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By Leo van den Berg, Erik Braun, Erik, Mr Braun, Leo, Professor van den Berg, Jan, Dr van der Meer

ISBN-10: 075464846X

ISBN-13: 9780754648468

ISBN-10: 0754683265

ISBN-13: 9780754683261

This e-book provides a distinct evaluate of city coverage performed through nationwide experts within the fifteen 'old' member states of the ecu. Focussing on fresh alterations within the improvement of the bigger towns and adjustments in policymaking through nationwide specialists with appreciate to city improvement, the booklet is established round 15 'country chapters', written via nationwide specialists within the box of city improvement. The e-book offers an updated resource of knowledge, and should be of significance to somebody considering the position and improvement of eu towns in addition to the formula and supply of linked nationwide regulations.

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The intermediate level in the metropolitan regions (in the shape of metropolitan counties and regional councils) was abolished in the 1980s. In addition, the United Kingdom is the only member state where the central authority has retrieved responsibilities from the local administrative levels. In Portugal the creation of regions has been under discussion since the 1970s, so far without concrete results. In the federal states of Germany, Austria and Belgium the intermediate level (Länder in the German-speaking countries) has responsibilities that compare to those of national governments in the unitary states.

The result is a progressive concentration of activity in the largest urban regions. That process was especially striking in the countries with relatively late urbanisation. Exclusion and Segregation as Major Urban Problems Social exclusion and spatial segregation in urban regions are major problems in quite a number of countries. 2). There are sizable differences in the degree to which major cities are threatened by social, living-climate and safety problems. The typically urban problems seemed to develop fast in those countries that until recently had remained unaffected.

The opportunities for local authorities to develop an autonomous policy are still relatively limited in France and Italy (although increasing in both countries), and very constrained in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal and Greece. The northern countries and Luxembourg, where local autonomy is in fact the foundation of the administrative system, represent the other extreme (although in Denmark the national government is increasingly assuming control). Relatively much autonomy for the local authorities is also a characteristic of the three federal states and Spain.

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