Jacek Purchla, Introduction
Karl Schlögel, The Historical Metropolis of Central Europe
Jerzy Mikułowski Pomorski, The City and Its Genius Loci
Gregory J. Ashworth, Realisable potential but hidden problems: a heritage tale from five Central European Cities
François Denieul, Historic Metropolis. A need for clear strategy
Thomas Bender, Metropolitan Intellect
Andreas J. Wiesand, Arts and Media Industries and Their Role in Regional Development
Zbigniew K. Zuziak, Cultural Heritage as Potential for the Development of Metropolitan Areas
Hanna Nogossek, Transfer and Transformation: Art and the City in East Central Europe and the Beginning of the Modern Era
Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, The Problem of Artistic Metropolises in East Central Europe from the Fifteenth to the Twentieth Century
Andrzej Rottermund, Historical Space in Warsaw City Centre
Emil Brix, Vienna. A History of Changing Roles and Lasting Attraction
Vera Bácskai, The Historic Metropolis in Hungary in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Katalin Pallai, Historic Areas: Destroyed or Destructive or the Role of Heritage in the Metropolitan Development of Budapest in the 19th and 20th Century
Jiři Pešek, The Role of History and Historical Heritage in the Development of Prague as a Metropolis in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Jacek Purchla, Should Cracow Be a Metropolis?
Pavel Zatloukal, A stop on the Road to Russia (Olomouc and Vienna in the years 1894–98)
Krzysztof Czyżewski, Czerniowce (Chernyovtse): A Forgotten Metropolis on the Frontier of the Habsburg Monarchy
Giorgio Piccinato, The Burden of History: Rome 1870–2000
Hans Michael Körner, The Weight of the Past in the Development of Munich and Nuremberg in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Vladimir Krogius, Moscow and St. Petersburg – Two Capitals Contrasted
Siri Myrvoll, Bergen – the Historical Metropolis of Scandinavia. The Past and the Future
Verner Desimpelaere, Brugge – The Identity of the Historic City and its Capacity for Change
Jacek Purchla, Management of Historical Cities and Market Forces. The Central European Experience