POLYCE analyses five Central European capital cities and their functionally related surrounding areas: Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Praha, and Wien. The project emerged from the respective city administrations’ wish to research the cities’ future competitive and cooperative potentials both among each other and vis-à-vis other metropolises.
A main goal was to conduct a comparative analysis of the five cities and their related surrounding areas in order to elaborate in-depth results on their specificities and commonalities. The objective was to draw an up-to-date picture of the preconditions for urban development in Central Europe.