ABSTRACT
This book provides an up-to-date assessment of the main processes and dilemmas of regional development and regional policy in the newer European Union Member States in Central and Eastern Europe and neighbouring countries. It highlights the difficulties of balancing the demands within the new Member States for rapid regional growth and development with, firstly, the demands of the European Union overall that restructuring and development should conform to the aims and principles of EU common policies; and, secondly, with budgetary constraints. The book covers a wide range of issues, including global and national challenges to regional convergence and cohesion; regional dynamics, city networks and border issues; the effectiveness of policy responses at national and European levels, including an assessment of policy experiences from outside the new Member States; and likely future developments.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|86 pages
Central and Eastern Europe
chapter 2|15 pages
The competitiveness of Central and Eastern European countries
part II|81 pages
Metropolises of Central and Eastern Europe
chapter 9|15 pages
Spatial planning and city networks in economic development
part III|87 pages
Border location
chapter 10|13 pages
Economic geography and European integration
chapter 12|26 pages
The former Iron Curtain and the new eastern external border
chapter 13|21 pages
International communications and borders regions
part IV|68 pages
Central and Eastern Europe and the EU Cohesion policy reforms