ABSTRACT
The present study analyses the transferability of the measures outlined above to Austria's Central and Eastern European neighbouring countries by means of qualitative methods of empirical research on the basis of a selection of local areas. In this context, local area denotes a municipality together with its relations with neighbouring municipalities. This leads to a particular local area being viewed differently by each given municipality, which makes a rigid definition of local areas impossible. Local areas, in turn, form part of a region.
