Globalization and the Rise of City-regions

@article{Scott2001GlobalizationAT,
  title={Globalization and the Rise of City-regions},
  author={Allen J. Scott},
  journal={European Planning Studies},
  year={2001},
  volume={9},
  pages={813 - 826}
}
  • A. Scott
  • Published 1 October 2001
  • Economics, History
  • European Planning Studies
A world-wide mosaic of large city-regions seems to be over-riding (though is not effacing entirely) an earlier core-periphery system of spatial organization. The economic dynamics of these city-regions are analysed with particular emphasis on the ways in which they tend to generate increasing-returns effects and competitive advantages for local producers. The managerial tasks that these city-regions face raise many new issues about local economic development policy and institution building in… 
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