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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| Language: | eng |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0003-25732010000400002 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:scielo:S0003-25732010000400002 |