TY  - GEN
AU  - O'Donoghue, Daniel P. Ed.
TI  - Urban transformations : centres, peripheries and systems
SN  - 9781409468516
U1  - 711.4 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - England
PB  - Ashgate
N1  - Contents
List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	ix
Notes on Contributors	xi
Foreword by Larry S. Bourne FRSC FCIP	xvii
Acknowledgements	xix
Introduction: Urban Transformations: Centres, Peripheries and Systems	1
Daniel P. O'Donoghue
1    The Anatomy of Urban Sprawl in the Mediterranean Region:
Case of the Girona Districts, 1979-2006	5
Juli Valdunciel-Coll
2    Urban Regeneration in Porto: Reflections on a Fragmented Sub-regional Space, without Institutional Powers and "Lost" between Central Government
and Local Authorities	15
Pedro Chamusca
3    Consumption of Advanced Internet Services in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Madrid	27
Ruben Camilo Lois-Gonzdlez, Francisco Jose Armas-Quinta and Jose Carlos Macia-Arce
4    Housing Market Dynamics in a Peripheral Region: The Atlantic Urban Axis in Galicia,
Spain: 2001-2010	39
Alejandro Lopez-Gonzdlez and Maria-Jose Pineira-Mantindn
5    Viability of Flagship Projects as Models of Urban Regeneration: The Representation
of Space through the Discourse of the Actors	53
Jose Ignacio Vila Vazquez
6   Creativity Beyond Large Metropolitan Areas: Challenges for Intermediate Cities in
a Globalized Economy	61
Joan Ganau-Casas
1    Is Pennine England becoming More Polycentric or More Centripetal? An Analysis
of Commuting Flows in a Transforming Industrial Region, 1981-2001	73
Tony Champion and Mike Coombes
8    Riots by a Growing Social Periphery? Interpreting the 2011 Urban Riots in England	81
Wayne K.D. Davies
9    In the Shadow of a Giant: Core-peripheral Contrasts in South East England	95
Daniel P. O'Donoghue
10   The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel: Regional Development Perspectives	109
Christian Wichmann Matthiessen
11     Vertical Extension Processes and Urban Restructuring in Sydney, Australia 121 
Jun Tsutsumi
12    Inner-City Social Gentrification in Tokyo: The Problem of Childcare 129 
Mikoto Kukimoto, Ryo Koizumi, Tomoko Kubo, Hiroyasu Nishiyama and Taro Kawaguchi
13    Power Nodes: Downtowns in the Periphery? A Case Study, Toronto, Canada 143 
Jim Simmons
14    Just "Dumb and Boring" or "Over"? Lifecycle-Trajectories, the Credit Crunch and
the Challenge of Suburban Regeneration in the US 151 
Markus Hesse
15    Urban Transformation for Sustainability and Social Justice in Urban Peripheries:
New Forms of Urban Segregation in Post-apartheid Cities 161 
Simphiwe Mini
16    Recent Morphological Trends in Metropolitan South Africa 171 
H.S. Geyer, H.S. Geyer Jr, DJ. du P less is and A. van Eeden
17    Metropolitan Transformation and Polycentric Structure in Mexico City:
Identification of Urban Sub-centres, 1989-2005 185 
Adrian Guillermo Aguilar andJosefina Herndndez-Lozano
18    Delhi and its Peripheral Region: Perspectives on Settlement Growth 197 
Debnath Mookherjee, H.S. Geyer and Eugene Hoerauf
Index 207

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