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Metropolisation and Polycentric Development in Central Europe

Metropolisation and Polycentric Development in Central Europe. ESPON Seminar Evidence-based Cohesion Policy: Territorial Dimension 29-30 November 2011 Krakow, Poland Rudolf Giffinger & Johannes Suitner. POLYCE Project Partners. Lead Partner Vienna University of Technology

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Metropolisation and Polycentric Development in Central Europe

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  1. Metropolisation and Polycentric Development in Central Europe ESPON Seminar Evidence-based Cohesion Policy: Territorial Dimension 29-30 November 2011 Krakow, Poland Rudolf Giffinger & Johannes Suitner

  2. POLYCE Project Partners • Lead Partner • Vienna University of Technology • Project Partners • University of Ljubljana • Slovak University of Technology Bratislava • University of Szeged • Czech Technical University in Prague • University ofPrague • CEPS - CentreforPopulations, Povertyand Public Policy Studies, Luxembourg • Politecnico di Milano • Stakeholder Cities • Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Praha, Wien • Project Duration • 10/2010 - 06/2012

  3. POLYCE Objectives • Objectives • Strengths and weaknesses and assets of the development of metropolitan regions • Meaning of metropolisation and polycentric development • Mutual relation between metropolisation and polycentricity •  Practical knowledge about the polycentric situation in the Danube Region and governance initiatives and strategies • Policy Questions • Are metropolisation and polycentricity descriptive terms or normative concepts of a city’s development? (At least for Vienna’s Development Plan) • What is the regional dimension of metropolitan and polycentric development? • Can new territories be defined for cooperative development and how? • What potential strategies for cooperative development can be revealed on a greater spatial level?

  4. Territorial development through governance recommendations • Elaborating enhanced Polycentric Development • morphological (micro), relational (micro, meso, macro) within and between 5 cities • Modelling Urban Size and Metropolisation • Cost & benefit function • Identification of growth potentials • Identification of influence factors • for 59 metropolitan areas • 26% EU27 population, 33% EU27 GDP • Comparative identifying Metropolitan Profiles • 5 characteristics of urban development • Description of each field by several factors • 50 European metropolises (MEGAs) • More than 100 indicators •  Evidence based discussion of assets and perspectives of metropolitan development

  5. POLYCE Preliminary Results • Interviews with local actors • Assessment of recent urban development trends • Perspectives for future developments • Meaning of cooperative initiatives for metropolitan development • 5 local Workshops • Most important development trends • Elaboration of development perspectives (thematic fields) • Elaboration of relevant governance approaches EconomicRestructuring SociodemographicProcesses Technological Innovations Inclusion Smart Metropolitan Development Metropolisation Polycentricity Competitiveness Governance Smart metropolitan development indicates the ability of a metropolitan agglomeration to cope with challenges of competitiveness and inclusive development.

  6. Results on Polycentricity • Microlevel • Smallercities (Bra, Lju) comparablymorepolycentricthan larger cities • Budapest, Wien, Praha more dominant in theirmetropolitanregions • Vienna functionallymoreintegratedthancities in formercommunist countries • Meso / macrolevel • Strong tiesbetween Budapest, Praha and Wien (FIRE firms, researchnetworks) • Bratislava and Ljubljana performingwellirrespectiveofsmallersize • Budapest, Praha and Wien highlyintegrated in European and global FIRE firm networks •  Is polycentricity an importantissue in localplanningstrategies? POLYCE Preliminary Results III

  7. POLYCE Preliminary Results • Metropolitan Growth Potentials • Influencing Factors • Land rent • Human capital • Urban amenities • Administrative and power functions • Scientific networks • Polycentric urban development •  Chances and risks of predicted urban growth?

  8. POLYCE Preliminary Results • Metropolitan Profiles • What can stakeholders gain and conclude from such profiles? • In which fields are strategic projects regarded as important? • What are these fields and projects?

  9. Integrating Policy in POLYCE. Integrating POLYCE in Policy • How can policy context and territorial dimensions be integrated? • Central Europe • Political context hard to achieve • Too abstract and complex to gain politicians’ attention • Project gained planners’ interest in positioning of cities • National& Regional • Different results (e.g. Vienna: hard to gain interest of small cities in region) • How can results be used in policy processes? • What’s a city’s (strategic) orientation? • Hub, gateway (CE, Danube Region, Europe) • Internal (CE), external (European/global) • Cities as metropolises (culture, tourism, R&D) (CE, Danube Region) • What are development chances and risks on a city-regional level? • Monocentric or polycentric structure (local, national, CE) • Evolvement of metropolitan regions (local)

  10. Thank You For Your Attention! www.polyce.eu

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