How the Metropolis Hamburg Cooperates With Other Municipalities in the Metropolitan Region Even in C

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How the Metropolis Hamburg Cooperates With Other
Municipalities in the Metropolitan Region Even in
Cooperation With Private Companies

• German Spatial Planning Technique Seminar
• Seminar and Training Programme
• April 16th 17th 2007, Taipeh City

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European Metropolitan Regions General
Information about German Metropolitan
Regions Example The Metropolitan Region Hamburg
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• Metropolitan Region Hamburg
• Concentrated Agglomeration Area with
• appr. 4,3 Million Inhabitants
• Dynamic Development of Added Value Creation,
  Economy and Income
• (76 Services)

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• Cooperation on volontary Base of three Federal
  States Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and
  Niedersachsen on both Sides of the Elbe River
• appr. 20.000 km ²
• Heterogenous Settlement- and Economic Structure
• 14 Counties and the Free an Hanseatic City of
  Hamburg
• 4.3 Million Inhabitants
• 1.9 Million Employees

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Commuters in the Metropolitan Region Hamburg

• 270.000 inbound and 70.000 outbound commuters

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• Central Fields of Competence of the Metropolitan
  Region of Hamburg
• Aerospace Industries (Lufthansa-Aircraft-Industrie
  s, Airbus-Industries, Cabin Systems)
• Port / Logistics
• Life Sciences
• Sciences / Research
• Tourism

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Historical Review
1928 Common regional planning between Hamburg
and Prussia, focussing on axes of development
1950/60ies reintroduction of the common
regional planning, facing the beginning urban
sprawl and the close state borders. Foundation of
the Bilateral Funds for Regional Infrastructural
Investments 1980 Transformation into a more
political cooperation Metropolregion
Hamburg 1996/2000 Regional Development
Concept/territorial expansion
2005 Structural reorganisation/new
internationalisation strategy/ territorial
expansion
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Aircraft Industry Cluster in Northern Germany
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• Focus of Co-Operation in the Metropolitan Region
  Hamburg
• Region-wide Cluster-policy by Creation of
  Cross-Border-Networks of Competence and
  Realisation of Regional Projects (i.e.
  Initiative for Economic Growth in the
  Süderelbe-Area
• Build-up of Regional Area Management for Trade
  and Housing
• Internationalisation and Regional Marketing

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Common Projects 1/8

• Modernising the internet-presentation
• as basis for regional marketing
• Focussing on the partnership, economic aspects
  and tourism
• In process 2005/2006

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Common Projects 2/8
The New Magazine of the Metropolitan Region of
Hamburg
First Time published in december 2005
A region takes off Main topic aviation in
the Metropolitan Region of Hamburg
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Common Projects 3/8
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Common Projects 4/8

• Fair for Real Estates EXPANSION every year
• Implementation of the first Real Estate Fair in
  Northern Germany in 2002

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Enlargement of the Regional Transport
NetworkExpansion Steps 2002 and 2005 and
Technical Improvement
Common Projects 5/8
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Common Projects 6/8
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Common Projects 7/8
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Common Projects 8/8

• Maritime Region Lower Elbe
• Supporting regional tourism by co-financing
  project-management, infrastructure and maritime
  heritage

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Common Projects 9/8
Funds sharded by the Federal States Hamburg,
Lower Saxony Schleswig-Holstein
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Organisation Structure
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Development of Cooperation Project Level

• Target 1
• Impulses and Strategic Concentration by
  Innovative
• and Trilateral Cooperation Projects
• Model Projects, Projekt Market and Competitions
• Target 2
• Qualification of Regional Project Co-ordination
• Project Co-ordination and Funding at Regional
  Level
• (Working Groups, Funds and Secretariat)
• Local Responsibility and Realisation
• Strategic Focus of Funds
• Project Related PR-Activities

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• Perspectives for the Metropolitan Region Hamburg
  / New Situation
• Demographic Change / Urbanisation of Society
• Shortage of Ressources / Consumption of Areas
• Regional Co-operation / Spatial Competitive
• Competition of Metropolitan Regions /
  Metropolisisation

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Development of Co-operation New Themes 1/2

• Regional Development
• Regional Area-Management /Conversion
• Demography and Services of General
  Interests
• Regional Park Areas

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Development of Co-operation New Themes 2/2

• Internationalisation
• Co-Operation of Metropolitan Regions (METREX,
  Initiative Group)
• Regional Cluster Policy
• Regional- and Internal Marketing
• Creation of Regional Governance /Internal
  Regional Networks
• E-Government, Internet, Information-
  Management

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New Spatial Structures and Co-operationen
between Centres, Sourrounding Regions and
Periphery
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