen, wurde in den letzten Jahren in der öffentlichen und wissenschaftlichen Diskussion zunehmend zur Disposition gestellt. Die Kritiker des Status quo reklamieren sowohl eine...