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The City Redefined: Understanding The Relationship Between People And Their Place

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  • Cristina Lincaru

    (The National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection)

  • Amalia Cristescu

    (The National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection)

  • Draga Atanasiu

    (The National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection)

  • Speranta Camelia Pirciog

    (The National Scientific Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection)

Abstract

The Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration (MRDPA) in Romania launched a large debate in regard to updating the National Territory Plan (PATN). According to Barca (2009) and McCann and Pose (2012) the success of public policies is conditioned by their simultaneous reliance on locations and people. The scope of this paper is to formulate a functional city definition on the background of place-based policy based on the New Geography Economy theory, supported by GIS (Anselin, 2002b, p.5). Our causality chain analysis concluded that the root cause of the public policies is space. We found and show spatial patterns of population, the density of population and population growth rates using ESDA tools choropleth maps (Jenks Classification, equal interval data, Statistical map), maps overlay and spatial correlation analysis at NUTS 5 and 3 level. The tendency is to shrinking wining agglomeration and to expanding the marginalised ones.

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  • Cristina Lincaru & Amalia Cristescu & Draga Atanasiu & Speranta Camelia Pirciog, 2018. "The City Redefined: Understanding The Relationship Between People And Their Place," Romanian Journal of Regional Science, Romanian Regional Science Association, vol. 12(1), pages 59-88, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:rrs:journl:v:12:y:2018:i:1:p:59-88
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    JEL classification:

    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
    • H83 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Public Administration
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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