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This paper presents a critical debate about the extreme selectivity through which the existing body of literature identifies the critical factors in urban development and competitiveness. It highlights the need to establish policies aimed at "ordinary cities" (Amine Graham, 1997) and "ordinary...
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The specialized researches have proposed various approaches to the delimitation of urban and metropolitan systems. Administrative aspects (administrative units historically inherited), morphological (urban continuum), some linked to the economies of agglomeration (population and employment...
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Global cities' competitiveness factors among the Asian countries This article identifies the factors of global cities' competitiveness, focusing on Asian countries. First, it describes the importance of global cities in the economy, particularly those competiveness factors, which are originated...
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Even if it has not a legal status yet, the Bucharest Metropolitan Area (BMA) project is in an advanced preparation phase, already producing effects in the real economy. Conventionally, BMA imbeds the entire Ilfov county (which surrounds it and form together the Bucharest-Ilfov region (NUTS 2))...
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problem is particularly acute in Russia, where strict environmental standards either do not exist or are not enforced … areas: Capital (Moscow); Major regional centers of Russia, including St. Petersburg; Multifunctional cities; Medium …
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example, somewhere it is limited, as we see in Russia. But it is a long-term trend, which will qualitatively change the life … northern cities of the world and Russia. They all have growth restrictions, such as the environment, the demographic capacity … to 294.2 thousand people in 2014. In contrast, the other cities of the North of Russia (Norilsk, Vorkuta and Magadan …
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The paper studies trends in the urbanization in Russia and compares them with the global ones. Russia has high level of … change of the urban population in Russia is influenced by three factors: natality, migration and the administrative reforms … from cities was observed in 1991-1992 and it exacerbated the decline of the urban population of Russia. The administrative …
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Public authorities, international organizations and non-profit associations are nowadays working on identifying and solving the problems of various communities (i.e., towns, villages and other administrative-territorial units) through the development of specialized programs. Sustainable...
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Turkey's economy increasingly benefits from privileged trade, low wage levels and the steady influx of foreign direct investment. Capital accumulation produced by this rapid economic development has increased the land prices and triggered the reallocation of industry and trade. The effects of...
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Existing studies on Turkey usually fail to conceptualize the evolution of the regulations and efforts made for the administration and planning of the metropolitan regions in the country within a historical and comparative framework incorporating all forms of legal arrangements and tools...
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