This paper deals with specific issues concerning the relationship of regional development strategies and EU integration of the 'Accession Countries' of Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs). In this context the specific role of pre-accession regional development support and the future regional and...

This paper examines what regional characteristics drove urban economic growth in Europe during the past decade. Possible impacts on the new member states in Central Europe due to expansion of the European Union are accounted for by comparison between two periods, before and after 2004. With a...