The comparison of cities with regard to their economic or demographic development may yield misleading results, if solely the cities in their administrative borders are the object of consideration. Frequently, historical borders of cities neither conform to the contemporary settlement...

This study examines how far and in what way 'Our cities are back', as claimed by England's Core Cities Group. It focuses on 1984-2007 employment changes for the eight Core Cities and their city regions: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield. City...

Stadtregionale Diskurse über Organisationsformen bieten kaum Anhaltspunkte, um kooperative Prozesse kontextspezifisch zu analysieren und anzuleiten. Dieses Defizit können Design-Kriterien überwinden. Der vorliegende Beitrag operationalisiert ein vorgeschlagenes Kriterien-Set unter Rückgriff...

The theme of this paper is the current practice of vision and visioning in land use planning in Scotland. The recent allocation of £90 million as part of the Building Better Cities Growth Fund required Scotland's six principal cities to prepare a city-vision. This was based on the perceived...

Urban sprawl and integration process of rural areas raise new questions on the place of agriculture in city regions?planning. Agricultural sector remains central to control urban sprawl even though its economic dimension is challenged. Agriculture becomes an instrument to answer urban demand of...

Hall P. Looking backward, looking forward: the city region of the mid-21st century, Regional Studies. Emerging as a serious tool of analysis in the United States around 1950, the city region concept was increasingly applied in a European context after 1980. Since 2000, it has evolved further...

By today smart specialization has become a crucial part of the growth strategy of the European Union. Smart specialization is an innovative approach for the economic transformation of regions, a complex development strategy that builds on the unique characteristics and values of regions, and...