Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Berg, Leo van den.
2. Braun, Erik.
3. Meer, J. van der.
4. European Institute for Comparative Urban Research.

Description

1. xii, 448 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. EURICUR series

Uniform title

1. EURICUR series

Subject

1. Urban policy > European Union countries
2. City and town life > European Union countries
3. City and town life
4. Urban policy
5. Kommunalpolitik
6. Urbanität
7. Stadtplanung
8. Politische Steuerung
9. Großstadt
10. Stedelijk beleid
11. Overheidsbeleid
12. Urban politik > EU-länderna
13. Stadsplanering > EU-länderna
14. European Union countries
15. EU-landen
16. Europäische Union

Contents

1. 1. Introduction and research framework -- 2. National urban policies : the situation in the mid-1990s -- 3. The urban dimension in European policy : history, actors and programmes -- 4. Austria : no national urban policies / Friedrich Schindegger -- 5. Urban policies in Belgium : a puff-pastry with a bittersweet aftertaste? / Maarten Loopmans, Sarah Luyten and Christian Kesteloot -- 6. Denmark's national urban showcase : the Oresund area regional development / Christian Wichmann Matthiessen -- 7. Finland : towards urban innovation policy / Eero Holstila -- 8. France : metropolitan areas as new 'reference territories' for public policies / Christian Lefevre -- 9. Urban Germany : the future will be different / Klaus R. Kunzmann -- 10. National urban policy in Greece / Dimitris Economou, George Petrakos and Yannis Psycharis -- 11. Ireland : metropolitan dominance -- the challenge in achieving balanced territorial development / Michael J. Bannon -- 12. Italy : towards the recognition of the strategic relevance of metropolitan cities / Ilaria Bramezza -- 13. Luxembourg : national local partnerships / Ariane Chouly and Jan van der Meer -- 14. The Netherlands : empowering large cities to meet their challenges / Erik Braun, Ariane Chouly and Jan van der Meer -- 15. Portugal : urban policies or policies with an urban incidence? / Alvaro Domingues, Nuno Portas and Teresa Sa Marques -- 16. Spain : changing century, changing cycle? : large Spanish cities on the threshold of the twenty-first century / Oriol Nello -- 17. Sweden : the emergence of a national urban policy / Jan-Evert Nilsson -- 18. United Kingdom : the changing landscape of English urban policy / Michael Parkinson -- 19. Synthesis -- Annex 1. The basics of EU regional policy -- Annex 2. List of national government representatives.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.