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...

[Einleitung ...] Mit diesem Positionspapier aus der ARL möchten wir einen Beitrag zur Debatte um die möglichen raumbezogenen Auswirkungen des Brexits leisten. Wir betrachten diese Auswirkungen aus einer eher deutschen Perspektive heraus. Das heißt: Andere raumbezogene Auswirkungen bzw....

This paper discusses current challenges, expectations and practices related to an increasingly applied normative concept, namely that of planning to become (or to maintain) a 'polycentric' metropolitan area. Based on findings provided by a group of spatial planners from 12 metropolitan areas...