The rising focus of politicians as well as scientists in the EU on the large urban agglomerations as centres of economic growth is accompanied by political efforts to identify and to demarcate such agglomerations under the label 'metropolitan regions'. This study develops a theoretical framework...

Im Beitrag wird untersucht, welcher Handlungsbedarf zur Verbesserung der Naherholungsqualität im Umfeld der 13 ostdeutschen Großstädte besteht.

The spatial evolution of the German solar industry is analysed in the light of the "window of locational opportunity" and the "selection environment" approach. The paper argues that differences in the regions' ability to promote the emergence of local external economies contribute to increasing...

Unsicherheiten ihrer Finanzierung konfrontiert. Unter diesem Aspekt erweitert der Wandel von der „administrierten“ zur „unternehmerischen Hochschule“ jedoch die Handlungsspielräume der Hochschulen für eine höhere Selbstfinanzierung. In der vorliegenden Studie wird eruiert, welche...

This article presents the results of an empirical study on spatially concentrated industries (SCI) with 'cluster' qualities in the eastern part of Germany which have emerged so far in the process of transformation. The findings reveal that SCI in East Germany which show 'cluster' qualities, i.e....