First- and Second-Tier Cities in Regional Agglomeration Models
| Autor: | Chiara Agnoletti, Sabrina Iommi, Patrizia Lattarulo, Donatella Marinari, Chiara Bocci |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | European Planning Studies. 23:1146-1168 |
| ISSN: | 1469-5944 0965-4313 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09654313.2014.905006 |
| Popis: | This work has the purpose of inquiring into the presence of an urban hierarchy within second-tier city areas and alternative agglomeration models differing in their self-propelling ability and territorial sustainability. To this aim we confront regional polycentric areas, by going inside the traditional agglomeration and variety economies and the land settlement model of small–medium urban poles. In particular, the present work compares four Italian regions characterized by a territorial development driven by second-tier cities. The first two sections of the paper evaluate the functional pattern of the different urban systems and subsequently measure their rank in terms of extra-regional attractiveness on demand, which is expressed by rare services (Sections 2 and 3). Sections 4 and 5 tackle the issue of sustainability of settlements by taking into account land consumption and the degree of territorial fragmentation caused by different urbanization models. We discovered good urban performances and... |
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