Currently social and political constructed urban regions are about to approach a threefold role regarding their functional, economic and political function. At first they constitute a basis for economic and social life. What is next is their role as a vital relational asset to refine competitive...

Das Konzept der Europäischen Metropolregionen hat sich in den letzten Jahren zu einem der bedeutsamsten raumordnungspolitischen Ansätze entwickelt. Im Rahmen dieses Beitrages soll dieser Bedeutungszuwachs in diskursanalytischer Perspektive kritisch hinterfragt werden. Dabei wird zum einen...

Das Konzept der Europäischen Metropolregionen hat sich in den letzten Jahren zu einem der bedeutsamsten raumordnungspolitischen Ansätze entwickelt. Im Rahmen dieses Beitrages soll dieser Bedeutungszuwachs in diskursanalytischer Perspektive kritisch hinterfragt werden. Dabei wird zum einen...

Currently social and political constructed urban regions are about to approach a threefold role regarding their functional, economic and political function. At first they constitute a basis for economic and social life. What is next is their role as a vital relational asset to refine competitive...

Polycentricity is one of the key words coined by the ESDP in 1999 to frame strategic planning at the transnational level. In recent years, however, the concept of polycentricity (and its inherent expectations) has increasingly trickled down as well to the regional level. The paper stems from...