Examining the Mega-City-Region hypothesis: Evidence from the Paris city-region/Bassin parisien

Regional Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1147-1160

  Halbert, Ludovic ^a  

^a Universite Paris Est   (France)

Author keywords

Abstract Production; Advanced Producer Services; Enlarged city region; Firms' telephone calls; Paris Ile de France Bassin parisien; Polycentricity

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; MEGACITY; POLICY MAKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 53549133507     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400701861328     Document Type: Article

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