Regional and local variations in the emerging economic landscape of the new German Länder |
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| Authors: | Philip N Jones Trevor Wild |
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| Institution: | School of Geography and Earth Resources, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK |
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| Abstract: | Events in eastern Germany since 1989 pose major challenges for geographical interpretation. This paper examines the spatial impacts of the post-unification economic and social upheavals in the new Länder. Using unemployment rates as a key indicator of regional differentiation, spatial variability within the new Länder is examined in terms of two fundamental dimensions. First, the relationship with former patterns of economic specialization is explored, and secondly, the effects of basic geographical properties such as settlement structure, location and peripherality. Prominent regional polarities are described, notably between major agglomeration cores and rural residuals, and between ‘bridgehead’ locations and less-accessible districts. Within this context the paper then identifies some ‘green shoots’ of recovery and new growth. It concludes by emphasizing the importance of incorporating sub-regional variations into any new framework of regional policy. |
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| Keywords: | agglomerations East German Lä nder post-unification Germany regional trends unemployment |
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