1. © BBR Bonn 2007 1 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR Conference Future of European Regions Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2nd Section: European Megaspaces and The Challenge of Global Developments – not necessary German Viewpoints. Presentation by Wendelin Strubelt

2. © BBR Bonn 2007 2 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR Horatius: Vis Consilii Expers Mole Ruit Sua Kraft ohne Weisheit stürzt durch die eigene Wucht – Force without wisdom is collapsing by its own power

3. © BBR Bonn 2007 3 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR Thesis I From Europa Regina to a multipolar global system – the development from a European – centrist world model to a world dominated by the megaspaces of the Northern Hemisphere

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5. © BBR Bonn 2007 5 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR Quelle: NASA

6. © BBR Bonn 2007 6 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR Metropolitan Functions in the World

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11. © BBR Bonn 2007 11 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR Thesis II Is Europe a globally recognisable and interconnected megaspace with a wide regional variation or a collection of nation- states characterised by a wide variation in economic and political development ?

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16. © BBR Bonn 2007 16 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR Population Density about 1900

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18. © BBR Bonn 2007 18 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR Population Density about 2000

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22. © BBR Bonn 2007 22 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR Germany in Europe

23. © BBR Bonn 2007 23 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR German Representations

24. © BBR Bonn 2007 24 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR Thesis III Germany after unification shares with her Western parts the experience of the global competition and with her Eastern parts the transformation processes of Eastern Europe

25. © BBR Bonn 2007 25 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR Population Density – status and development

26. © BBR Bonn 2007 26 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR GDP per capita – status and development

27. © BBR Bonn 2007 27 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR Unemployment – status and development

28. © BBR Bonn 2007 28 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR Long-time Unemployment in Europe

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33. © BBR Bonn 2007 33 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR Seneca: Non in verbis sed in rebus est Die Philosophie lehrt tun, nicht reden. - Philosophy is teaching acting, not talking

34. © BBR Bonn 2007 34 Warsaw May, 31st – June, 2ndWendelin Strubelt, BBR Thank you very much for listening. Wendelin.Strubelt@bbr.bund.de