EU ESPON (European Spatial Planning Observation Network)
Lead partner: Liverpool John Moores University, coordinator: Prof. Michael Parkinson
The Second Tier Cities project explored the performance of second-tier cities (non-capital economic, political and cultural hubs) in Europe, and showed that the development of these cities would bring greater added value than the further development of the already most developed capital cities. MRI as consortium partner held special responsibility for preparing the Central and Eastern European background study, and for the case studies on Katowice (Poland) and Timisoara (Romania).