Wohin steuert die Raumplanung? Mit dieser Frage befasste sich das Junge Forum auf seiner Tagung 2001. In drei Arbeitsgruppen wurde diese Frage intensiv erörtert und diskutiert: 1. Verhandeln statt planen? Chancen und Grenzen planerischer Verhandlungslösungen im Umgang mit Großinvestoren, 2....

Functional areas such as integrated local labour markets exist across countries’ entire national territory. However, most OECD countries have focused their work on larger cities and their surrounding area of economic influence by establishing the concept of functional urban areas. Extending...

This paper discusses Norway’s zero-growth objective for passenger car traffic. It focuses on Oslo’s experience with removing parking space, improving walking and cycling conditions and reducing road capacity on main motorways. The paper highlights the effectiveness of reallocating road and...

Rural England plays a significant role in the economy of the United Kingdom, but an even larger social and cultural role. And it is unique among OECD regions, in that it is geographically compact, with rural inhabitants generally no more than a half hour’s drive from an urban area. There is...

Located at the border with the US, Chihuahua has benefited from FDI and NAFTA. Chihuahua has been one of the richest regions in Mexico and one of the most dynamic in the OECD. However, the region’s FDI-trade link with the USA has also led to some vulnerability to external shocks. The two...

Faced with high population density, close proximity of urban areas and urban-rural linkages, rural areas in the Netherlands have witnessed a gradual disappearance of characteristically rural landscapes and a deterioration of biodiversity. Future developments will increase pressures on rural land...

This book examines the major rural developments and the issues that policy makers have been dealing with across the OECD over the last two decades. The OECD Conference, held in Siena, Italy, in July 2002, on the Future of Rural Policy, identified the need for rural policies to look beyond...

Nach einer Rekonstruktion des Zentrale-Orte-Konzepts im Lichte der politischen Ökonomie und einem ersten Fazit werden die Grundlagen der Theorie des politischen Opportunismus dargelegt. Mit ihrer Hilfe wird begründet, warum die Politik Anreize hat, das Zentrale-Orte-Konzept politisch opportun...