http://hdl.handle.net/11089/55992 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:41:28 GMT 2026-04-06T22:41:28Z http://hdl.handle.net/11089/56020 Heritage and culture - a capital for the new Europe MORRIS, Eleanor The paper looks into the future development of European integration in the context of the role of big cities in this process. London, Paris and Berlin are the main contenders to take the leading position. The author compares their respective strengths and weaknesses, discussing heritage as well as contemporary planning efforts. The conclusion indicates that Europe may end up with a polycentric system of capital cities rather than with a single capital. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11089/56020 2025-03-21T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11089/56019 Town planning and local government: evaluation of urban development proposals BURY, Piotr The current local governments in Poland have gained an opportunity to act as managers of towns and rural communes. Simultaneously, the economic recession forces a rational use of available resources. One means to this end is the ex ante evaluation of development proposals. Town planning offers a variety of evaluation methods using different criteria. To the local government, however, two seem to be the most important: effectiveness and costs. In fact, all the other criteria can be expressed through them. Evaluating whether the goals are met is obvious. The next step should then identify the capital costs to be covered by the local government plus other 'expenditures' by the community, such as social and opportunity costs. The aim of this paper is to point at the potential use of evaluation by local governments, with some theoretical contribution to the evaluation criteria. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11089/56019 2025-03-21T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11089/56017 Regional development in Central and Eastern Europe: the role of inherited structures, external forces and local initiatives PAUL, Leo This paper tries to explain regional development in Eastern and Central Europe. A simple West European bias can lead to false interpretations of current spatial processes. The spatial structuring forces in the communist period created a divergent mosaic of regions with different prospects for future development. This differentiated 'spatial outcome' of communism should be taken as point of departure for the new, post-communist era. The interrelativeness of econornical, legal and political reforms after the break-down of communism should be kept in mind. Seven influence groups, on different levels of scale, should be distinguished to understand regional development: the political context, international organisations, macroeconomic reforms, foreign investors, local initiatives, regional policy and geographical location. Together with the inhcrited structures, this leads to a spatial differentiation which is different from the one prevailing in the communisl era. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11089/56017 2025-03-21T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11089/56016 Cities and innovations in Europe challenges and visions MEGA, Voula The paper presents the first results of the European Overview of Urban lnnovations, undertaken by the European Foundation for the Improvemenl of Living and Working Conditions. The identified projects have been chosen from among projects which improve the urban metabolism, carry a collective sense, resis1 time, favour !ocal democracy and participation at the conception, decision and execution phases, produce culture and projects whose models are transferable to different places, respecting the difference. Projects concemed with urban environmental auditing or favouring social justice in cities are extremely important as they lead to a new art of planning for the achievement of the European sustainable city. Sun, 31 Dec 1995 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11089/56016 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z