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Breaking Down the Daily Use of Places - A Space-Time Typology of Temporary Populations in the Netherlands [PDF]

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In a network society, spurred on by technological, social, and economic factors, the process of land use deconcentration has resulted in various new urban forms such as edge cities and edgeless cities.
Martin Dijst, Robbert Zandvliet
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IMPLICATIONS OF THE EU MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE IN THE FIELD OF COMPETITION POLICY – A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF COHESION AND COMPETITION POLICY [PDF]

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The paper has in view to present the intrinsic characteristics of the European Union and to show that these characteristics require in an objective way the implementation of a multi-level governance.
Florin Bonciu
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Employment descentralisation: polycentric compaction or sprawl? The case of the Barcelona Metropolitan Region 1986-1996 [PDF]

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The Barcelona Metropolitan Region (BMR) has been repeatedly characterised as a polycentric-type urban system. The aim of this study is to corroborate this affirmation by making use of a methodology that enables the identifying of employment subcentres ...
Ivan Muñiz Olivera   +1 more
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ECP Malta on Urban areas as nodes in a polycentric development

open access: yes, 2004
The ESDP scenario illustrates the ideal situation, where increased polycentricity at the intra-urban level (micro) makes city regions stronger and therefore produces a more polycentric national or transnational urban system (meso). In the next step, stronger functional areas at the meso level can work together to produce strongholds for a more balanced
Formosa, Saviour, Formosa Pace, Janice
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The Mega-City-Region of Munich: A Kingdom of Its Own Or a Space of Inter-Connected Flows? [PDF]

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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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Sustainability of Urban Sprawl: Environmental-Economic Indicators for the Analysis of Mobility Impact in Italy [PDF]

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Sound empirical and quantitative analysis on the relationship between different patterns of urban expansion and environmental or social costs of mobility are still very rare in Europe and the few studies available provide only a qualitative discussion on
Chiara M. Travisi, Roberto Camagni
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