German Annual of Spatial Research and Policy 2009

1. Preface – Introduction
Heiderose Kilper

2. Territorial Cohesion – Current Views of the Commission and the Member States of the European Union
Karl Peter Schön

3. From Disparities to Diversity – Territorial Cohesion in the European Union
Thiemo W. Eser

4. Spatial Patterns in the Knowledge Society
Hans Joachim Kujath, Axel Stein

5. The Importance of Infrastructures and Interaction Networks for Regional Competitiveness in the Knowledge Economy
Suntje Schmidt, Manuela Wolke

6. Urbanisation Processes and Regional Disparities in Europe – The Role of Metropolitan Regions and the Importance of the Settlement Structure
Volker Schmidt-Seiwert

7. Suburban Residential Development in Post-socialist Urban Regions: The Case of Moscow, Sofia, and Budapest
Isolde Brade, Christian Smigiel, Zoltán Kovács

8. The European Regional Demographic Mosaic – A Challenge for Spatial Development
Bernhard Müller, Paulina Schiappacasse

9. Polarisation or Convergence? Spatial Patterns of Fertility in Hungary 15 Years after the Beginning of the Process of Transformation
Tim Leibert

10. The Subsidiarity Principle – Does it Impede Equal Ecological Living Conditions in Europe?
Juliane Albrecht

11. Demographic Change: Complexity as a Challenge for Urban and Regional Development
Gérard Hutter, Andreas Klee, Monika Meyer, Gregor Prinzensing, Sabine Scharfe, Mathias Siedhoff, Sabine Tzschaschel

12. Environmental Cooperation across Germany’s External Borders – The Case of Ecological Networks
Markus Leibenath, Andreas Blum, Sylke Stutzriemer

13. European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) – Experiences and Prospects
Gerold Janssen

14. Hist. Urban – Integrated Revitalisation of Historic Towns to Promote a Polycentric and Sustainable Development
Jan Prömmel, Dagmar Tille

15. Germany in the Light of the Territorial Agenda – The ESPON Perspective
Kai Pflanz, Sabine Zillmer

Keywords: Geography, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Regional/Spatial Science, Human Geography