Abstract
The empirical fact that in Germany around three-thirds of the population live in large city regions, although the society has a mainly urban character, and the predominant understanding of spatial development (policy) do not match. Rather seem certain tenors, which are based on the antinomy of city and countryside, to have an effect. Nowadays, urban and spatial development should not be analytically separated and put in contrast to each other but understood as a whole. The interdependencies between old and new forms of urbanity have to be considered. The article argues for this change of perspective. At the same time it is supposed to highlight the necessity of political and planning-related action in city-regional contexts and the connection between urban and spatial development policies.
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