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Planning for agglomeration economies in a polycentric region: Envisioning an efficient metropolitan core area in Flanders

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Spatial Development, 2018
To some degree, metropolitan regions owe their existence to the ability to valorize agglomeration economies. The general perception is that agglomeration economies increase with city size, which is why economists tend to propagate urbanization, in this ...
Kobe Boussauw   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Narrative Continent: Discursive Recognition and the EU's Technological Actorness

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Recognition in global politics is not only earned through institutions or capabilities; it is narrated into being. This article investigates how the European Union (EU) is framed as a technological actor in global discourse, focusing on the symbolic dynamics of discursive recognition.
Mahmoud Javadi
wiley   +1 more source

Predlog za spremembo urbanega sistema Slovenije ; Proposal ofchanges in the urban system of Slovenia [PDF]

open access: yesGeodetski Vestnik, 2013
V članku avtor raziskuje hipotezo, da se urbani sistem Slovenije v zadnjih dvajsetih letih ni razvijal, kot je bilo načrtovano. Večja mesta so se razvijala bolj, in sicer v obliki suburbanizacije, manjša pa so stagnirala in niso upravičila svoje vloge ...
Andrej Pogačnik
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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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Fundamentals of "Polycentricity" and "Polycentric Development"

open access: yesInternational Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2021
openaire   +1 more source

The Generics Revolution and the New Economic Geography of the Global Pesticide Industry

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global pesticide industry transformed from one dominated by patented products and legacy multinationals with strong manufacturing bases in the United States and EU to one dominated by generic products produced in India and China. We use proprietary market research data, data from regulatory filings, industry press and bilateral trade data ...
Christian Berndt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Descentralisation, Integration and polycentrism in Barcelona [PDF]

open access: yes
In this study the employment subcentres of the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona are identified using different criteria. Once catalogued according to their nature,i.e.
Anna Galindo   +2 more
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The governance of global supply chains: empirical insights from the ready‐made garment industry in Bangladesh a decade after Rana Plaza

open access: yesJournal of Law and Society, EarlyView.
Abstract The regulation of activities in global supply chains presents significant challenges, particularly in establishing corporate accountability for human rights violations and addressing extraterritorial oversight. Due to the unwillingness or limited capacity of governments to regulate the social externalities of global business activities, the ...
TASKIN IQBAL
wiley   +1 more source

A Novel Centrality-Based Attack Simulation: Evaluating Resilience and Vulnerability in China’s Knowledge Networks

open access: yesSystems
Existing research on the vulnerability of knowledge innovation networks (KINs) primarily falls into two categories: random attacks and deliberate attacks. This study introduces a novel centrality-based attack framework for the deliberate attack group and
Tianxing Zhu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Political Institutionalisation and Economic Specialisation in Polycentric Metropolitan Regions – The Case of the East-German ‘Saxony Triangle’ [PDF]

open access: yes
The rising attention of politicians as well as scientists in the EU to the large urban agglomerations as centres of economic growth is accompanied by political efforts to identify and to demarcate such agglomerations under the label ‘metropolitan regions’
Christoph Hornych, Peter Franz
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