This volume provides an overview of research on seemingly, current and former peripheral areas and on processes of peripheralisation in Europe. Particular emphasis is given to questions of local and regional governance, to multiple actors of peripheralisation and residential revitalisation as...

Bislang ungenutzte Flächen werden in großem Umfang für Wohnen, Wirtschaft, Handel, Verkehr und Freizeit in Anspruch genommen, während Zahl und Ausmaß der brach liegenden Flächen in den Städten zunehmen. Vor diesem Hintergrund werden im Rahmen einer deutsch-amerikanischen...

This chapter examines the distributional effects of place-based policies in the EU. In a first step, it characterizes existing income inequalities in the EU and distinguishes between their interregional and intraregional dimensions. A key result is that inequalities within European regions make...