Metropolregionen: Impulsgeber für Strukturwandel und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung

Silvia Stiller and Isabel Sünner

Wirtschaftsdienst, 2013, vol. 93, issue 7, 471-475

Abstract: Urban centres and their surroundings often act as highly dynamic economic areas. Due to continuing urban migration, population growth as well as their heightened potential for employment, they have significant impact on Germany’s overall economic performance. Cities benefit from their neighbouring regions via a division of labour based on functional and spatial comparative advantages. Jobs in the service sector are concentrated in the city, while surrounding regions show a relatively high specialisation in the industrial sector. The economic development of metropolitan regions can be fostered particularly by improving supra-regional metropolitan functions related to education and to research and development. Moreover, the improvement of the intra-regional infrastructure also contributes to the economic strength of the whole metropolitan area. Copyright ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

Keywords: R11; R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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