While small and medium-sized towns are profoundly rooted in the national territorial narrative (Delpirou, 2013), their role and position in France are not clearly identified, either in terms of territorial planning policy or in the field of academic research. And yet these "intermediate" spaces...

During the last decades, creative and cultural approaches have been implemented in regional and urban development strategies as key drivers for competitiveness and growth. However, research literature tends to focus mainly in big cities and metropolis, not recognizing the potential of small...

The relative paucity of medium-sized towns in Nigeria is largely related to the colonial socio-spatial polarization, that was further accelerated by post-independence models of development. However, recent government policies on regional development have resulted in the growth of a few...