Spatial restructuring processes occurred in many economically advanced countries with opposing forces of concentration and deconcentration leading to the emergence of polycentric urban configurations. However, diverging empirical approaches are applied in several studies – a matter that contributes to conceptual confusion and a ‘fuzzy’ use of the term ...
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Polycentric Development to Combat Regional Disparities? the Relation Between Polycentricity and Regional Disparities in European Countries [PDF]
Trends in regional disparities have been a major issue in regional science for many decades and knowledge of ways to overcome such disparities has great importance for regional policy-making. Strong initial differences between regions affect the capacity
Meijers, Evert, Sandberg, Krister
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City regions, polycentricity and the construction of peripheralities through governance [PDF]
City regions have become a key paradigm in current academic debates, and with them the notion of network-based, polycentric spaces. They have moved to the foreground of national (and EU) policies of creating economic 'champions' for successful national ...
Herrschel, T., Herrschel, T.
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Abstract This essay argues that social media document (rather than fuel) the decline of political democracy while helping revive organizational democracy, including through ‘decentralized autonomous organizations’ (DAOs). Yet, despite giving everyone a voice and the ability to organize across borders, social media could over‐concentrate power if, in ...
J.P. Vergne
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Methodological Approaches to the Management of Socio-Economic Development in St. Petersburg
The article deals with the formation of appropriate and implemented in Saint-Petersburg methodological approach to the management of socio-economic development of the metropolis on the basis of a balanced socio - economic development .
Maksim Nikolaevich Bezlepkin
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Exploring the Relationships between Multilevel Built Environments and Commute Durations in Dual-Earner Households: Does Gender Matter? [PDF]
Wang X, Wang W, Yin C.
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Mapping European research networks [PDF]
This paper proposes a framework for measuring the performance and mappingthe geography of the European Research Area (ERA) based on the analysis of existingresearch and knowledge networks. The objective is to provide insights into the spatialstructure of
Besussi, E
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Caiwei Wu, Duncan A. Smith, Mingshu Wang
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Social Media Is a Threat for Democracy! A Political Perspective for Analysing and Diminishing Harm
Abstract Social media platforms, once hailed as potential champions of dialogue, have evolved into commodified spaces in which their business models incentivize hate speech, misinformation, polarization, and the political fragmentation of society, benefiting corporate and political elites while eroding democracy.
Itziar Castelló +3 more
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Evaluating the application of the European spatial development perspective in the United Kingdom: Methodological considerations and emerging trends [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to consider how the emerging European spatial development policy agenda is influencing the performance of regional strategic planning in the United Kingdom.
Sykes, Olivier John
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