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Cities & Networks in Europe - A Critical Approach of Polycentrism (Paperback)
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Cities & Networks in Europe - A Critical Approach of Polycentrism (Paperback)
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This aim of this book is to look at the dominant representation
that at present underpin the issues of territorial organisation and
planning in Europe. Cities and networks are often envisaged as
inevitably driving territorial development. However, the
conceptualisation of European territorial integration has often
been reduced to two conventional models: the centre-periphery model
and the hierarchical model of urban networks. Limiting territorial
integration to these two schema means that integration is limited.
Today, reference to polycentric territorial development has to some
extent changed the picture. Rather than being viewed in a
polarised, pyramidal manner, spatial dynamics are being read in
terms of interconnection and reticulation. In addition, reflection
on the subject of polycentric territorial strategies has encouraged
politicians and spatial planners to include the principle of
"territorial cohesion" in the priorities of European public
policies. From considerations which associate conceptual approaches
and analytical studies, this book makes it possible to understand
in what manner polycentrism, viewed as an alternative to
metropolisation, could sow the seeds for new readings, at various
scales, of the organisation of European territory. The main
challenge of this book is to explain why it is worthwhile
revisiting some rather too static representations of territorial
systems in Europe. The aim is to promote the emergence and the
consolidation of new, critical ways of looking at the issues of
territorial dynamics.
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