This paper outlines the main trends of urban change in contemporary Europe and indicates theoretical approaches which can be used to analyse and under stand them. Three main questions are considered: the link between economic restructuring and urban and regional change; the interactions between urban policy responses and restructuring; and the conse quences of these changes for patterns of marginality in Europe.
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