| Title: |
Spatial-functional patterns in the European urban system: metropolitan functions in small and medium-sized towns |
| Authors: |
Terfrüchte, Thomas; Growe, Anna |
| Contributors: |
Terfrüchte, Thomas; Growe, Anna |
| Publisher Information: |
Politecnico di Torino |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
Zenodo |
| Description: |
The paper deals with spatial-functional patterns in the European urban system. Special attention is paid to metropolitan functions in small and medium-sized towns. Based on the assumption that metropolitan functions can also be found outside large cities, the location of metropolitan functions in three town size classes (small towns, small medium-sized towns and large towns) is examined. The results confirm the assumption that settlement size and the location of metropolitan functions are positively related: the larger the town or city, the stronger the metropolitan functions. The range of metropolitan functions is also more extensive in medium-sized towns than in small towns. In addition to the size of the town or city, its location also influences the expression of metropolitan functions. In small and medium-sized towns in spatial proximity to large urban centres, some functions can benefit from the spatial proximity to a large market and thus accommodate functions that would be expected in larger cities instead of in small and medium-sized towns. These borrowing-size effects can be observed for the two metropolitan subfunctions science and transport. ; The paper is published by the European Journal of Spatial Development (EJSD) The previous version of the journal was host by Nordregio |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1650-9544 |
| Relation: |
https://zenodo.org/records/11385916; oai:zenodo.org:11385916; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11385916 |
| DOI: |
10.5281/zenodo.11385916 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11385916; https://zenodo.org/records/11385916 |
| Rights: |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International ; cc-by-4.0 ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.8D38E246 |
| Database: |
BASE |