Final Findings of the Based on the Questionnaire Survey in the Four Metropolitan Areas RIMED Regional Integration and Metropolitan Development in SE Europe INTERREG III B CADSES WORK PACKAGE 2-4. November 21, 2004 Tirana, Albania

Part A: Comparative Analysis of the Four Metropolitan Areas SEED-South East European Development Center - RIMED * 4th Workshop, Tirana, Albania INTERREG III B CADSES University of Thessaly Department of Planning and Regional Development South and East European Development Center (SEED) Pedion Areos, Volos Greece Tel Fax

SEED-South East European Development Center - RIMED * 4th Workshop, Tirana, Albania

The effects of internationalization, privatization and structural change  Regional inequalities have increased  Social inequalities have increased  Average citizen’s income has decreased INTERREG III B CADSES SEED-South East European Development Center - RIMED * 4th Workshop, Tirana, Albania

Economic Performance in the last years  Metropolitan areas and other large urban areas are performing better or much better than the national average  Small cities and villages/rural areas are performing worse or much worse than the national average INTERREG III B CADSES SEED-South East European Development Center - RIMED * 4th Workshop, Tirana, Albania

A Comparison analysis of metropolitan areas with other large/mall cities and rural areas  Indicators: Income, Life quality, Cost of living, social problems and housing cost  Better performance in economic indicators, life quality, LF quality, future prospects  Worse performance in terms of costs of living/housing and social problems INTERREG III B CADSES SEED-South East European Development Center - RIMED * 4th Workshop, Tirana, Albania

A Comparison analysis of metropolitan areas with other large/mall cities and rural areas  Unbalanced relations with smaller cities  Central government concentrates most powers  Strong public sector will reduce regional inequalities  The size of the metropolis in terms of population does not affect its growth  Growth of the metropolis will not affect positively the growth of the smaller cities  Cities closer to metropolitan areas are positively affected by their growth  Development of metropolis will increase immigration from smaller cities  Immigration will affect negatively smaller cities and rural areas INTERREG III B CADSES SEED-South East European Development Center - RIMED * 4th Workshop, Tirana, Albania

Part A: Comparative Analysis of the Four Metropolitan Areas SEED-South East European Development Center - RIMED * 4th Workshop, Tirana, Albania INTERREG III B CADSES University of Thessaly Department of Planning and Regional Development South and East European Development Center (SEED) Pedion Areos, Volos Greece Tel Fax

Regional Integration and Metropolitan Development of SE Europe 4 th Workshop, Tirana, Albania November 21, 2004 RIMED INTERREG III B CADSES