Peripherisierung – Prozesse, Probleme und Strategien in Mittelstädten

Kühn, Manfred; Weck, Sabine

doi:10.1080/02513625.2012.721600

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“…Shrinkage is, however, only one potential consequence of peripheralization processes. Political or economic dependency, stigmatization, or dis-connection from the central cores are other potential dimensions (Kühn & Weck, 2012), often interlinked to one another. This interlinkage of different dimensions may be discussed by way of an example for the German context.…”

Section: Challenges For Small Cities In Peripheralized Areasmentioning

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“…In the frame of the research project we used the wider concept of peripheralization-as a complementary process to centralization-to analyse structural changes in the cities under study. Peripheralization goes beyond persistent population decline and encompasses parallel socio-economic or political processes, such as political or economic dependency, dis-connection and stigmatization, in a relational perspective (Kühn & Weck, 2012). The underlying rationale for the project was to comparatively analyse how processes of peripheralization were perceived by local stakeholders; how they shaped the local scope for action; and how local policy-makers were dealing with them.…”

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Coping with Peripheralization: Governance Response in Two German Small Cities

Weck¹,

Beißwenger²

2013

European Planning Studies

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Urban governance processes and strategies in small cities in times of an integrated global economy have received little attention in urban research. However, in Germany as elsewhere they form the backbone of the urban system. On the basis of research in two small German cities-Pirmasens and Völklingen-this paper discusses local governance approaches in reaction to peripheralization. Peripheralization here is defined as a process of out-migration, disconnection, dependency and stigmatization. The two case studies show quite different patterns of political governance. Pirmasens demonstrates a collective local project on how to deal with structural change, while Völklingen shows a more fragmented approach to overcoming peripheralization. These different political reactions are analysed and related to aspects of specific local settings. It is to be hoped that in future cohesion policy at the European level, but also on the respective national levels, more active policies will be targeted towards nurturing place-based opportunities for small cities.

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Section: Challenges For Small Cities In Peripheralized Areasmentioning

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Coping with Peripheralization: Governance Response in Two German Small Cities

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Beißwenger²

2013

European Planning Studies

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“…This emphasis on accessibility points to a certain intellectual lock-in of these quantitative approaches. Moreover, empirical research and policy concepts targeting the periphery are still often based on simplistic indicators like location and population density (Crone, 2012;Kühn & Weck, 2012). This can also be observed in Austria, as the example of the current national spatial development strategy shows (Humer, 2018, p. 646).…”

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“…As a consequence, the predominant view still is that remote regions have little to offer for innovative activities and that cities are the main drivers for economic prosperity, especially amongst policy makers and in the public debate (Shearmur, 2012). In this regard, the peripheralization discourse argues for a more nuanced understanding of the core-periphery dichotomy (Kühn, 2015;Kühn & Weck, 2012). In addition to accessibility and population densitystill widely used in policy making but also in research (Crone, 2012) it advocates the inclusion of economic, social, and political factors for the analysis of regions and suggests a dynamic and multiscalar perspective.…”

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“…Furthermore, knowledge intensity is also one dimension within the concept of peripheralization, but it is thus far often understood in a binary way, in which the existence or absence of knowledge-intensive branches are analyzed (Kühn & Weck, 2012). Here, approaches like innovation modes (Jensen, Johnson, Lorenz, & Lundvall, 2007) and knowledge bases (Asheim, 2007;Asheim & Coenen, 2005) have shown that the preconditions for innovation can rely on different foundations and practices and that the combination of innovation modes (Isaksen & Karlsen, 2012) and especially knowledge bases (Asheim, Grillitsch, & Trippl, 2017;Strambach & Klement, 2012) results in the most innovative output.…”

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Peripheralization and knowledge bases in Austria: towards a new regional typology

Eder

2018

European Planning Studies

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Scholars are increasingly interested in innovation in peripheral areas. However, research and policy documents are still often based on a traditional understanding of the core-periphery dichotomy. Here, the peripheralization discourse argues for a broader understanding and highlights the importance of economic, demographic, and political factors as well as knowledge intensity for defining core and peripheral areas. Concerning the latter, the differentiated knowledge base approach provides new insights, as it emphasizes the varying foundations for different kinds of innovations. By combining these hitherto unconnected strands of literature, this paper first develops a conceptual framework for a new regional typology, which considers both the degree of centralization/ peripheralization and the prevailing knowledge base. Second, an exploratory analysis applies this framework to the 95 districts of Austria and provides first insights into peripheralization and issues of regional prosperity. The results show that there are indeed many nuances and that regions that are clearly either central or peripheral are the exception. Furthermore, peripheries come in many shades and are not uniform, as often assumed implicitly. Consequently, this paper argues that a tailor-made innovation policy for lagging regions would benefit from the incorporation of the peripheralization discourse. To conclude, it outlines directions for future research.

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Built cultural heritage and quality of life in a context of peripheralisation. A case study of ten historic towns at the German–Polish border

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This paper assesses the contribution of built cultural heritage to the quality of life in peripheralised small and medium-sized towns (SMTs). While the scientific discourse on peripheralised towns and regions is largely focused on development threats and challenges, this paper highlights heritage as an endogenous resource with the potential to promote a high quality of life in peripheralised towns. A case study covering ten historic towns at the German–Polish border constitutes the basis of the research presented in this paper. Qualitative focus group workshops have been conducted in each town to get detailed insights into the heritage-related quality of life. It appears that under specific conditions, heritage contributes to the quality of life in peripheralised SMTs. This contribution is more pronounced on emotional terms, i.e. regarding meaningful constitutions of place and social cohesion. Practical domains of quality of life related to urban functions or the economy benefit less from the towns’ heritage. It follows that the heritage ressources themselves are no warranty for an enhancement of the quality of life in peripheralised SMTs. Exploiting their potential remains context dependent, and peripheralised SMTs are faced with particular socio-spatial challenges in this regard.

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Peripherisierung – Prozesse, Probleme und Strategien in Mittelstädten

Cited by 14 publications

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Coping with Peripheralization: Governance Response in Two German Small Cities

Coping with Peripheralization: Governance Response in Two German Small Cities

Peripheralization and knowledge bases in Austria: towards a new regional typology

Built cultural heritage and quality of life in a context of peripheralisation. A case study of ten historic towns at the German–Polish border

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