2. 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

3. 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 383 34 Greece Tel. +30 24210 74485 Fax +30 24210 74385

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

7. 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

9. Economic Performance in the last 10-15 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

12. 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

15. 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

24. 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 383 34 Greece Tel. +30 24210 74485 Fax +30 24210 74385

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