The improbable metropolis: decentralization, local democracy and metropolitan areas in the western world

Metropolitan areas have become the new spatial fix of globalised capitalism. However, their economic strength is not matched by their political strength because metropolitan areas remain politically weak. This article reflects upon the process of building metropolitan areas as political spaces. Cons...

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Main Author: Lefèvre,Christian (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0003-25732010000400002
Country:Portugal
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