ABSTRACT
This chapter illustrates the interplay of multiple coexistent and becoming spatialities that constitute polysemic regional spaces. Consequently, it considers such regional spaces as constructed of interrelated material and symbolic processes and structures, as multi-dimensional spatialities in-becoming. The chapter presents a brief overview of recent theoretical debates in human geography that are concerned with the material-relational nexus of regional spaces. It also presents the case study of the Central German Metropolitan Region to demonstrate how regions are constructed in different cultural and economic contexts through the interplay of multiple spatial dimensions. The chapter draws on three strands of the Central German Economic Discourse to illustrate the multi-dimensionality of the region in an economic context. These are the Solar Energy Cluster, the Chemical Industry and Plastics Cluster, and the Transport and Logistic Network.
