Promotion Hinterland development with "Vorderland" links and co-operations (urban/coastal/metropolitan linkages)
It is an experience that the principle of subsidiary is limited in regions with structural weaknesses. Even an ideal
exploitation of indigenous Hinterland potentials won't change decline substantially. Indigenous potentials from WP 2
therefore should be completed in WP 3 by stronger linkages to related prospering zones along the coast and around cities/
metropolitan areas next to the Hinterland. These linkages should be developed to a mutual function and benefit sharing,
respecting the fact, that strong Hinterlands enhance Vorderland with their cities. The investigations on linkages will
exceed the typical linkages like tourism or the production and sale of food. The aim is to find hidden potentials which are
worth to be developed or redeveloped - i.e. if there can be found function sharing in the past with hidden Hinterland
potentials. It is likely to benefit predominantly in this WP from trans-national comparisons and discussions, generating
chances for new rural-urban-partnerships, strengthening both. Whatever the search, discovering and discussion of new linkages
will bring - it has to be related to the characters of decline and to the found results from WP 1+2.
Results of WP 3
