Regions in Germany are facing an intensifying structural change towards the knowledge economy which is affecting spatial patterns of growth. . Features of such a change know many facets: fierce competition for skilled, mobile and motivated labor force, unemployment of non-qualified labor, longer...

Die Agglomeration ist eine Verdichtung von Unternehmen, Bevölkerung, Infrastrukturen und Interaktionsmöglichkeiten. Die Agglomeration bietet räumliche Nähe zu anderen Akteuren und schafft häufig positive Verstärkungseffekte. Durch die zunehmend wichtigere Rolle der wissensbasierten...

Transport accessibility is an important location factor for households and firms. In the last few decades, technological and social developments have contributed to a reinvigorated role of passenger transport. However, rail accessibility is unevenly distributed in space. The introduction of...

Following the inauguration of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by the star architect Frank Gehry, numerous cities have developed star architecture projects that try to emulate the 'Bilbao Effect' in the hope of triggering positive impacts for tourism and socio-economic development....