SLOW: Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften, Verkehrsvermeidung & Entschleunigung, eine alternative Perspektive für Europa

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• Mobility

Abstract

The authors describe the connection between transport, economy and regional development. By means of the scenarios SLOW and FAST different regional developments are contrasted. The authors recommend several actions for a "slow region" and a slow regional development: no new roads and no speeding-up by accelerating roads, systematik bottle-neck management and the strenghtened usage of infrastructure, expansion of transport by rail. A reinforced regional orientation is not only attractive because of transport aspects but also because of ecological and economical aspects. Regional development is a matter of gaining back political and economical capacity to act. The EU's model "regional Europe" should be taken much more seriously. Now EU regional politics is a disguise for adjustment to the global market.

Most relevant parts of the publication

Chapter 1 (connection between transport and economy), chapter 4 (case study Region Dreyeckland, Germany)

Reference to the original publication

Hardcopy, ISBN 3-930731-01-0