Cities between Competitiveness and Cohesion

Discourses, Realities and Implementation

AvPeter Ache,Hans Thor Andersen

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

During the last three years, a group of about forty people has met regularly across Europe to develop the ideas as originally presented in the Memorandum of Und- standing, setting the agenda for the analysis of preconditions, strategies and o- comes among different cities in their effort to reconcile welfare and growth.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-10-28
Mått:155 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt:493 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:GeoJournal Library
Antal sidor:306
Förlag:Springer
ISBN:9789048178162

Utforska kategorier

Samhälle och kultur inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Geografi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Innehållsförteckning

Discourses and Conceptualizations of Competitiveness and Cohesion.- Cities Between Competitiveness and Cohesion: Discourses, Realities and Implementation – Introduction.- Competitiveness and Cohesion: A Janus Head? Some Conceptual Clarifications.- Analyzing the Competitiveness of Cities and Regions.- Are Entrepreneurial Cities More Successful? Empirical Evidence from 50 German Cities.- Competitiveness and Cohesion in the Spanish Provinces: A Territorial Approach.- Globalizing Urban Economies and Social Inequality: An Empirical Assessment. The Case of Amsterdam and Rotterdam.- The Conditional Nature of Relations Between Competitiveness, Social Cohesion and Spatial Inequalities: The Evidence from Istanbul.- Detecting Social Cohesion in Cities and Regions.- Immigration and the Spatial (Dis)Equilibrium of Competitiveness – Cohesion in Athens.- Labour Migration and Social Cohesion – Some Empirical Evidence from Vienna.- From Survival to Competition? The Socio-Spatial Evolution of Turkish Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Antwerp.- Maribor – Housing Strategies in a Slovenian City Linking Competitiveness with Social Cohesion.- Practice of the Competitiveness and Cohesion Discourse in Urban and Regional Development.- Sustainable Urban Regeneration in a Global City – The Regeneration of Paddington Basin.- Finnish Urban Districts – New Actors in Multi-Level Governance.- Reconciling Competitiveness and Social Cohesion in Urban Regions – The Role of Transport Policy.- Positioning Bratislava in an Emerging Cross-Border Metropolitan Area.- Reconciling Competitiveness and Cohesion – Conclusions.- Conclusions – Competitiveness and Cohesion: One Discourse, Multiple Realities and New Challenges for Policy and Research.