Employment Deconcentration in European Metropolitan Areas Market Forces versus Planning Regulations /

Spatial deconcentration of economic activities, particularly the growth of suburban office, retail and entertainment concentrations, has become a prime concern in European metropolitan areas. This book provides a cross-national comparative perspective on employment deconcentration within selected me...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Razin, Eran (Editor), Dijst, Martin (Editor), VÁZquez, Carmen (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
Series:The GeoJournal Library, 91
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Deconcentration of economic activities within metropolitan regions: A qualitative framework for cross-national comparison
  • Economic deconcentration in a rational planning system: The Dutch case
  • Deconcentration of workplaces in greater Copenhagen: Successes and failures of location strategies in regional planning
  • Economic deconcentration processes in mid-sized English cities: Deconcentrated outcomes and spatially differentiated impacts
  • The Spanish way to economic deconcentration: A process of several speeds
  • The Italian way to deconcentration. Rome: The appeal of the historic centre. Chieti-Pescara: The strength of the periphery
  • Deconcentration in a context of population growth and ideological change: The Tel-Aviv and Beer-Sheva metropolitan areas
  • Sprawling post-communist metropolis: Commercial and residential suburbanization in Prague and Brno, the Czech Republic
  • The impact of retail deconcentration on travel to hypermarkets in Prague
  • Employment deconcentration in European metropolitan areas: A comprehensive comparison and policy implications.