Emerging megaregions: A new spatial scale to explore urban sustainability

Land Use Policy

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 353-366

  Marull, Joan ^a   Galletto, Vittorio ^a   Domene, Elena ^a   Trullén, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Europe; Landscape; Megaregion; Network; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84878382542     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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