High-level consumer services in polycentric urban regions - hospital care and higher education between duplication and complementarity [PDF]
In many European countries, territorial development strategies identify the development potential of so-called polycentric urban regions: regions in which a multitude of more or less similar-sized, formerly independent and distinct cities are located ...
Evert Meijers
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What if? the next London Plan were better? [PDF]
, 2006 The paper presents a critique of procedures and substance in the London Plan, summarising and extending evidence the author was invited to give to the Examination in Public of the ...
Edwards, M
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Ecological InformaticsThe world is experiencing unprecedented urbanization, particularly through the continuous growth of megacities, leading to significant urban land expansion. The spatial layout and growth patterns of urban areas play a critical role in determining cities'
Rui Xiao +7 more
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THE STRATEGIC APPROACH OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIA [PDF]
Annals 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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Unveiling the Impact of Public Data Access on Urban Polycentric Structure: Evidence from China
LandUrban sustainability has become the most important urban development issue globally. Facing the problem of spatial structure optimization during urbanization, how to effectively use public data access to promote urban polycentric development has become a
Peixian Liu +4 more
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Political and ethnic representation in Chinese local governance : analysis of the roles of the deputies of Leishan County People's Congress, Guizhou Province, China : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies, Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2016 This thesis investigates the political and ethnic environment of local Chinese political actors and their representational dilemmas in the Miao-dominant area of Leishan County, Guizhou Province, China.
Zheng, Yuanheng
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European 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
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Political Institutionalisation and Economic Specialisation in Polycentric Metropolitan Regions – The Case of the East-German ‘Saxony Triangle’ [PDF]
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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Fundamentals of "Polycentricity" and "Polycentric Development"
International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2021 openaire +1 more source
Specificitatea dezvoltării sectorului antreprenorial în reţelele policentrice regionale ale regiunii de dezvoltare Sud – Vest [PDF]
Urbanism. Arhitectura. Constructii, 2012 The development of the connections between cities and their surrounding spaces led to the creation of highly complex emergent structures, which require particular attention from specialists and decisionmakers.
Andreea-Loreta Cercleux +3 more
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