InhaltsangabePreface - Introduction.- Perspectives and Options for Economic Policy in Eastern Germany - With Special Reference to Aspects from the Spatial Sciences.- On the Difficulties involved with the Examination of Complex Policy Agendas.- Regional Disparities in the GDR - Do They Still Matter?.- Equal Living Conditions and their Fiscal Bases.- Interregional Support Policy for East German Regions.- New Spatial Patterns of Population Development as a Factor in Restructuring Eastern Germany.- Strengthening the Human Resource Base in Eastern German Regions.- Strategies for Urban Regeneration - The Transformation of Cities in Northern England and Eastern Germany.- Urban Development with Olympic Games and World Exhibitions - is it Possible to Plan Usage?.- Countries Undergoing Transformation - "New" European Neighbours in Spatial Planning.- Spatial Development Strategies in the New EU Member States: ESPON Project 2.2.2 on Pre-Accession Aid Impact Assessment.- The Knowledge Society and Spatial Development.