The Working Group of Economy of Urban and Regional Development is attending the AESOP Conference 2024 in Paris.

From 8-12 July 2024, the conference in Paris will discuss "Game Changer? Planning for Just and Sustainable Urban Regions".

Simin Yan is co-chair of the "Borders" track, together with Alois Humer and Thomas Perrin.

The Working Group of Economy of Urban and Regional Development is represented with six presentations.

Anna Growe and Ahmed Bakry talk about Cultural networks in cross-border regions and the national border effect – examples from three EU cross-border regions.

Anna Growe and Thomas Terfrüchte talk about Innovation functions in small- and medium-sized towns in the European urban system: between left behind places and borrowing size towns.

Lukas Häfner and Anna Growe talk about Governing complex regions: the formation of intermunicipal structures in various city-regional types in Germany.

Simin Yan, Anna Growe und Jun Wens talk about From jurisdictional fragmentation to regional integration?  Perspective of cross-border planning and governance in Yangtze River Delta, China.

Jun Wen, Simin Yan, Sylvia J.T. Jansen , Harry van der Heijden and Peter J. Boelhouwer talk about Primate-Secondary city relationships in mega city-regions: regional integration through
urban network externalities.

Evelyn Riemer talks about Beyond Simulation: Digital Twin Cities as Catalysts for Learning and Participatory Urban Development.