Editorial to Die Erde 137, 2006, Issue 1 -2 Special Issue on "European Areas" Neue Literatur European Union Enlargement and the New Roles of National Capitals at the European Peripheries with 1 Figure and 2 Tables Neue Literatur Advanced Services and European Integration. The Potential of Regions in East Central and Eastern European Countries with 2 Figures and 8 Tables Buchbesprechungen "European Metropolitan Regions" as a New Discursive Frame in Strategic Spatial Planning and Policies in Germany Beyond Christaller: Regionalisation of Residential Markets - The Example of North Belgium with 12 Figures Buchbesprechungen Socio-Spatial Structures and their Dynamics in Vienna and in the Vienna Metropolitan Region with 24 Figures and 7 Tables Types of Economic Deconcentration in European Urban Space. Magnitude, Physical Form, Sectoral Composition and Governance Context 1-2