Th. Kluge/E. Schramm (2002) (eds.): Regional Approaches to Sustainable Economy: Potentials and Limits. Experiences from German Case-Studies. Materialien Soziale Ökologie, Nr. 19. Frankfurt am Main, EURO 4,20; 84 pages

A synthesis process in the research-initiative was lead by the ISOE team.

The resulting booklet „"Regional Approaches to Sustainable Economy: Potentials and Limits. Experiences from German Case-Studies" documents a synthesis of a German research-initiative funded by the Federal Ministry of Research. The concluding reflections and a first synopsis are based on further contributions on the experiences of the funded model-projects. As a main result, spatial and especially social proximity often encourages appropriate innovations and can be regarded as relevant factor on the way to a more sustainable economy.

Contents:

• Editors’ Foreword
• Christine Ax, A Region is Getting for Which it Thinks to Be
• Andrea Beier/Veronika Bennholdt-Thomsen: The Stuff of Which Social Proximity is Made
• Joachim Hafkesbrink, Markus Schroll: Conditions for regional networks and material flow management: Thesis based on A neo-institutional view
• Arnim von Gleich, Dirk Jepsen, Manuel Gottschick: The Metropolis Region Hamburg as a Centre for Sustainable Development
• Uwe Fritsche:The Sustainability Link between City Quarters and Regions
• Michael Frank, Wolf Fichtner, Otto Rentz Regional Inter-Company Energy Supply Concepts as an Option for Cleaner Energy Production
• Alexandra Lux, Engelbert Schramm: Limits to Regionalisation
• Thomas Sterr: On the Suitability of Industrial Regions for Implementing Sustainable Development Strategies
• Thomas Kluge, Michael Traina: The Region as an Action Unit of Tomorrow
• Engelbert Schramm, Regionalisation as a Perspective Offering Sustainable Economic Activity – Overview and Outlook

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