<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Under the conditions of globalisation, economic success has been related in politics and theoretical debate to the strength of regions. The concept of the region has therefore also been strengthened in Germany. Within the architecture of a historically grown political landscape, the implementation of the new forms of so-called metropolitan governance, however, has had limited effects. While the limits of “new regionalism” in Germany – by the federal organisation of political geography – are evident, the very idea of regional governance is also to be challenged. Therefore, the article discusses whether the introduction of “Metropolitan regions” can be regarded in the light of the international research on global city-regions.</p></abstract>

Under the conditions of globalisation, economic success has been related in politics and theoretical debate to the strength of regions. The concept of the region has therefore also been strengthened in Germany. Within the architecture of a historically grown political landscape, the implementation of the new forms of so-called metropolitan governance, however, has had limited effects. While the limits of “new regionalism” in Germany – by the federal organisation of political geography – are evident, the very idea of regional governance is also to be challenged. Therefore, the article discusses whether the introduction of “Metropolitan regions” can be regarded in the light of the international research on global city-regions.

“Metropolregionen” in Germany: The Enforcement of Global City-Regions

Institute for European Urban Studies, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Deutschland

Miscellanea Geographica

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Under the conditions of globalisation, economic success has been related in politics and theoretical debate to the strength of regions. The concept of the...

“Metropolregionen” in Germany: The Enforcement of Global City-Regions

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 5 - 8

Received: May 29, 2015

Accepted: Dec 15, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2015-0031

Keywords
Regions, Metropolitan governance, Germany

© 2015 Frank Eckardt, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

“Metropolregionen” in Germany: The Enforcement of Global City-Regions

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 5 - 8

Received: May 29, 2015

Accepted: Dec 15, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2015-0031

KeywordsRegions, Metropolitan governance, Germany

© 2015 Frank Eckardt, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Regions, Metropolitan governance, Germany