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Contents: Preface Introduction and research framework National urban policies: the situation in the mid 1990s The urban dimension in European policy: history, actors and programmes Austria: no national urban policies, Friedrich Schindegger Urban policies in Belgium: a puff-pastry with a bittersweet aftertaste?, Maarten Loopmans, Sarah Luyten and Christian Kesteloot Denmark's national urban showcase: the A-resund Area Regional Development, Christian Wichmann Matthiessen Finland: towards urban innovation policy, Eero Holstila France: metropolitan areas as new 'reference territories' for public policies, Christian LefAvre Urban Germany: the future will be different, Klaus R. Kunzmann National urban policy in Greece, Dimitris Economou, George Petrakos and Yannis Psycharis Ireland: metropolitan dominance a the challenge in achieving balanced territorial development, Michael J. Bannon Italy: towards the recognition of the strategic relevance of metropolitan cities, Ilaria Bramezza Luxembourg: national local partnerships, Ariane Chouly and Jan van der Meer The Netherlands: empowering large cities to meet their challenges, Erik Braun, Ariane Chouly and Jan van der Meer Portugal: urban policies or policies with an urban incidence?, Aulvaro Domingues, Nuno Portas and Teresa SA! Marques Spain: changing century, changing cycle? Large Spanish cities on the threshold of the XXI century, Oriol Nel.lo Sweden: the emergence of a national urban policy, Jan-Evert Nilsson United Kingdom: the changing landscape of English urban policy, Michael Parkinson Synthesis Annex 1 The basics of EU Regional Policy Annex 2 List of national government representatives Index.
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