Transnational Metropolitan Development Strategies and Governance in a Post-Socialist Setting: The Case of Szczecin

Transnational Metropolitan Development Strategies and Governance in a Post-Socialist Setting: The Case of Szczecin

The integration of cities and their regions into transnational networks has become a key municipal strategy, with the creation of a metropolitan governance structure being seen in this context as a fundamental element. The Szczecin Metropolitan Area constitutes an example of meagre results in interc...

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Main Author: Tölle Alexander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2014-12-01
Series:Quaestiones Geographicae
Subjects:
cross-border metropolitan governance
polish-german border area
post-socialist cities
szczecin
transnational development strategies
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2014-0048
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spelling doaj-d7855d7afe6e43948935bb086957668c2021-09-05T21:23:39ZengSciendoQuaestiones Geographicae2081-63832014-12-01334435610.2478/quageo-2014-0048quageo-2014-0048Transnational Metropolitan Development Strategies and Governance in a Post-Socialist Setting: The Case of SzczecinTölle Alexander0German-Polish Research Institute of the European University in Frankfurt-upon-Oder, Germany, and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Collegium Polonicum, Słubice, PolandThe integration of cities and their regions into transnational networks has become a key municipal strategy, with the creation of a metropolitan governance structure being seen in this context as a fundamental element. The Szczecin Metropolitan Area constitutes an example of meagre results in intercommunal cooperation in post-socialist East-Central Europe. This has its repercussions on the task of creating cross-border metropolitan governance structures including adjacent German counties, a task which, in turn, may help to overcome development barriers. This becomes apparent particularly in the process of defining joint development objectives as well as an image for the cross-border metropolitan regionhttps://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2014-0048cross-border metropolitan governancepolish-german border areapost-socialist citiesszczecintransnational development strategies
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Transnational Metropolitan Development Strategies and Governance in a Post-Socialist Setting: The Case of Szczecin
Quaestiones Geographicae
cross-border metropolitan governance
polish-german border area
post-socialist cities
szczecin
transnational development strategies
author_facet Tölle Alexander
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title Transnational Metropolitan Development Strategies and Governance in a Post-Socialist Setting: The Case of Szczecin
title_short Transnational Metropolitan Development Strategies and Governance in a Post-Socialist Setting: The Case of Szczecin
title_full Transnational Metropolitan Development Strategies and Governance in a Post-Socialist Setting: The Case of Szczecin
title_fullStr Transnational Metropolitan Development Strategies and Governance in a Post-Socialist Setting: The Case of Szczecin
title_full_unstemmed Transnational Metropolitan Development Strategies and Governance in a Post-Socialist Setting: The Case of Szczecin
title_sort transnational metropolitan development strategies and governance in a post-socialist setting: the case of szczecin
publisher Sciendo
series Quaestiones Geographicae
issn 2081-6383
publishDate 2014-12-01
description The integration of cities and their regions into transnational networks has become a key municipal strategy, with the creation of a metropolitan governance structure being seen in this context as a fundamental element. The Szczecin Metropolitan Area constitutes an example of meagre results in intercommunal cooperation in post-socialist East-Central Europe. This has its repercussions on the task of creating cross-border metropolitan governance structures including adjacent German counties, a task which, in turn, may help to overcome development barriers. This becomes apparent particularly in the process of defining joint development objectives as well as an image for the cross-border metropolitan region
topic cross-border metropolitan governance
polish-german border area
post-socialist cities
szczecin
transnational development strategies
url https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2014-0048
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