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The Challenging Task of Governing Cross-Border Investment in Peripheral Regions: Polish Investors in Northeast Germany

open access: yesQuaestiones Geographicae, 2014
The article investigates the challenging task of governing cross-border investment in peripheral regions. The main objective is to identify common opportunities and obstacles in the Pomerania Euroregion by taking the case study of Polish citizens ...
Kinder Sebastian   +3 more
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Some dilemmas of post-industrialism in a region of traditional industry: The case of the Katowice conurbation, Poland

open access: yesMoravian Geographical Reports, 2016
The problem of using the concept of post-industrialism to define regions with traditional industries is addressed in this article. It focuses on the diversity of industrial development in the Katowice conurbation (Poland) and the difficulties of ...
Krzysztofik Robert   +3 more
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Studentification, diversity and social cohesion in post-socialist Budapest

open access: yesHungarian Geographical Bulletin, 2017
In the literature studentification is closely associated with gentrification. Many authors consider the mass invasion of students to inner-city neighbourhoods as a type of gentrification, some of them even use the two terms interchangeably. Regardless of
Szabolcs Fabula   +4 more
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Production of economic statistics for tourist accommodation services of Belo Horizonte under the flexible geography approach

open access: yesRevista de Turismo Contemporâneo, 2020
This paper aims to produce an experimental economic statistic for the tourist accommodation services for Belo Horizonte under a flexible geography perspective.
Caio César Soares Gonçalves
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From the agricultural station to a luxury village? Changing and ambiguous everyday practices in the suburb of Vinnytsia (Ukraine)

open access: yesMoravian Geographical Reports, 2021
The study of everyday practices, self-identities and perceptions seems to be a promising approach to understand the suburban spaces as not only static containers but socially constructed, dynamic and ambiguous entities.
Gnatiuk Oleksiy   +2 more
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Why is economic geography not an evolutionary science? Towards an evolutionary economic geography [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Economic Geography, 2006
The paper explains the commonalities and differences between neoclassical, institutional and evolutionary approaches that have been influential in economic geography during the last couple of decades. By separating the three approaches in terms of theoretical content and research methodology, wecan appreciate both the commonalities and differences ...
Ron A. Boschma, Koen Frenken
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Using Spatial Autocorrelation for identification of demographic patterns of Functional Urban Areas in Poland

open access: yesBulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2021
Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) leads to a better knowledge of urban spatial organisation, which may play a significant role in regional policy making and may be helpful in understanding the connection between urbanisation and demographic development.
Kurek Sławomir   +2 more
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People’s preferences for commuting in sparsely populated areas: The case of Sweden

open access: yesJournal of Transport and Land Use, 2010
In a time of decreased inclination to migrate and an increased place attachment, increasing commuting can improve the functionality of local labor markets.
Kerstin Westin, Erika Sandow
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The role of locality and place-specific development paths in creating smart cities: The example of middle-sized Hungarian cities

open access: yesGeographia Polonica, 2021
Smart cities have spawned a global discourse, which is, however, dominated by notions and theories originating from major metropolis regions in the Global North/West, as well as by quantitative approaches. Drawing on case studies from Hungary, this paper
Ádám Szalai, Szabolcs Fabula
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The Geography of Economic Segregation

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2018
This study examines the key factors that are associated with the geography of economic segregation across US metros. It connects the sociological literature on the extent and variation of economic segregation to the urban economics literature on the ...
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander
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