| Description |
1 online resource (181 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Sustainable urban areas ; v. 13
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Sustainable urban areas ; v. 13.
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| Thesis |
Doctoral Technische Universiteit Delft 2007 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Title page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Polycentric urban regions and the quest for synergy: Is a network of cities more than the sum of the parts?; Clones or complements? The division of labour between the main cities of the Randstad, the Flemish Diamond and the RheinRuhr Area; From central place to network model: Theory and evidence of a paradigm-change; Realising potential: Building regional organising capacity in polycentric urban regions; Summing small cities does not make a metropolis: Polycentric urban regions and the provision of cultural, leisure and sports amenities; Synthesis. |
| Summary |
In understanding and explaining the functioning of cities, contemporary urban and regional studies attribute great significance to relationships between cities. This book focuses on relationships between cities in polycentric urban regions (PURs), which are regions containing proximate but distinct cities that are rather similar in size. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Summary in Dutch. |
| Subject |
Metropolitan areas -- Europe.
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Metropolitan areas. |
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Europe. |
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Urbanization -- Europe.
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Urbanization. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Academic theses.
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Academic theses.
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| Added Author |
IOS Press.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Meijers, E.J. (Evert J.). Synergy in polycentric urban regions. Delft : Delft University Press, 2007 9781586037246 1586037242 (DLC) 2007276819 (OCoLC)212374898 |
| ISBN |
9781607502302 |
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1607502305 |
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9781441616722 (electronic book) |
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1441616721 (electronic book) |
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9781586037246 (paperback) |
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1586037242 (paperback) |
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