Through the last year's global economical changes, population growth, and the need for allocation of resources towards population; have promoted the interest for the acceleration of economical regional development for the cities through new processes, some of which have to exceed the boundaries...

This paper discusses policy implications from the empirical results obtained in the preceding tasks and, in particular, from a survey among city representatives and representatives of migrant organizations in 40 European cities. It argues that cultural diversity is a distinct aspect of migration...

The potential effects of high-speed rail (HSR) reach into many overlapping fields of interest. This paper summarizes the evolution of HSR and elaborates on the development effects of the HSR transport infrastructure. HSR can simultaneously become a core component on desired urban developments,...