Some Views on Long-Term Trends in Urban and Regional Research in Western Europe

Abstract

In this paper a number of recent investigations are used as the basis of some views on the trend of urban and regional research in Western Europe. The paper deals with research policy, research topics and research organisation and concludes that the character of urban and regional research in Western Europe may well change to become a more or less 'political' assembly-work activity. If this change occurs it will call for a considerable adaptation of organisation, research institutions, career opportunities and ethics.

The socio-economic impacts of urban regeneration programmes as a tool of housing in post-socialist era

“…According to Asghar (2013) paradigmatic positions can be separated by the methodologies (qualitative and quantitative) and philosophies (epistemology and ontology). The devastating, widespread impacts of WWII raised the need for the integration of social and environmental planning policies into the built environment (Wullkopf and Pearce, 1977). Thus, the development of housing and urban studies.…”