Towards polycentric cities. An investigation into the restructuring of intra-metropolitan spatial configurations in Europe

BELGEO

Volumn , Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-50

  Van Criekingen, Mathieu ^a,c   Bachmann, Marie ^b   Guisset, Christophe ^a,c   Lennert, Moritz ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b IfS Institut für Stadtforschung und Strukturpolitik Institute for Urban Research and Structural Policy   (Germany)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Enquiry of enterprises; Europe; Metropolitan areas; Polycentric configurations; Typology

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; INNER CITY AREA; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECONOMY;

ALSACE; AMSTERDAM; AUSTRIA; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; BAS-RHIN; BELGIUM; BENELUX; BERLIN; BRUSSELS; CATALONIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; KOBENHAVN [DENMARK]; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; STRASBOURG; VIENNA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247500938     PISSN: 13772368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/belgeo.11629     Document Type: Article

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