The Mega-City-Region of Munich: A Kingdom of Its Own Or a Space of Inter-Connected Flows? [PDF]
In a world of continuing globalization mega-city regions (MCR) are of increasing importance. MCR are defined by a high concentration of regulation, innovation and gateway functions.
Alain Thierstein, Viktor Goebel
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Polycentric metropolitan areas in Europe towards a unified proposal of delimitation [PDF]
, 2011 Metropolitan areas concentrate the main share of population, production and consumption in OECD countries. They are likely to be one of the most important units for economic, social and environmental analysis as well as for the development of policy ...
Almenar, Vincent +3 more
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On the Nature of the Beast: Re-Charting Political Geographies of the European Union. Swedish Society for Antropology and Geography, 2006 [PDF]
, 2006 This review paper begins with the premise that since the European Union remains a process of construction with no agreed or pre-designated end-point, its power structure is open to a diverse range of interpretations. Moreover, the apparent novelty of the
Siddaway, James D.
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ORIENTATION OF COMMUNICATION ROUTES AND BALANCED REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT [PDF]
Territorial development depends on territorial discontinuities, provided that the region is born of discontinuities, lives through them and is killed by them.
Alexandru-Ionut PETRISOR
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Scaling of the morphology of African cities. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023 Prieto-Curiel R, Patino JE, Anderson B.
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ESPON Project 2.3.1., Application and effects of the ESDP in Member States. First Interim Report [PDF]
, 2005 This First Interim Report includes the initial results of the project "Application and Effects of the ESDP in the Member States" within the ESPON Programme 2000-2006.
Dematteis, Giuseppe +4 more
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The Evolution of Polycentric Governance in the Galapagos Small-Scale Fishing Sector. [PDF]
Environ Manage, 2022 Cáceres R +3 more
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Re-structuring competetive metropolitan regions: on territory, institutions and governance. RheinRuhr compared with London, Paris and the Randstad Holland [PDF]
Currently social and political constructed urban regions are about to approach a threefold role regarding their functional, economic and political function. At first they constitute a basis for economic and social life.
Knapp, Wolfgang, Schmitt, Peter
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ESPON Project 2.3.1., Application and effects of the ESDP in the Member States. Second Interim Report [PDF]
, 2006 This Second Interim Report includes the preliminary results of the project, "Application and Effects of the ESDP in the Member States" within the ESPON Programme 2000-2006.
Cotella, Giancarlo +5 more
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The contribution of leisure and entertainment to the evolving polycentric urban network on regional scale - towards a new research agenda [PDF]
, 2005 The urban landscape in advanced economies transforms from monocentric cities to polycentric urban networks on regional scale. The growing amount of research that is being devoted to this transformation sticks to classic activity systems like residential ...
Romein, Arie
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