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1 Arbeitspapiere Seminare Symposien Heft 2 Bundesforschungsanstalt fur Landeskunde und Raumordnung Federal Research Institute for Regional Geography and Regional Planning Zentralinstitut fur Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung, Freie Universitat Berlin Social Science Research Center, Free University Berlin Applied Urban Research Towards an Internationalization of Research and Learning Proceedings of the European Meeting on Applied Urban Research Essen. Oct nd 4th VOLUME I Edited by Gerd-Michael Hellstern, Frithjof Spreer, Bonn,1982 UB/TIB Hannover Bundesforschungsanstalt fur Landeskunde und Raumordnung m P?::::i::::: P

2 CONTENTS Preface VOLUME ONE: THEORY AND CONCEPTS IN APPLIED URBAN RESEARCH I. Learning from Comparative Urban Research Hans Pflaumer Learning from Comparative Urban Research 1 T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l i z a t i o n of U r b a n P r o b l e m s : C o m p a r i n g I n t e r n a t i o n a l T r e n d s O p e n i n g A d d r e s s : John D. Kasarda New Urban Policies for New Urban Realities 5 Comments and Rejoinders David C. Thorns The Internationalization of Urban Problems: Comparing Convergent International Trends 15 Hachiro Nakamura Comment from a Japanese Perspective 21 Peter Marcuse The Decline of Cities in the United States: Inevitable or Deliberate? 23 John D. Kasarda Urban Decline in the US and Western Europe: A Response to Marcuse 31 A Comparison of National and I n t e r n a t i o n a l Urban Research Gabriel Scimemi Practical Problems and Prospects of International Comparative Urban Research 35 John M. Goering National Urban Policy Trends in the USA 43 Frithjof Spreer Research on Regional and Urban Planning: Accomplishments, Challenges and Unmet Needs in Applied Urban and Regional Research 45 Bill Morris Comment to the Interaction between Urban Research and Policy 51

3 Horst M. Bolting. Evaluating Urban and Regional Research in the Federal Republic of Germany 53 Trends in Applied Urban Research in Germany 59 Jacques Robert Current Research Trends in the European Countries: Premises for Transnational and Comparative and Regional Research 67 Jacques Pernelle Urban Research in France 73 Erwin Zimmermann Urban Research in Switzerland - Past and Future 77 The Council for Research for Social Planning (RFSP) The Research Programme on Cities 83 Asel Floderus Confronting National Experiences - Comment 91 Henk Voogd Urban Research in the Netherlands 93 Zdravko Mlinar Urban Social Research in Yugoslavia 95 Wolf Huber Applied Urban Research in Austria 99 Armando Montanari Metropolitan Planning and Problems in Europe 103 Hachiro Nakamura The Basis of Urban Research in Japan 113 T h e C o n t r i b u t i o n o f S o c i a l S c i e n c e t o C o m p a r a t i v e U r b a n a n d R e g i o n a l R e s e a r c h Terry N. Clark Evaluating Comparative Research in the Committee on Community Research of the International and Sociological Association 117 Michael Harloe The Urban Crisis and the Crisis of Urban Research 123 Francesco Kjellberg The Research Committee on the Comparative Study of Local Government and Politics: Past Experiences and Present Challenges 129 Michel Bassand and Mattei Dogan Trends in Research in Social Ecology 133 Policy Issues and Data Potential for Comparative Research Alan Norton Policy Analysis as a Starting Point for Comparative Studies 137

4 Bj^rn Henrichsen and Jon Wagtskjold *.-, Building a Joint European Data Base for Regional Time Series Manfred Sinz A Monitoring System of Regional Development in the Federal Republic of Germany Hans-Peter Gatzweiler Appendix: Some Features of the Monitoring System of Regional Development 1fi«.,-, Case Studies and Reports from Comparative Research Jurgen Friedrichs Progress in Comparative Urban Research 171 Klaus Kunzmann and Brian McLoughlin Structural Change in Old Industrial Agglomerations. First Experiences from a Comparative Research Project 177 Werner Heinz The Trinational Cities Project: An Attempt at Transnational Policy Exchange 189 Harald Bodenschatz, Volker Heise and Jochen Korfmacher Some Remarks to the Methodological Problems of International Comparative Studies on Residents' Resistance in Urban Renewal igg Andreas Falke Project Report: A Case Study Approach to Neighborhood Groups in Large American Cities 205 Bernd Hamm A Social-Ecological Approach to Comparative Urban Research: The CUS-Project 209 Erling Berge On the Limits of Social Ecological Explanations in Comparative Research 217 Terry N. Clark Directions for Future Work Fifteen Strategies to Advance Urban Policy Analysis 223 II. Urban Theory and Concepts Kenneth Newton Introduction 227 T h e U r b a n S y s t e m a n d t h e I m p a c t o f F e d e r a l P o l i c i e s Michael Aiken The European Urban System: Some Implications for Urban Public Policy 229 Kenneth Newton Public Services in Cities and Counties 249

5 Susan A. MacManus External Mandating of Local Government Service Provision: The Fiscal Consequences 263 Herman Turk and Lynne G. Zucker Local Implementation of External Policy: Effects of Majority and Minority Interests 269 Engelbert Recker Spatial Effects of the Existing Financial System 285 T h e N e t w o r k o f U r b a n A c t o r s Alan Cawson Corporatism and State Theory in the Analysis of Urban Policy 291 Gerhard Berger and Manfred Huppertz A Long View on Local Policy Making: Community Power Analysis and the Local/Central Government Relationship 301 Michael Thrasher and David Dunkerley Analysing Urban Policy Implementation: A Social Exchange Perspective 305 Jacek Tarkowski Horizontal Linkages and the Crisis of Local Communities in Poland: Past' Experiences and Proposals for the Future 321 C a s e S t u d i e s i n L a n d U s e a n d E n e r g y P o l i c y Frithjof Spreer and Klaus Turke Local and Regional Energy Supply Concepts: A Challenge for Urban and Regional Planning 331 Karla M. Dykes The Limits to Energy-Sensitive Land Use Planning. Problems and Solutions in the United States 339 Helmut Guttler The Application of Land Policy Instruments in Urban Planning 355 Asel Floderus Negotiating for Development or Change of Urban Land Use 361 John C. Chicken Community Organizations' Influence on Local and Regional Decision Making 373 Terry L. Rhodes and Kathleen K. Loewy Policy Issues: Emergency Response Planning for Nuclear Power Plants 383

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