Delft and Erlangen – Dynamic secondary growth poles
Over the last few weeks the Institute of Geography has hosted Prof. Dominic Stead from TU Delft as a Visiting Professor. Not only are there strong academic links between the universities in Delft and Erlangen on urban and regional development issues, there are also some interesting similarities between the two cities. One of the most striking of these is that both cities are growth poles in their respective countries where the universities and other knowledge industries are key economic sectors ...