Today, the Bay Area is home to the most successful knowledge economy in America, while Los Angeles has fallen progressively further behind its neighbor to the north and a number of other American metropolises. Yet, in 1970, experts would have predicted that L.A. would outpace San Francisco in...

Durch die Internationalisierung und Globalisierung der wirtschaftlichen Beziehungen und Märkte, die westeuropäische Integration, die Öffnung der Grenzen nach Mittel- und Osteuropa sowie die deutsche Vereinigung hat sich die Standortkonkurrenz zwischen den Agglomerationsräumen erheblich und...

With over 70% of Europeans living in urban areas, cities and metropolitan areas are the motors of economic growth and home to most jobs. They play a key role as centres of innovation and the knowledge economy. At the same time, urban areas are the frontline in the battle for social cohesion and...