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National heritages and the new Europe
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1994-06-30)This paper argues that the use of national heritage, principally as formed in the built environment, is significant in the formulation of a Europe-wide sense of belonging. National heritages have been widely manipulated ... -
Markets and the state and the role of local regeneration strategies: a case study of the defence sector in the UK in the 1980s
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1994-06-30)This paper reviews current practice and thinking in the UK with respect to changes occurring in the defence sector. Planned responses and interventionist measures to deal with the consequences of large scale job losses ... -
The challenge to develop a border region: German-Polish cooperation
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1994-06-30)Changes in Central and Eastern Europe have an impact on regional devel-opment in border areas and on cross-national cooperation in favour of these areas. The German-Polish border area illustrates the complexity of regional ... -
Rereading the sixties. Reconsidering planning as a vehicle for structural change
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1994-06-30)In the 1960s the planning discipline had a strong profile and identity. Today, after thirty years in many countries, much of this profile and professional identity has disappeared. Nevertheless important groups in society ... -
The model of equilibrium between economic development and state of environment
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1994-06-30)The concept of a model which allows generating states of equilibrium between the economic development and requirements of environment protection in regions is presented. It consists of three modules connected together by ... -
Planning for the telecommunications-based city: experience and prospects
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1994-12-30)This paper analyses the experience in applying 'telematics' networks and services to confront the urban policy and planning challenges facing cities. Telematics - the result of the convergence of telecommunications and ... -
London, Paris, Berlin: economic competition and the new urban governance
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1994-12-30)This article addresses the degree of autonomy experienced by the planning regimes of London, Paris and Berlin. What variation exists in the governance of these cities and how do national, local, political, business and ... -
The 'urban mobility integrated basin' and its policy-oriented identification
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1994-12-30)This contribution reassumes and updates the concept and operationality of the 'urban mobility integrated basin' (UMIB) as an appropriate unit of reference and prerequisite of rationality for any process of territorial ... -
Behavioural responses to improved information supply and demand management in transport: A methodological approach illustrated by a case study in Barcelona
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1994-12-30)This paper has two aims: ( 1) it offers an analytical framework for transport telematics policy with a particular view on behavioural responses of road users, and (2) it illustrates the methodology developed by means of a ... -
Innovations in the Netherlands: a time dynamic analysis
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1994-12-30)This article covers several aspects of innovations within firms in the Netherlands. First of all the innovativeness of the Dutch industry is investigated. This is done by means of a measuring scheme developed by the Faculty ... -
The implications for the informal sector of European Union integration
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1995-06-30)This article explores the implications of European Union (EU) integration for the informal sector. Using evidence from numerous empirical studies of individual localities throughout · he EU, the informal sector is revealed ... -
European boundaries in spatial research
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1995-06-30)An extensive overview of concepts of boundaries is made in the paper. Concepts of 'natura!' versus 'artificial' boundaries are discussed. The analysis of the relation between the notions of boundary, limit and border is ... -
Environmental management of social dilemas
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1995-06-30)Social dilemmas are contradictions between the interests of individuals and the collective interests as expressed in plans and policy proposals. It is argued in this paper that if these social dilemmas are denied in ... -
European spatial strategies and local development in Central Europe
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1995-06-30)This paper argues that development of loca! planning strategies must take into account the recent growth of spatial policy-making at the scale of Europe as a whole. This is especially em1 1hasised in the case of the former ... -
The impact of nine social groups on socio-economic development in Eastern and Central Europe
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1995-06-30)This papier applies stucture-actor analysis to prsent changes in Eastern and Central Europe. While stuctural analysis helps to identify broad economic potentials, the actor-oriented approach is important as method to analyse ... -
The Pyrenees: death of a border, birth of a hinge?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1995-12-30)At the end of the 1950s the Pyrenean Mountain Range stili represented a physical barrier with rare entry and exit points. From the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659) to the Franco dictatorship, this inescapable element was ... -
Cities and innovations in Europe challenges and visions
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1995-12-31)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 ... -
Urban spatial policy: a European gender perspective
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1996-06-30)The gender dimensions of urban form and town planning policy are investigated drawing on findings from research on 'women and town planning' in Britain, and making comparisons with the wider European situation. Even if ... -
Reducing regional disparities in Europe: the policy issues
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1996-12-30)This paper examines the key issues to be addressed by policy-makers seeking to reduce regional disparities in Europe. lt explores the nature and causes of existing disparities and critically appraises the effectiveness of ... -
Innovational perspectives - contributions to the national conception for regional development in Hungary
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 1996-12-30)The primary aim of !his study has been to provide a contribution to the National Conception for Regional Development towards working out a regional policy in Hungary which takes into account the innovational potentials of ...