Contents // Wendelin Strubelt // 1 Preface - Introduction 1 // Horst Zimmermann // 2 What is a „Leitbild“? 3 // Some Reflections on the Origin and Use of the German Expression // 2.1 Purpose and Structure of the Paper 3 // 2.2 A Term and its Historical Role 4 // 2.3 The Recent Connection of the Leitbild Discussion 7 // with Theory: The Example of the “Growth and Innovation” Leitbild // 2.4 2006: A Modem Version of a Leitbild 9 // 2.5 Concluding Remark: „Leitbild“ - what for? 11 // Gabi Troeger-Weiß, Hans-Jörg Domhardt, Christoph Scheck // 3 Engines of Growth beyond Metropolitan Areas - Success 15 // Factors and Recommendations for Action to Support Development // 3.1 Basic Principles 18 // 3.2 Development to Date — Viewed from a Structure- 21 // Analysis Perspective // 3.3 Determinants and Factors behind the Success of 23 // Regional Growth Engines // 3.4 Factors Responsible for the Success of Growth Engines 30 beyond Metropolitan Areas // 3.5 Conclusions and Recommendations for Action at the 31 // Level of Comprehensive Spatial Planning // Thomas Kuder // 4 Integrated Leitbilder for Urban Development Policy: 37 // The Example of the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald // 4.1 The University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald // 39 // Vili Contents // 4.2 Urban Development Policy in the University and 43 // Hanseatic City of Greifswald // 4.3 Finding a New Leitbild or Overall Concept 47 // 4.4 Analysis 51 // Rupert Kawka // 5 Growth and Innovation through
Urban-Rural Partnership 57 // 5.1 A Short Glance at the German Situation 58 // 5.2 General Remarks on Urban-Rural Partnership 62 // 5.3 Supraregional Partnership - Experience from Germany 65 // 5.4 Conclusions 70 // Gerd Lintz, Peter Wirth // 6 The Importance of Leitbilder for Structural Change 75 // in Small Towns // 6.1 Basic Considerations on Leitbilder and Small Towns 77 // 6.2 Empirical Findings 79 // 6.3 Leitbilder in Small Towns as Strategic Planning Tools 86 // 6.4 Conclusions 91 // Clemens Deilmann // 7 Urban Metabolism and the Surface of the City 97 // 7.1 Definitions and State of the Art 98 // 7.2 Urban Structural Type Approach and Urban Metabolism 100 // 7.3 Eastern German Case Study Scenarios - 103 // the Surface of the City 2020 // 7.4 Conclusions 108 // 7.5 Acknowledgement 109 // Contents IX // Ludger Gailing, Heiderose Kilper // 8 Shaping Cultural Landscapes through Regional Governance 113 // 8.1 A New Concept and its Place in the European Debate 113 // 8.2 Regional Governance as a Configuration for Shaping 116 Cultural Landscapes and their Implementation // by Means of Regional Parks // 8.3 Institutional Requirements and Restrictions 119 // Sebastian Lentz, Günter Herfert, Annedore Bergfeld // 9 The German-Polish Border Region from a German 125 // Perspective - quo vadis? // 9.1 Co-operation and Links in the Border Region 128 // 9.2 Select Structural Aspects in the Border Region 131 // 9.3 Quo vadis, German-Polish Border Region? 149 // Grzegorz Wqclawowicz, Marek
Degórski, Tomasz Komornicki, // Jerzy Banski, Przemyslaw Sleszynski, Marek Wiqckowski // 10 Study of Spatial Developments in the Polish-German 153 // Border Region // 10.1 Assumptions and Objectives of the Study 156 // 10.2 Spatial Delimitation of the Study 158 // 10.3 Diagnosis 159 // 10.4 Direction of Future Development and Spatial I73 // Organization of the Borderland Area // 10.5 Conclusions 181 // Karl Peter Schön // 11 Concepts, Strategies and Guiding Principles for Europe’s 185 // Territorial Development // 11.1 A Short Review of the Genesis of a European Spatial 187 // Development Policy // 11.2 Knowledge-based Identification of Territorial Challenges 191 // 11.3 New Concepts of Territorial Governance 194 // 11.4 The Dialogue with Corporations as a Part of the 195 // Stakeholder Process // 11.5 Outlook 196 // X Contents // Wendelin Strub eit // 12 Reflections on Leitbilder 201 // Appendix // New Concepts for Spatial Development in Germany 211 // Appendix // List of Authors 219 // Appendix // Portrait of the Editors’ Institutions 229