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Network Urban Structures in Northern Italy: Elements for a Theoretical Framework

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  • Roberto P. Camagni

    (Department of Economic Policy and Regional Economics, University of Padua, Italy)

  • Carlo Salone

    (Dipartimento Interateneo Territorio, Politècnico e Universita di Torino, Castello del Valentino, via Mattioli 49, Torino, Italy)

Abstract

The recent urban dynamics of industrialised countries show the rise of a new spatial order, which simplifies 'vertical' relationships between the cities and complicates, instead, the 'horizontal' inter-urban patterns. Some northern Italian regions, such as Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna, have been characterised historically by polycentric settlement, which constitutes today the spatial texture of functional, economic and social relationships among the urban places, their hinterlands and their regions, according to a new order of spatial organisation. This is a network-based order, whose theoretical framework is not still well founded. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the establishment of a new theoretical paradigm, by integrating several taxonomies recently proposed by Italian researchers in urban and regional sciences. Obviously, the results of these reflections are still weak and open to further contributions, particularly with regard to other regions in north-western Europe.

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  • Roberto P. Camagni & Carlo Salone, 1993. "Network Urban Structures in Northern Italy: Elements for a Theoretical Framework," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 30(6), pages 1053-1064, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:30:y:1993:i:6:p:1053-1064
    DOI: 10.1080/00420989320080941
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