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Polycentric metropolitan areas in Europe : towards a unified proposal of delimitation

Boix, Rafael; Veneri, Paolo; Almenar, Vincent; … - 2011

Metropolitan areas concentrate the main share of population, production and consumption in OECD countries. They are … approximation to the metropolitan reality and produce very similar results: 75 FUR and 67 DMA in Spain (75% of total population and … employment), and 81 FUR and 86 DMA in Italy (70% of total population and employment). …

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Measuring functional polycentricity for the analysis of structural places : the case of the seven principal metropolitan areas in Spain

Estupiñán, Nancy Ruiz; Duarte, Carlos Marmolejo; … - 2013

The study of polycentrism is responsible for identifying subcenters that integrate urban systems, as well as measuring the magnitude of the phenomenon in urban reality. This paper presents the analysis of measure of functional polycentricity, applying the functional polycentricity index...

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Mapping the occupational segregation of white women in the U.S. : differences across metropolitan areas

Alonso Villar, Olga; Río Otero, Coral del - 2015

This paper seeks to investigate the occupational segregation of white women in the U.S. at the local labor market level, exploring whether the segregation of this group is a homogeneous phenomenon across the country or there are important disparities in the opportunities that these women meet...

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The reshaping of retail landscape in Greater Lisbon : do shopping centers have a future?

Teixeira, José Afonso - 2014

In the early 70s, the retail landscape of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA) was mostly confined to the Lisbon downtown. However, the retail landscape is changing at a rapid pace. In the mid-80s, two focus of retail competition (Amoreiras Shopping Center and Roma Avenue) appeared out-of-city...

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Globalization, labor market transformation, and union decline in US metropolitan areas

Vachon, Todd E.; Wallace, Michael - In: Labor studies journal : official journal of United … 38 (2013) 3, pp. 229-255

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Modeling structural change in the European metropolitan areas during the process of economic integration

Longhi, Christian; Musolesi, Antonio; Baumont, Catherine - In: Economic modelling 37 (2014), pp. 395-407

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O deficit habitacional intrametropolitano e a localização de empreendimentos do programa Minha Casa Minha Vida : mensurando possibilidades de atendimento

Lima Neto, Vicente Correia; Krause, Cleandro; Furtado, … - 2015

In this paper we analyze the social housing supply by "Minha Casa Minha Vida" (MCMV) program in Brazil, aimed at low-wage families (earning up to R$ 1,600 per month), as well as the housing shortage ("deficit habitacional") in a similar wage range. The location of MCMV's housing estates is...

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Coping with change : the need to restructure urban governance and finance in India

Govinda Rao, Marapalli; Bird, Richard M. - 2011

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Financing large cities and metropolitan areas

Slack, Enid - 2011

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The geographic dynamics of industry employment in Brazilian metropolitan areas : lessons for São Paulo

Biderman, Ciro; Lopes, Marcos - In: Brazilian journal of political economy 35 (2015) 3, pp. 492-509

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