Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/266458 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Editor:] Gustedt, Evelyn [Editor:] Grabski-Kieron, Ulrike [Editor:] Demazière, Christophe [Editor:] Paris, Didier [Title:] Cities and metropolises in France and Germany [ISBN:] 978-3-88838-111-9 [Series:] Forschungsberichte der ARL [No.:] 20 [Publisher:] Verlag der ARL [Place:] Hannover [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 7-22
Publisher: 
Verlag der ARL - Akademie für Raumentwicklung in der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, Hannover
Abstract: 
This chapter concentrates on institutional differences in France and Germany. The stability of the German institutional setting contrasts with the series of institutional reforms that have stretched over decades or even half a century in France. While in Germany transformation has taken the form of successive adaptations, in France the diverse reforms have been hotly debated and sometimes even contested. Often the metropolises and regions form the focus of such discussions in France. These contrasts between stability and change can also be seen in both spatial planning systems and the position of the highest level of territorial authority (régions in France and Länder in Germany). Starting from the national policy guidelines in both countries, the authors describe different territorial units, their areas of responsibility and their manifold planning instruments. They also address processes of democratisation, participation and metropolisation, the role of the European Union and various crises as drivers of the development of both systems.
Subjects: 
Policy guidelines
territorial units
planning instruments
drivers of change
role of EU
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