"Across Europe there is a rapidly changing context for undertaking regional development. In the 20th century, development of the former planned economies (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia), was defined by these countries differences, rather than their common...

Existing studies on Turkey usually fail to conceptualize the evolution of the regulations and efforts made for the administration and planning of the metropolitan regions in the country within a historical and comparative framework incorporating all forms of legal arrangements and tools...

Over the last decade or so, the debate on the planning and development of the Paris (Île-de-France) region has revolved around two little words: "Grand Paris", or Greater Paris. Despite existing political and scientific controversies surrounding the future of the capital region, three major...

Darstellung der politischen und ökonomischen Beweggründe zur nachkolonialen Verlegung bzw. Neugründung von Hauptstädten in verschiedenen Ländern Afrikas. Kritik an der afrikanischen Konzeption im Vergleich zu den lateinamerikanischen Beispielen Brasilien und Guayana. Fazit ist, daß zum...