There is a palpable tension between the planning and implementation of climate targets, for instance as regards renewable energy resources - among which wind power plays a significant role. This tension comes to the fore when assessing the effectiveness of spatial planning approaches to the...

Der EU-Wirtschaftsraum ist heute von einer ""Metropolisierung"" der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklungs- und Innovationspotenziale geprägt, d.h. der selektiven Konzentration von wissensintensiven Wirtschaftsaktivitäten in den Großstadtregionen und Metropolräumen Europas. Zugleich fungieren die...

The paper is devoted to problems of ensuring balanced and sustainable development of a very specific and important metropolitan region of the Russian Federation - the region of St Petersburg and surrounding it Leningrad Oblast. St.Petersburg (City) and Leningrad Oblast (Region) are both...