Polycentric Development Policies in European Countries: An Introduction

"The concept of polycentricity is one of the cornerstones of the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP), the first EU policy document on territorial government, albeit informal and non-binding, agreed upon by the EU's 15 ministers responsible for spatial planning and the European...

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Published in:Built environment (London. 1978) 2005-01, Vol.31 (2), p.96-102
Main Authors: MEIJERS, EVERT, WATERHOUT, BAS, ZONNEVELD, WIL
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Built environments
Cities
Communities
Competitiveness
Countries
Environmental policy
Normativity
Political integration
Territories
Urban systems
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Summary:"The concept of polycentricity is one of the cornerstones of the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP), the first EU policy document on territorial government, albeit informal and non-binding, agreed upon by the EU's 15 ministers responsible for spatial planning and the European Commission (CEC, 1999)... The polycentricity concept marks a paradigm change in thinking about Europe's spatial and economic structure. It replaces the core-periphery model..." Introduction to theme issue; seven articles separately indexed. Illustration by Louis Hellman.
ISSN:0263-7960