Topic: The research project aims to investigate the functional, non-physical relationships established by the activities of companies in the knowledge economy, both quantitatively and qualitatively, from a spatial perspective.
Brief description: The study examines the location interdependencies of the knowledge economy in the Munich Metropolitan Region. The central question is the extent of the Metropolitan Region through the entrepreneurial networks and how the functional-spatial hierarchy between the individual functional areas of the Metropolitan Region presents itself. The two central pillars of the knowledge economy are being examined: the knowledge-intensive service and high-tech industries. A distinction is made between internal and external company location networks. The intensity of these relationships - referred to as connectivity - is examined on four spatial scales: regional, national, European and global. Nine urban functional areas of the Munich metropolitan area are used as the smallest spatial analysis unit: Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Rosenheim, Freising, Landshut, Regensburg, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Kaufbeuren.
Participating team members: Alain Thierstein, Viktor Goebel, Stefan Lüthi, Agnes Förster
Client: LH Munich, Department of Urban Planning and Building Regulations, Department of Labour and Economics, Flughafen München GmbH, City of Rosenheim, County of Rosenheim, IFG Ingolstadt GmbH, GFS e.V.