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| Translated title of the contribution | Urban regional cooperations - New control approaches in comparison |
|---|---|
| Original language | German |
| Pages | 297-312 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Journal | Berichte zur Deutschen Landeskunde |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Abstract
In view of changing relationships between cities and their surrounding areas, debates on the concept of urban regions have re-emerged in the recent past. In many such regions politics and planning have sought a new balance between municipalities while improving the competitiveness of the region as a whole. With established structures often hindering rather than supporting appropriately regional solutions, new forms of regional cooperation have emerged. This paper looks at innovative solutions in four German urban regions. It presents an analysis of different political/organisational solutions and themes of cooperation before three common problem areas are discussed. It emerges that successful urban regions establish cooperation at several levels of scale and scope enabling joint action while maintaining municipal autonomy. Yet analysis also reveals that there is no ideal model for all urban regions, since traditions of cooperation and political culture are highly idiosyncratic.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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In: Berichte zur Deutschen Landeskunde, Vol. 81, No. 4, 2007, p. 297-312.
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T1 - Stadtregionale Kooperationen - Neue Steuerungsansätze im Vergleich
AU - Basten, Ludger
AU - Danielzyk, Rainer
AU - Lobeck, Michael
AU - Wiegandt, Claus C.
PY - 2007
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N2 - In view of changing relationships between cities and their surrounding areas, debates on the concept of urban regions have re-emerged in the recent past. In many such regions politics and planning have sought a new balance between municipalities while improving the competitiveness of the region as a whole. With established structures often hindering rather than supporting appropriately regional solutions, new forms of regional cooperation have emerged. This paper looks at innovative solutions in four German urban regions. It presents an analysis of different political/organisational solutions and themes of cooperation before three common problem areas are discussed. It emerges that successful urban regions establish cooperation at several levels of scale and scope enabling joint action while maintaining municipal autonomy. Yet analysis also reveals that there is no ideal model for all urban regions, since traditions of cooperation and political culture are highly idiosyncratic.
AB - In view of changing relationships between cities and their surrounding areas, debates on the concept of urban regions have re-emerged in the recent past. In many such regions politics and planning have sought a new balance between municipalities while improving the competitiveness of the region as a whole. With established structures often hindering rather than supporting appropriately regional solutions, new forms of regional cooperation have emerged. This paper looks at innovative solutions in four German urban regions. It presents an analysis of different political/organisational solutions and themes of cooperation before three common problem areas are discussed. It emerges that successful urban regions establish cooperation at several levels of scale and scope enabling joint action while maintaining municipal autonomy. Yet analysis also reveals that there is no ideal model for all urban regions, since traditions of cooperation and political culture are highly idiosyncratic.
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