A masterplan for urban resurgence: The case of Mönchengladbach, Germany (2008–2019)

Herzog, A. Regula; Hamm, Rüdiger

doi:10.1111/rsp3.12332

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“…It can also be interpreted as a side effect of other driving influences. Image, however, still makes an important difference between regions and their attraction factor for businesses, startups, and potential employees (Herzog & Hamm, 2021). Hence, regarding analyses of location factors and their attraction for startup emergence, the image of a region, which is also the result of some location factors, should be taken into account.…”

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(Why) Do digital startups move to rural regions?

Wuth

2023

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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While especially rural regions struggle to grow economically, startups – important drivers for regional economic growth – mainly settle in cities. Business founders usually start a firm where they live and only afterwards decide where to locate the business on a long‐term plan and on the basis of economic considerations (Feldman, 2001). Existing literature explains when and why startups usually move (Stam, 2007) but does not differentiate between rural or urban regional aspects. On the basis of a descriptive analysis of 6,550 German startups and several in‐depth interviews, this article discusses indicators that can support or inhibit the increasing settlement of specifically digital start‐ups in rural regions. Results show that nearly the same total number of digital startups move from urban to rural regions and vice versa. Further results raise the assumption that digital startups in particular are not as bound to local access to aspects such as customers or suppliers. Digitization could increase the potential for rural regions to become more competitive with urban regions than before.

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(Why) Do digital startups move to rural regions?

Wuth

2023

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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“…There is an interesting way of evaluating modernization plans by analyzing population, income, housing price development, and the development of employment as indicators for urban resurgence, which was a method used for observing urban resurgence in Mönchengladbach. (Herzog & Hamm, 2020).…”

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A new planning instrument for urban development in Hungary: The modern cities program

Fekete

2022

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Urban development has gained increasing momentum in governmental development policies of the past few decades throughout the Central and Eastern European region. Analyzing a new instrument of Hungarian spatial policy (Modern Cities Program), the paper shows a new initiative of a Central and Eastern European country in the field of urban development. The analysis shows the role of the program in European and domestic regional development policy, its impact on financing infrastructural developments in Hungarian urban areas, and the structure of the projects of the Modern Cities Program. Due to its sizable budget and philosophy, the Modern Cities Program is clearly unrivaled by development programs of the past century of Hungarian regional development. The program with its philosophical grounding in the still not defunct French étatist, dirigiste tradition typical of the 1960s shows a number of similarities to the latter in terms of its applied tools and methods, such as the system of planning contracts, centralized financing, and decision-making. Conversely, there is no evidence to support the interpretation of the program as a novel urban development regime, as underlined by the absence of widespread social involvement in the conceptualization of development objectives. Economic development is at the forefront of the program, with industrial and economic

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Imaginaries, directionalities, agency and new path creation

Herzog

2022

Rev Reg Res

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This study focuses on how imaginaries and directionalities, i.e. the interpretation of the urban economic history and the derived fundamental perceptions, conventions, mental representations and identities, influence stakeholder behaviour (agency) with regard to enabling or inhibiting new path creation. Applying concepts of evolutionary economic geography (EEG) and sociology, this paper aims to contribute to the literature on the impact of historical dependences on urban structural change processes. These theoretical reflections are applied to an empirical case study analysing the decline and renaissance of the textile industry in Mönchengladbach, Germany. The qualitative case study is based on a document-based analysis and seven guideline-based interviews with local experts from the textile and clothing industry. It concludes that imaginaries and directionalities can take effect via four mechanisms: communication and cooperation, motivation, training and employment, and research and innovation.

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A masterplan for urban resurgence: The case of Mönchengladbach, Germany (2008–2019)

Cited by 6 publications

References 20 publications

(Why) Do digital startups move to rural regions?

(Why) Do digital startups move to rural regions?

A new planning instrument for urban development in Hungary: The modern cities program

Imaginaries, directionalities, agency and new path creation

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