Questioning polycentric development and its effects. Issues of definition and measurement for the Italian NUTS-2 regions

European Planning Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1017-1037

  Veneri, Paolo ^a   Burgalassi, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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EID: 84899897639     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.673566     Document Type: Article

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