City-hinterland co-operations. A challenge made worse by the crisis

The borderline between city and hinterland has quite a significant impact on many communal fields – e.g. politics, governance, provision of financing and an adequate organisation. These new duties and complex problems cannot be solved under the current strict political and administrative structures

This paper wants to explore, how the vertical cooperation between the state, the region and municipalities can be improved by exploring the potential models that have already been tested in European conurbations. Furthermore it will examine how these vertical arrangements interact and work with horizontal partnerships of municipalities and other co-operations with sectoral interests.

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• CityRegion.Net project – URBACT website