Small Towns in the Context of “Borrowed Size” and “Agglomeration Shadow” Debates: the Case of the South Moravian Region (Czech Republic) [PDF]
European Countryside, 2016 Small towns play a key role in providing services for its wider hinterland. However, emerging economic importance of the largest agglomerations and increasing involvement of settlements in urban networks have transformed a relationship between the size ...
Malý Jiří
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A three-layer model of borrowed size: empirical insights from Japan
Regional Studies, Regional ScienceThis study revisits the concept of borrowed size to explain regional growth beyond that of traditional agglomeration economies. Although scale advantages are typically linked to density, many smaller regions increasingly benefit from relational and ...
Akihiro Otsuka
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Analyzing and Interpreting the Effects of the of Borrowed Size Concept on the Development of Small Towns (Case Study of Bahnamir) [PDF]
جغرافیا و توسعه, 2021 In recent years, some researchers have used the concept of "Borrowed size" as a justification for the efficiency of small and medium-sized cities in Poly-centric urban regions.
Sedigheh Lotfi, Mojtaba Shahabi Shahmiri
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The effect of lime Ca(OH)2 to the constant of granulation rate (k) of Sidoarjo mud (LuSi) and its grain size distribution [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 Sidoarjo mud (LuSi) is very hot and sticky mud-like substance produced by eruption of Kujung, Kalibeng, and Pucangan formations caused by well exploration for gas in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia.
Pasmar Dasyri +2 more
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Does China's City-Size Distribution Present a Flat Distribution Trend? A Socioeconomic and Spatial Size Analysis From DMSP-OLS Nighttime Light Data [PDF]
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2021 Inconsistent measurements of city-size and a lack of time-series information on urban socioeconomic development have hindered determining whether China's city-size distribution (CD) follows a Pareto distribution according to multiple perspectives.
Kaifang Shi, Yizhen Wu, Shirao Liu
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ANALYZING THE VARIABLES THAT INFLUENCE ACCESS TO BANK FINANCING FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN KOSOVO AND NORTH MACEDONIA [PDF]
Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, 2021 This study aims to analyze variables that influence access to bank loans by SMEs in Kosovo and North Macedonia. Research methodology is compound by primary and secondary data. We hypothesized that the age of the SMEs, business size, written business plan,
Filloreta Kunoviku-Demiri +2 more
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Borrowed Size of Small and Medium Cities in a Hierarchical Urban System
Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale GeografieAbstract Small and medium‐sized cities can benefit from their proximity to large cities through borrowed size and spillover effects. First, geographical proximity may facilitate these effects through spatial diffusion. The closer small‐ and medium‐sized cities are geographically to larger cities, the more likely they are to experience
Kyusang Kwon
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The Impact of Borrowing Size on the Economic Development of Small and Medium-Sized Cities in China [PDF]
Land, 2021 Sharing the economic agglomeration effects of large cities is considered an effective way to enhance economic growth in small and medium-sized cities, yet there remains a lack of relevant quantitative empirical research. In this study, the three dimensions of borrowing size of 285 prefecture-level cities and nighttime lighting data from 2004 to 2013 in
Xiaoxia Gong, Fanglei Zhong
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Scaling behavior of public procurement activity.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Public procurement refers to the purchase by public sector entities-such as government departments or local authorities-of Services, Goods, or Works. It accounts for a significant share of OECD countries' expenditures.
António Curado +4 more
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Bedeutende Städte jenseits der Metropolen? Regiopolen und ihre Rolle im deutschen Städtesystem
Raumforschung und Raumordnung, 2022 Regiopolises and regiopolitan regions are receiving unprecedented attention in German spatial planning policy. In addition to the promotion of the German RegioPole network by the federal government, regiopolises and regiopolitan regions are already ...
Anna Growe, Thomas Terfrüchte
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