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Polycentric Puzzles: Emerging Mega-City Regions Seen through the Lens of Advanced Producer Services
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Abstract This paper introduces a special issue of Regional Studies on 'Globalization, City-Regions and Polycentricity in North West Europe'. The issue focuses on the thematic core of the EU-funded project POLYNET: the analysis of economic connections and information flows generated by advanced producer servi... view more
This paper introduces a special issue of Regional Studies on 'Globalization, City-Regions and Polycentricity in North West Europe'. The issue focuses on the thematic core of the EU-funded project POLYNET: the analysis of economic connections and information flows generated by advanced producer services in eight European polycentric city-regions. The paper first discusses key elements of the current debate on global city-regions and points out some unresolved gaps. A summary of the main findings of the contributions to the special issue is followed by a research agenda for future work on emerging mega-city regions.... view less
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 1055-1064
Journal
Regional Studies, 42 (2008) 8
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400802389377
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)