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Globalisation is dramatically changing the context of urban communities and the premises for urban development policy. In the context of global intercity competition, cities' major goal is to increase their competitiveness, in which the... more
This paper analyses the hierarchy and ranking of the towns of the Duchy of Brabant within the Estates, the principality's representative political institution. It seeks to answer the question why social and economic changes in the urban... more
in "Itinerari di ricerca storica", anno XXV, numero 1 (2021), pp. 11-32.
The objective of this article is to describe how globalisation and related intercity competition pose challenges to the development of cities. A primary attention is paid to specialisation and profiling of cities and related strategies... more
The study of the emergence of the Hungarian urban hierarchy raises a number of methodological questions concerning the complex settlement structure and the unique urban development of the Carpathian Basin. Research on the Hungarian urban... more
Discorre acerca da imagem da cidade de Coimbra atendendo aos diversos epítetos que vão sendo construídos (e promovidos) como estratégia de promoção da cidade.
The identification of the city hierarchy of our home country raises numerous questions, which arises from the complexity of the settlement structure, as well as from the special urban development of the Carpathian Basin. The starting... more
Until now, studies of urbanization in India have been based only on official urban figures as provided by Census surveys. This approach has inevitably introduced several avoidable biases into the picture, distortions which are further... more
A new trend is emerging in China that categorises cities according to economic conditions and political statuses and that formulates a new urban hierarchical system. This urban hierarchy has historical echoes from several decades ago,... more
The post-apartheid era in South Africa demonstrated a grand shift in the country’s legislation. Local government legislation was particularly affected, as it was at the municipal level that the policies of apartheid were visible. Part of... more
Until now, studies of urbanization in India have been based only on official urban figures as provided by Census surveys. This approach has inevitably introduced several avoidable biases into the picture, distortions which are further... more