Metropolization and polycentrism in the European Urban system
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serval:BIB_9EFBE08CA505
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Title
Metropolization and polycentrism in the European Urban system
Title of the book
International and Transnational Perspectives on Urban Systems
Publisher
Springer
Address of publication
Singapour
ISBN
978-981-10-7798-2
978-981-10-7799-9
978-981-10-7799-9
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2018
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Editor
Rozenblat C., Pumain D., Velasquez E.
Series
Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences
Chapter
6
Pages
117-141
Language
english
Abstract
In the time when Europe needs to strengthen its territorial cohesion and its global competitiveness, this chapter questions the integration and unity of the European urban system inherited from the long-term history as well as from the shortest-term division and reunification occurring during the second half of the twentieth century. First, we recall problems linked with the conceptual definition and delineation of cities and specify the inherited socio-spatial framework. We then detail the significant evolution of the European urban system during the second half of the twentieth century and in the beginning of this millennium due to two main processes of social and economic transition. Analyzing the concentration of activities in specialized cities enables to find metropolization processes following two different qualitative modes dividing Europe between Eastern and Western countries. Then, we discuss the question of polycentrism at different scales in connection with European policies.
Keywords
European cities, cities’ trajectori es, specialization, metropolization, polycentrism
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