Closing the Gap: Territorial Cohesion through Polycentric Development

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This article discusses and analyses national polycentric development policies aiming at cohesion. Due to its insertion in the 1999 European Spatial Development Perspective ‘polycentricity’ has become an important concept in discussions on Europe’s territorial and economic development. Its content re...

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Published in:	European Journal of Spatial Development
Main Authors:	Evert Meijers, Bas Waterhout, Wil Zonneveld
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Politecnico di Torino 2007-10-01
Subjects:	national polycentric development policies polycentricity polycentric development esdp european spatial development perspective
Online Access:	https://journals.polito.it/index.php/EJSD/article/view/179

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