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Diversification of the dynamics of population size and the number of the employed in small and medium-sized Polish towns from 1995 to 2010

open access: yesBulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2014
This paper presents partial outcomes of the project called ‘The Diversity of the Development Processes of Small and Medium-Sized Towns and its Influence on the Polycentric Development of Poland’.
Korzeniak Grażyna
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Economic Debate On Spatial Functional Linkages And Its Application to Key Spatial Development Challanges In Poland [PDF]

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This article presents a synthesis of today's world economic knowledge and the results of the analyses concerning: a) the nature of spatial functional linkages, including network structures, b) diversity of approaches concerning the application of spatial
Jacek Zaucha
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Governing Transnational Commons: How International Treaties and Multi‐Stakeholder Organizations Shape Cooperation and Conflict

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract When common‐pool resources such as freshwater, clean air, and fisheries span national borders, the collective action problems encountered are particularly severe. This study explores the role of polycentric governance systems in overcoming these pressing problems, which frequently underlie global grand challenges. Integrating political economy
Amol M. Joshi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Re-structuring competetive metropolitan regions: on territory, institutions and governance. RheinRuhr compared with London, Paris and the Randstad Holland [PDF]

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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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Polycentric urban development in China: A multi-scale analysis

open access: yesEnvironment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 2017
This article reports a multi-scale analysis of polycentric urban development in 22 Chinese city-regions. Using fine-grained population data, our analysis contrasts polycentric development patterns at multiple geographical scales. We present a typology of Chinese city-regions based on both (1) their inter-city polycentricity and (2) the intra-city ...
Liu, Xingjian   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Frame Overlapping in Moral Markets: The Case of an ‘Open, Free, and Neutral’ Telecommunications Network

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores how social movement activists, engaged in constructing and expanding moral markets, sustain the integrity of their initial moral values, avoiding dilution or cooptation by conventional market practices. Through a qualitative case study of a telecommunications network, we show that activists can expand a moral market by a ...
Daniel Arenas, Joan Rodón, Mireia Yter
wiley   +1 more source

The Contestation of National Adaptation Policies in Indonesia

open access: yesJournal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs
Indonesia actively supports the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to achieve the Global Goal on Adaptation by setting ambitious climate change adaptation pledges in its Nationally Determined Contributions.
Stanislaus Risadi Apresian
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Evolution Process and Land Use/Land Cover Response of Urban–Rural Space in Wuhan under Polycentric Structure

open access: yesLand
Polycentric development facilitates urban–rural spatial reshaping and land use/land cover (LULC) protection. Previous studies have predominantly focused on urban areas, with spatial delineation methods biased towards the macro-level, lacking a holistic ...
Jisheng Yan, Jing Ye
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THE STRATEGIC APPROACH OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIA [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2016
The paper presents the important aspects of local and territorial development, such as strategic planning, sustainable development strategies, and integrated development plans.
Cristian - Liviu Vele   +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]

open access: yes, 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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