Scholich Territorial Cohesion

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-3-540-71746-1
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 173 Seiten

Preface–Introduction 1 Dietmar Scholich The various regions within the European Union are marked by a high degree of disparity with regard to economic performance and productivity, and with respect to their labour markets. The intention underlying the EU’s concept of ‘territorial cohesion’ is to reduce these differences and imbalances and, at the same time, to ensure more balanced spatial development throughout the EU. Territorial cohesion – for which the German language uses two slightly different terms, “territoriale Kohäsion” and “territorialer Zusammenhalt” – has to be seen as a general term encompassing a number of different components. In addition to redressing disparities and spatial imbalances, this concept aims to improve territorial integration and to promote co-operation among EU regions. In striving to bring about territorial cohesion, due account must be taken of the diversity of the European continent, and consideration should be given to the advantages and disadvantages each area exhibits. Among the special challenges to be faced are the concentration of population and economic activity in what has come to be known as the Pentagon, the process of EU enlargement, and the severe imbalances which exist between the major centres of population and other parts of the EU territory. Against this background, it was only right and proper that territorial cohesion should be included in the draft of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (Article I-3), which lists economic, social, and territorial cohesion as being among the Union’s objectives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scholich, Dietmar

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgement;5
2;Contents;6
3;1 Preface – Introduction;9
4;2 Status and Perspectives of Territorial Cohesion with Respect to European Spatial Development Policy ( ESDP) - Normative and Governance Aspects;13
4.1;2.1 Main Sources of Information;14
4.2;2.2 Terminology applied;18
4.3;2.3 Expanding Territorial Cohesion in the constitutional Debate;20
4.4;2.4 Main Facets of the TC-Issue;22
4.5;2.5 Governance Aspects of Territorial Cohesion;24
4.6;2.6 Achieving Territorial Cohesion through the Results of Scientific Research;27
4.7;2.7 Normative and Governance Perspectives of TC;27
4.8;2.8 Going back to the Roots of TC?;29
4.9;References;30
5;3 Territorial Cohesion – Between Expectations, Disparities and Contradictions;31
5.1;Introduction;31
5.2;3.1 The Spatial Development Process and Territorial Cohesion Concept;32
5.3;3.2 Territorial Cohesion, EU Objectives and current Development Goals;38
5.4;References:;45
6;4 Regional Disparities – Reasons Enough to Run a Cohesion- Oriented Spatial Policy?;48
6.1;4.1 Spatial Equity – old and new Discussions;48
6.2;4.2 Why have a Spatial Policy oriented toward Equity?;50
6.3;4.3 Regional Disparities with Regard to Employment;54
6.4;4.4 Regional Disparities with Regard to Services for the Public;56
6.5;4.5 Conclusions concerning Spatial Policy;57
7;5 Territorial Cohesion, Brain Drain and Digital Divide;59
7.1;5.1 Brain Drain in Eastern Germany – Increasing Governance Paradoxes related to the Outcomes of Post- socialist Peripheralization;60
7.2;5.2 Territorial Cohesion: An outdated Notion?;62
7.3;5.3 Knowledge and the Periphery;63
7.4;5.4 Conclusion;65
7.5;References;67
8;6 Environmental Protection needs good Administration: Ecological Applications of the New Legal Instrument “ European Groupings of Territorial Co- operation ( EGTC)”;69
8.1;6.1 Legal Framework;71
8.2;6.2 Experience and Deficits concerning Cross-Border Co- operation;75
8.3;6.3 Requirements and Tasks for an EGTC;76
8.4;6.4 Conclusions;83
8.5;References;85
9;7 Suburbanisation, Suburbia and “ Zwischenstadt”: Perspectives of Research and Policy;87
9.1;7.1 Suburbanisation and Suburbia in Germany;88
9.2;7.2 International Perspectives: Suburbia and Beyond;90
9.3;7.3 Main Concepts of Suburbanisation Research;94
9.4;7.4 Suburbia in the Planner’s Discourse: Polarized Interpretations and Blind Spots in the Discourse;97
9.5;7.5 Perspectives on the Future of Suburbanisation Processes;99
9.6;References;102
10;8 Varying Costs of Living as Compensation for Regional Disparities in Germany;107
10.1;8.1 Methodological Problems;110
10.2;8.2 A new Glance at existing Data;112
10.3;8.3 Some new Results;119
10.4;8.4 Conclusions;123
10.5;References;125
10.6;Introduction;128
11;9 Territorial Cohesion and Transboundary Governance: Insights from the Polish- German and the Czech- German Borders;128
11.1;9.1 Transboundary Governance Concerning Policies with a Spatial Impact;130
11.2;9.2 Empirical Lenses on the Polish-German and Czech-German Borders;134
11.3;9.3 Conclusions;146
11.4;References;151
12;10 Spatial Development Strategies in the Enlarged EU: ESPON Project 1.2.3 on Spatially Relevant Aspects of the Information Society;156
12.1;10.1 Territorial Characteristics of the Information Society in Europe;157
12.2;10.2 Information Society Status and Trends in Germany;159
12.3;10.3 Information Society in a German peripheral Region – the Case of Tuttlingen;160
12.4;10.4 Conclusions;162
12.5;References;163
13;11 IRS Participates in EU-funded Research Project “ Governance for Sustainability”;164
14;List of Authors;166
14.1;Prof. Dr. Joachim Burdack;166
14.2;Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Bürkner;166
14.3;Mag. iur. Sylwia Czarnecka-Zawada;166
14.4;Prof. Dr. Carl-Heinz David;167
14.5;Prof. Maroš Finka, Ph.D., M.Arch.;167
14.6;Dr. Hans-Peter Gatzweiler;167
14.7;PD Dr. Markus Hesse;167
14.8;Dr. Gerold Janssen;168
14.9;Dr. Rupert Kawka;168
14.10;Dipl.-Ing. Robert Knippschild;169
14.11;Dipl.-Ing. Beate Konieczny;169
14.12;Dr. Markus Leibenath;169
14.13;Prof. Dr. Ulf Matthiesen;170
14.14;Dipl.-Geogr. Kristine Müller;170
14.15;Mag. phil. Eva Reisinger;170
14.16;Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Scholich;171
14.17;Dipl.-Ing. Lars Stratmann;171
14.18;Prof. Dr. Wendelin Strubelt;171
14.19;Dr. Sabine Zillmer;172
15;Portrait of the Editors Instituitions;173
15.1;Academy for Spatial Research and Planning (ARL);173
15.2;Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL);173
15.3;Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development ( IOER);174
15.4;Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning ( IRS);174
15.5;Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR);175