Beyond Polycentricity: Does Stronger Integration Between Cities in Polycentric Urban Regions Improve Performance?
A quarter of the European population lives in 'polycentric urban regions' (PURs): clusters of historically and administratively distinct but proximate and well-connected cities of relatively similar size. This paper explores whether tighter integration can increase agglomeration benefits at the PUR-level. We provide the first comprehensive list of European PURs (117 in total), establish their level of functional, institutional and cultural integration and measure whether this affects their performance. 'Performance' is defined as the extent to which urbanisation economies have developed, proxi... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie |
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Oxford,
Wiley-Blackwell
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Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0040-747X |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/olc-benelux-1999061918 |
Datenquelle: | Online Contents Benelux; Originalkatalog |
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