new evidence on different types of gateways
and their future role
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Regiopolregion Rostock
Slim introduction: who we are, were we come from, what we aim to be?
new evidence on different types of gateways and their future role
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Regiopolregion Rostock
Slim introduction: who we are, were we come from, what we are aim to be?
1989 – app. 1995
change into prospering
post industrial and post
socialist city and community at Baltic Sea.
1945: change from the Nazi
model city (and community)
for soviet socialist model
First trys of self determed development
strategy and its implementation since 1933
town and community
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Regiopolregion Rostock
Main problems and problem solving strategies of the 1990ies
• value chaos - constitutional democrathy and freedom to choose own life style
• traffic chaos – rapid modernization of public transport infrastructure
• housing shortage – controlled suburbanisation, prioritised re urbanisation
• polluted and plagued nature – ecological renew, finger wise settlement axis and green
areas, re natuartion of military areas, new municipal heating system, brown coal to gas
heating, privatisation of water supply to be able to modernize all soon (re municipalisation)
• un prepared and un protected market access of local industry, apruptly break-down of
commecon and East German market – job and qualification programms, improvement of
entrepreneurship, city owned enterprizes, rapid and prioritised designation and opening
up of industrial and commercial (touristical) areas at local and regional scale
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Regiopolregion Rostock
Main problems and problem solving strategies of the 1990ies
• apruptly change from central state policy into federal policy, municipal autonomny and
competition between cities and regions – active co operation with new ministeries, EU,
1991 international workshop about Rostock´s future in BSR, 1991 general principles and
guidelines Rostock (update 1999 and 2012), 1993 foundation of regional planning
association, 1994 Union of Baltic Cities, VASAB and Baltic 2020 strategy; lobbying the
pro Berlin capital decision…
• lack of maintenance of heritage Inner City as well slab constructed quarters – 160 ha
urban renewal destrict in Inner City since 1990, river waterfront orientation of Inner City,
completation and modernisation of Le Corbusier slab quarters in model like way…
• emigration of top performers, immigration of to much fortune seekers - focussed
orientation to research and development and related jobs, also qualified services and
handcraft, strenghtening of soft location factors…
• clarification of ownership – balanced privatisation and re municipalisation, public
competetion between “old owners” and local investors, public-private-partner-ships..
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Regiopolregion Rostock
Since end of 1990ies: Stabilisation and self determed own aims
Gateway City Rostock seen as transport and as transition.
The Valley of Tears of the 1990ies has been passed, long
term strategies bring results; what happens next? Let's wait
for an answer, or let´s communicate what to do?
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Regiopolregion Rostock
Stabilisation and self determed own aims and development
Stabilisation and self determed own aims
Federal state development program, city council Rostock, regional planning association
board decided formal, to use the Regipolis-approach for Rostock and its region or
catchment area; county citizens decided to name themselves „Landkreis Rostock“
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Regiopolregion Rostock
whats a regiopolis ? first thoughts
According to the concept a “Regiopolis” is a medium sized city, with usually
more than 100.000 inhabitants, a number of metropolitan functions, but outside
a metropolitan area. Key characteristics of a “regiopolis” are:
• a high quality physical infrastructure and good accessibility
• important economic core within its rural suburban zone (location of global
players or/and hidden champions)
• the cultural, educational and innovative heart of its surrounding
The “regiopolregion” emphasizes the importance of cooperation between the
“regiopolis” as the dynamic core and its surrounding municipalities for joint
regional development. Its also a brand, imlying high complexe urban qualities.
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Regiopolregion Rostock
What happens ? State of the art in Germany
2006: lounch of the Regiopolis approch by Prof. Ahring and Prof. Reuter (Kassel)
2007: regional task force
2008: regional conference about Regiopolis Rostock
2009: first national conference about regiopolis cities in Germany, federal states
parliament decision about Regiopolis Rostock
2010: spatial development ministers decide about integration of term Regiopolis in
their category system
2012/13: city councils decision „Regiopole Rostock“; county „Rostock“, regional office
„Regiopolis Rostock“ (2 staffs)
Currently: a) stakeholder participation in process of updating of central states spatial
development mission and guidelines, mentioning „Regiopolis“ b) foundation of a
German regiopolis city network (Rostock, Paderborn, Trier, Erfurt)
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Regiopolregion Rostock
What does Regiopolis suggest for ESPON?
• Are the metropolitan cities in future the main anchors and motors of regional
development ?
• Is already the brand “metropolitan city/region” enough to be metropolitan?
• Are regional metropolis/Oberzentrum between app. 30 – 300.000 inhabitands
practicale for professional planning and development matters, good enough defined ?
• are our theoretical and empirical knowledge about settlement and city-systems enough
for the future ?
• how regional urban centres (fare from a metropolitan area) disseminated in Europe?
• which levels and qualities of urban centres in Europe are needed for planning and
development ?
• how to make EU policy via well defined urban development centres more efficient?
• how to combine EU policy with national compensation and local urban development
policy ?
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Regiopolregion Rostock
Speaker: Dr. Andreas Schubert
[email protected]
Further contacts:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Team: www.regiopole-rostock.de
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