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020 _a9781409468516
082 _a711.4
_bO'DO
100 _aO'Donoghue, Daniel P. Ed.
245 _aUrban transformations
_bcentres, peripheries and systems
260 _c2014
_bAshgate
_aEngland
300 _a230p.
890 _aIndia
891 _aFP
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505 _aContents 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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