Flemish Diamond or ABC-Axis? The spatial structure of the Belgian metropolitan area
This contribution traces the evolution of the Belgian urban system by adopting a historical taxonomy of agglomeration-economy regimes, and poses the question whether a new centralizing agglomeration-economy regime based on renewed ‘metropolization’ can be observed. Belgium has federalized into three regions during the last decades and different spatial perspectives emerged about how the central metropolitan area crosscuts the regional borders. After placing Belgian metropolization in its historical context, we engage with its contemporary geography. We inquire if the metropolitan area of Belgi... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Text |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
Schlagwörter: | Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified / Metropolization / Connectivity field method / Urban systems theory / Polycentric urban region / Agglomeration-economy regimes / Belgium |
Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27362713 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Flemish_Diamond_or_ABC-Axis_The_spatial_structure_of_the_Belgian_metropolitan_area/9484229 |