Berlin and Warsaw: in search of a new role in the European urban system

Abstract

The paper attempts to defi ne Berlin's functional profi le, contrasting it with the expectations and evaluations of the last twenty years. By analyzing employment and investment shares according to sections of the economy (the SIC index) several activities are identifi ed which fulfi l the following criteria: they are representative of Berlin, they show progressive development trends, and their role is refl ected in the structure of investment outlays. In the analysis, the location co-effi cient is used, which allows for the identifi cation of the characteristic features of Berlin's functional profi le against the national average structure. The analysis proves that Berlin has been developing in a relatively ambiguous manner, though its functional specialization is rather stable, in that it has experienced only slight structural changes since the beginning of the 1990s. It is also observed that the position of Berlin in the German urban system is quite stable. In this context, the question is posed as to whether Warsaw's position in the Polish urban system, as expressed in its functional profi le, should, when one considers all the parallels and differences, resemble or not the one held by Berlin in Germany.

Welfare Regimes and Global Cities: A Missing Link in the Comparative Analysis of Welfare States?

“…By contrast, Taylor's data also shows that Berlin is undoubtedly one of the biggest nodes in global political elites and acts as a rival to London for the title of Europe's political centre. As Korcelli-Olejniczak (2007: 58) notes ‘Berlin is a global “cultural” metropolis . .…”

Obszary Metropolitalne Polski Południowej a Ruch Migracyjny Ludności

“…np. Jałowiecki B., Globalny świat metropolii, Scholar, Warszawa;Batten D.F. (1995), Network cities: creative urban agglomerations for the 21st century, "Urban Studies" 2007, 32 (2), 313-328; Domański B., Metropolitan areas as "switching points" in the networks of relationships, W: T. Marszał, W. Zmitrowicz (red.…”

A model of the analysis of the dynamics and structure of socio-economic development (an example of the set of the largest Polish cities in the years 1998–2015)

“…There are certain exceptions, although the published articles concern changes related to the political transformation rather than socio-economic development dynamics (cf. Węcławowicz 2002;Parysek 2004Parysek , 2005Parysek 2007;Korcelli-Olejniczak 2007;Mierzejewska 2009;Parysek 2010aParysek , 2010bSmętkowski 2010;Steinführer et al 2010;Korcelli-Olejniczak 2011;Haase, Grossmann & Steinführer 2012;Marcińczak, Musterd & Stępniak 2012;Mierzejewska & Parysek 2014). However, the objective of this research is different.…”