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The City as a Self-Help Book
The Psychology of Urban Promises
Despite the many negative aspects of life in cities, urban promises of economic prosperity, freedom and happiness have fuelled the imagination of generations of migrants, who have flocked to cities in search of a better life, invariably exaggerating the opportunities and neglecte
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Borrowing size in networks of cities
City size, network connectivity and metropolitan functions in Europe
The current dynamics in the Western European urban system are in marked contrast with the bourgeoning literature stressing the importance of agglomeration for economic growth. This paper explores whether this is due to the rise of ‘city network economies’, leading to processes of
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‘Borrowed size’ is an emerging policy concept in several European countries, presenting theoretical potential to explain contemporary urban dynamics unaddressed through conventional urban growth theories that emphasise the role of agglomeration economies. In its original conceptu
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“规模借用”是几个欧洲国家新出现的政策概念，它提供了解释当代城市动态的理论潜力，这些动 态是强调集聚经济作用的传统城市增长理论无法解决的。在Alonso最初提出的概念中，这个概念描 述并解释了这样一种情况，即位于较大的“超大城市群”中的小城市确实表现得更好，因为它们可 以获得较大邻近城市的集聚效益。本文审视规模借用的概念，因此着重于其概念化并回顾其迄今为 止的经验证明。我们的实证分析表明，必须在规模和范围方面扩展这一概念，以提高其政策价值。当城市拥有通常与较大城市相关的城市功能和/或绩效水平时，就会出现规模借用。这是通过跨多 个空间尺度的城市网络中的互动
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This paper introduces the theme of the special issue 'Agglomerations and the Rise of Urban Network Externalities'. Urban network externalities are defined as external economies from which firms and households can benefit by being located in agglomerations that are well embedde ...
This paper introduces the theme of the special issue 'Agglomerations and the Rise of Urban Network Externalities'. Urban network externalities are defined as external economies from which firms and households can benefit by being located in agglomerations that are well embedde ...