Our Outputs
CityRegion.Net Publications
Final Handbook "Practical guidelines for co-operations in agglomeration areas" The CityRegion.Net project flyer gives brief information on the project. Together with the URBACT network HerO the project CityRegion.Net is presented in the "ISG Magazin-"Internationales Städteforum Graz" The information is given in English and German languages. Dr. Bernd Gassler, lead expert CityRegions.Net network presents a short and a longer version about City-Hinterland co-operation - "A challenge to accomplish in urban agglomerations made worse by the crisis" (Short Version) Presentation of the handbook on "Regional Structures" Handbook on "Regional Structures" Presentation of the handbook on "Planing Tools and Financial Structures"
"A challenge to accomplish in urban agglomerations made worse by the crisis"
"A challenge to accomplish in urban agglomerations made worse by the crisis" (Long Version)
Intermediate Outputs
1.) Intermediate Output VI 11-10
2.) Intermediate Output V 06-10
3.) Intermediate Output IV 04-10
4.) Intermediate Output III 10-09
5.) Intermediate Output II 07-09
6.) Intermediate Output I 01-09
All Intermediate Outputs aggregated (23 MB, requires Adobe Reader 9.0)
The Baseline Study
Baseline Study
On basis of the city visits, the baseline questionnaires, the baseline study itself and the outcome of the two workshops, the main issues of the thematic network CityRegion.Net can be described as the following:
The main overall objective of this network is still the elaboration of working programmes and policy recommendations for improving the cooperation between cities and their surrounding municipalities as described in the Declaration of interest. The special issues that all of the network’s partners would like to be addressed have been clustered into two sub-themes:
Planning tools and financing instruments for a sustainable city-interland development with the focus on:
- Tools for efficient land use and against suburbanisation
- Tools for an efficient public transport system between city and its region
- Tools for a sustainable economic development and the revitalisation of the city centres
- Tools for efficient environmental development
- Definition of criteria for projects of common interest and possibilities of financing them
Regional structures as basis for a successful cooperation with the focus on:
- Necessary regional structures for successful city-hinterland (region) cooperation and methods of financing them
- Shared functions and tasks
- Special methodologies for cooperation between big city and smaller municipalities
- Strategies on the involvement of key players and key investors
- Legal preconditions for city-hinterland (region) cooperations
The State of the Art Paper
State of the Art Paper
Example of regional policies
Download fileThe Local Action Plan - LAP
Defined challenges and solutions for the city hinterland cooperations
By exchanging experiences, finding best practices and case studies,
but also by identifying barriers the network would like to define key success
criteria for an efficient cooperation between a city and its hinterland (surrounding region).
Individualised solutions and implementation measures should be found for
the main challenges of each city summarized in each Local Action Plan with
the help of these common criteria. By the inclusion of the local stakeholders
and the Managing Authorities in the Urbact Local Support Group a constant
coordination with the key players in the region is guaranteed and the implementation
of the defined measures should be facilitated.
cooperation (e. g. necessary structures, participation of key actors, etc.)