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Small and Medium-Sized Towns as Secondary Cities: The Case of Switzerland
2021This chapter applies the concept of secondary cities to the case of Switzerland, a federally organized country that boasts a strong polycentric urban system. Drawing on two case studies from the Swiss urban context this chapter illustrates how secondary cities employ positioning strategies in order to step outside of the agglomeration shadows of their ...
Heike Mayer, Rahel Meili, David Kaufmann
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Morbidity of asylum seekers in a medium-sized German city
European Journal of Epidemiology, 2016Asylum seekers constitute a particularly vulnerable group. Not only is their physical and mental health exposed to multiple stresses, but also their access to health care in Germany is legally restricted. Up to now, there is very limited scientific literature investigating the health-outcomes of asylum seekers in Germany.
Führer, Amand +2 more
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Medium-sized cities in urban regions
European Planning Studies, 2006Abstract A research project of the German Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning focussed on the role and the perspectives of medium-sized cities in urban regions. Quantitative and qualitative research approaches were combined. The main results concretize the development, the functions and the perspectives of medium-sized cities ...
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Pumping Stations for the Medium‐Size City
Journal AWWA, 1948considering the approach to the subject of pumping station design for medium-size cities, it might be interesting to mention the conditions existing in Philadelphia some 160 years ago, when that municipality was a city of medium size with a water pumping problem.
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Is the medium-sized tourist city still a medium-sized city? An approach based on present populations
2012The term “medium-sized city” encompasses a wide variety of city categories. The aim of this paper is to more clearly define a specific city profile, the medium-sized tourist city lying by the sea. With reference to the case of La Rochelle, we will show the extent to which this conurbation, although of medium size (120,000 inhabitants), nonetheless ...
Vacher, Luc, Vye, Didier
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EVALUATION OF POLICE SERVICES IN MEDIUM‐SIZED CITIES
Law & Policy, 1979Citizen evaluations of police services in four medium‐sized cities are investigated in this article. Socioeconomic characteristics as well as police attitudes and political attitudes were found not to be good predictors of citizen evaluation. Complaint efficacy was found to be the best predictor of citizen satisfaction with police services.
RALPH BAKER +3 more
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City marketing in small and medium-sized cities in a regional context [PDF]
, 2011 In contemporary western cities, city marketing is widely applied as a means for local economic development, city competitiveness and attractiveness. In practice, city marketing generally includes a wide range of promotional, organisational and spatial strategies and activities. It is often manifested in city centre revitalization including upgrading of
Krister Olsson, Elin Berglund
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An Approach to traffic planning for medium sized cities
1994öz ORTA BÜYÜKLÜKTEKİ ŞEHİRLERİN TRAFİK PLANLAMASINA BİR YAKLAŞIM YÜCE, Kemal Basri Yüksek Lisans Tezi, İnşaat Mühendisliği Anabilim Dalı Tez Yöneticisi: Doç. Dr. Ayhan İNAL Şubat, 1994, 111 sayfa Şehiriçi Trafik Planlaması, geçmiş yıllar boyunca standart ve karmaşık bir şekil almıştır.
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Medium-Sized Cities and the Dynamics of Creative Services [PDF]
, 2008 This paper examines the development of “creative” services (research, information, art etc.), located in medium-sized areas. Insofar as urban dynamics lead to extend the advanced services outside metropolises, particular attention is given to issues concerning the definition of “medium-sized cities”, and their significance regarding urban systems; the ...
Claude LACOUR (GREThA) +1 more
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