Publications

The Bernd Steinacher Fellowship was established in 2010 by METREX and Verband Region Stuttgart to sustain the values and interests brought to METREX by the late Bernd Steinacher. The 2019-21 Fellow was David Dooghe, who chose to look at the the influence of crises on housing policies. Even though crises are ubiquitous in our daily…

The Report from the METREX Autumn 2023 Conference in Braga In 2023, the METREX Autumn conference was held in Braga, Portugal, over 22-25 October. It was hosted by the Intermunicipal Community of Cávado, and supported by a number of national partners including the Operational Programme NORTE 2030, Regional Directorate Cultura Norte, and the D. Diogo…

As part of the Expert Group From Roads to Streets, METREX Member L’Institut Paris Region has compiled a number of reports looking at examples of the transformation of highways into boulevards. This report looks at work done in Warsaw to create a greener and more liveable city centre. This report is also available on the…

This ESPON project is led by and includes many members of the METREX network. METREX itself is an ‘Observer’ of the project. The main objective of the STISE study is to explore if, and to what extent, the Strategic Urban Region of the Eurodelta (SURE) is – and could be even more – moving towards…

This ‘Urgency and the transformative imperative’ discussion document has its origins in the autumn 2021 METREX conference in Riga where Central and Western European strategic planners took part. Subsequently it was decided to explore through an interview series ‘what can we learn from Central Europe’ and following on from that ‘what can we learn from…

This report was conducted by Viviana Rubbo for the 2016-2018 Bernd Steinacher Fellowship. The Fellowship was established in 2010 to sustain the values and interests brought to METREX by the late Bernd Steinacher. Looking at metropolitan areas as Laboratories of metropolitan governance Seeking the factors that create the conditions for successful models/systems of metropolitan and…

As part of the Expert Group “From Roads to Streets“, METREX Member L’Institut Paris Region has compiled a number of reports looking at examples of the transformation of highways into boulevards. This report looks at work done in Grand Lyon on a decommissioned highway. Lyon is France’s second largest metropolitan area with 1.4 million inhabitants…

The METREX Network Group SURE (Strategic Urban Region Eurodelta) commissioned a study on the future of sustainable mobility in the Amsterdam-Brussels-Cologne-Lille area. Around the lower reaches of the rivers Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt lies the highly urbanized megaregion of the Eurodelta. Its 45 million inhabitants could potentially reach each other within three hours of travel….

The Online Symposium Week, ‘Next Generation Podium for Eurodelta’ explored the future developments for the territory of Eurodelta from the perspectives of the next generation with discussions and insights from eminent speakers. The 5-day conference consisted of three lunch forums and a two-day online symposium, held between 17th – 21st May 2021. It was a…

(2009) Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) was an eminent European planner, environmentalist and educationalist who recognised the relationships between cities and their surrounding areas and between urban activities and their environmental impact. He conceived the concept of the synoptic view. He maintained,”To plan is a basic human need”.Europe will shortly add Territorial Cohesion to its existing objectives…

Since 2009, a group led by the IAU-îdf, the Paris region urban planning agency, has been formed among the members of METREX to address specific questions about planning regarding economic development, this group is called EconoMETREX. Economy and economic development is a central issue in our advanced European societies and has a pregnant role on…

This document, published in 2007, is one of the results of the PolyMetrexplus project, which was an EU funded project promoted by METREX. The PolyMETREXplus project aims to realise the objective of Interreg IIIC, to improve the effectiveness of policies and instruments for regional development and cohesion, by contributing to the Territorial Agenda sought by…

This document, published in 2007, is one of the results of the PolyMetrexplus project, which was an EU funded project promoted by METREX. PolyMetrexplus aimed to contribute to effective polycentric metropolitan relationships based on complementarity and cooperation in respect of the European Union’s European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) and its Territorial Agenda. The working approach…

Results of the initial Survey of METREX member organisations In 2019, METREX began gathering intelligence on the research needs of our members. This report summarises the findings and sheds light on the development of a research portal that would connect Members with scientific research and relevant teams with the scientific community. In addressing the complicated…

Seeking the factors that create the conditions for successful models/systems of metropolitan and regional governance. Research undertaken by Viviana Rubbo, Urban Researcher and Co-Founder of Urban Reports, for the 2016-2018 Bernd Steinacher Fellowship. The Fellowship was established in 2010 to sustain the values and interests brought to METREX by the late Bernd Steinacher. This research…

The Nordic-Baltic Space project is a macro-regional analysis that aims to coordinate regional policies and processes with the city-regions across the Space in order to manage growth and the city-region structures in a coordinated way, working together, to strengthen spatial planning solutions for the overall benefit of the wider macro-region. The project is under the…

Taking stock of 20 years of activity, this publication details some of the new ground broken by the METREX network in its mission to exchange knowledge and experience of metropolitan affairs. Foreword: “METREX has now been networking for 20 years and its biannual Conferences have been the foundations on which its activities have been built….