Polycentric urban regions and the quest for synergy: Is a network of cities more than the sum of the parts?

Urban Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 765-781

  Meijers, Evert ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC RELATIONS; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN REGION; URBAN SYSTEM;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; RANDSTAD; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17844400338     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980500060384     Document Type: Article

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